Resources needed for this class:
- There will be a final study session, Tuesday, 1:30-2:30, TCL 206
- Final examination, Thursday, 1:30-4:00, TCL 206.
- Things to think about:
- self-replicating robots.
- Genetically modified rice, LLRICE601, escapes into food supply. Later, "found safe"
- Australia approves human cloning.
- Things to read:
- Hans Moravec's Mind Children, 1990.
- Ray Kurzwiel's The Singularity is Near, 2005.
- Chip Walter's Thumbs, Toes, and Tears, 2006. (excerpt on Cyber Sapiens)