Machines could ultimately match human intelligence, says Intel CTO (Network World, Sept. 21, 2009) Rattner said the fundamental technologies behind a future exaflop (1018) machine could be demonstrated by the middle of next decade, and -- depending on government investment -- the first exaflop machines could become operational in the second half of the decade, depending on overcoming limitations in today's computing architectures.
Machine Intelligence: The First 80 Years (Ray Kurzweil) - Breve historia de la inteligencia de las máquinas
Another Formula for Intelligence: The Neural Net Paradigm (Ray Kurzweil) - The neural net approach to artificial intelligence explained
The Paradigms and Paradoxes of Intelligence: Building a Brain (Ray Kurzweil) - How to build a brain
The Paradigms and Paradoxes of Intelligence, Part 1: Russell's Paradox (Ray Kurzweil) - An exploration of Russell's Paradox
The Paradigms and Paradoxes of Intelligence, Part 2: The Church-Turing Thesis (Ray Kurzweil) - An exploration of the Church-Turing Thesis
A Formula for Intelligence: The Recursive Paradigm (Ray Kurzweil) - An explanation of the recursive approach to artificial intelligence
Response to Stephen Hawking (Ray Kurzweil) - Reply to Stephen Hawking concern that eventually, computers with artificial intelligence could come to dominate the world
One Half of An Argument (Ray Kurzweil) - A counterpoint to Jaron Lanier's dystopian visions of runaway technological cataclysm in "One Half of a Manifesto."
Unfriendly AI as a threat in 21st Century (Mike Treder, nov 2009) - Unfriendly A.I.: Assuming that human-quality intelligence can be replicated on a machine (which seems probable, though not certain), and assuming that that an artificial intelligence develops the ability to recursively improve its own programming (conceivable, but far from certain), and assuming that said A.I. becomes malevolent or at least disinterested in human survival (at this point just a speculative assertion), and assuming that the A.I. somehow can seize control of power networks and manufacturing facilities, etc. (a nice story plot, perhaps, if extremely far-fetched), then this scenario could represent a threat to the survival of civilization. Possible severity very high, certainty very low.