SINGULARITY

SHORT FICTION


Here reside a collection of short fictions concerning the Singularity. The Singularity is barely a few years in the future, but the changes will be fundamental and worldwide. The advent of nanotechnology will redefine medical treatment, economics, and architecture. Biotechnology will transform our bodies into visions from our dreams. Artificial intelligence will challenge our concepts of what it means to be a person.


Four Years Later. By Mike Deering.
This story was written for the SL4 emailing list and promonently features the real life regulars on SL4, Ben Goertzel and Eliezer Yudkowsky.




Hard Takeoff. By Mike Deering "Hard Takeoff" is another 'take off' on the Singularity triggered by super-human artificial intelligence.




Nanodreams. By Mike Deering.
What happens when a small company develops the first industrial manufacturing system based on assembler nanobots.




Zoo 2099. By Mike Deering.
This is a fictional account of one way that the Singularity could go wrong, something we should try to avoid.




Chancellor's Commencement Speech to The New Citizens, September 11, 2251. By Tom Buckner, 2002 .
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I want to congratulate you on achieving full human citizenship in the society of New Polynesia.




Singularity Action Group website frames version.