# Comprehensive List of All Singularity Summit Talks and Video Links

Here is an index of all Singularity Summit speeches. 

  
**Summit 2006**

*   Todd Davies, Tyler Emerson, and Peter Thiel. [Introduction to the Singularity Summit](http://intelligence.org/media/introductiontothesingularitysummit).
*   Ray Kurzweil. [The Singularity: a hard or soft takeoff?](http://intelligence.org/media/thesingularity)
*   Douglas Hofstadter. [Trying to muse rationally about the Singularity scenario](http://intelligence.org/media/tryingtomuserationally).
*   Nick Bostrom. [Artificial Intelligence and existential risks](http://intelligence.org/media/artificialintelligenceandexistentialrisks).
*   Sebastian Thrun. [Toward human-level intelligence in autonomous cars](http://intelligence.org/media/towardhumanlevelintelligence).
*   Cory Doctorow. [Singularity or Dark Age?](http://intelligence.org/media/singularityordarkage).
*   K. Eric Drexler. [Productive Nanosystems: Toward a Super-Exponential Threshold in Physical Technology](http://intelligence.org/media/productivenanosystems).
*   Max More. [Cognitive and Emotional Singularities: Will Superintelligence come with Superwisdom?](http://intelligence.org/media/cognitiveandemotionalsingularities)
*   Christine Peterson. [Bringing Humanity and the Biosphere through the Singularity](http://intelligence.org/media/bringinghumanity)
*   John Smart. [Searching for the Big Picture: Systems Theories of Accelerating Change](http://intelligence.org/media/searchingforthebigpicture)
*   Eliezer Yudkowsky. [The Human Importance of the Intelligence Explosion](http://intelligence.org/media/thehumanimportanceoftheintelligenceexplosion).
*   Bill McKibben. [Being good enough](http://intelligence.org/media/beinggoodenough).
*   Ray Kurzweil. [Follow up](http://intelligence.org/media/followup).
*   [Panel Discussion and Q&A](http://intelligence.org/media/paneldiscussion).
*   [Panel Discussion and Q&A pt. 2](http://intelligence.org/media/paneldiscussion2).

  
**Summit 2007**

*   Tyler Emerson & Peter Thiel. [Welcome and introduction](http://intelligence.org/node/341).
*   Rodney Brooks. [The Singularity: A Period Not An Event](http://intelligence.org/media/singularity/rodneybrooks).
*   Eliezer Yudkowsky. [Introducing the "Singularity": Three Major Schools of Thought](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2007/eliezeryudkowsky1).
*   Barney Pell. [Pathways to Advanced General Intelligence: Architecture, Development, and Funding](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2007/barneypell).
*   Wendell Wallach. [Superstition and Forgetfulness - Two Essentials for Artificial General Intelligence](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2007/wendellwallach%27%3EThe%20Road%20to%20Singularity:%20Comedic%20Complexity,%20Technological%20Thresholds,%20and%20Bioethical%20Broad%20Jumps%3C/a%3E.%3C/li%3E%0A%3Cli%3ESam%20Adams.%20%3Ca%20href=).
*   Barney Pell, Wendell Wallach, Sam Adams. [First panel discussion](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2007/firstpanel).
*   Jamais Cascio. [Metaverse Singularity](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2007/jamaiscascio).
*   Stephen M. Omohundro. [The Nature of Self-Improving Artificial Intelligence](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2007/stephenomohundro).
*   Peter Voss. [Improved intelligence, improved life](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2007/petervoss).
*   Stephen M. Omohundro, Peter Voss. [Second panel discussion](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2007/secondpanel).
*   Neil Jacobstein. [Innovative Applications of Early Stage AI](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2007/neiljacobstein).
*   Ben Goertzel. [Nine Years to a Positive Singularity - If We Really, Really Try](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2007/bengoertzel).
*   Paul Saffo. [Machines of Loving Grace: Anticipating Advanced AI](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2007/paulsaffo).
*   Neil Jacobstein, Ben Goertzel, Paul Saffo. [Third panel discussion](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2007/thirdpanel).
*   Peter Norvig. [The history and future of technological change](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2007/peternorvig).
*   J. Storrs Hall. [Asimov's laws of robotics -- revised](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2007/jstorrshall).
*   Peter Thiel. [Financial markets and the Singularity](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2007/peterthiel).
*   Charles L. Harper, Jr. [Superintelligence, the "Dilemma of Power," and the transformation of desire](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2007/charlesharper).
*   J. Storrs Hall, Peter Thiel, Charles L. Harper, Jr. [Third panel discussion](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2007/charlesharper).
*   Steve Jurvetson. [Dichotomy of designed and evolutionary paths to AI futures](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2007/stevejurvetson).
*   Christine L. Peterson. [Preparing for bizarreness: open source physical security](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2007/christinepeterson).
*   James Hughes. [Waiting for the Great Leap...Forward?](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2007/jameshughes)
*   Eliezer Yudkowsky. [The Challenge of Friendly AI](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2007/eliezeryudkowsky2).
*   Christine L. Peterson, James Hughes, Eliezer Yudkowsky. [A dialogue with Ray Kurzweil](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2007/fifthpanel%27%3EFifth%20panel%20discussion%3C/a%3E.%3C/li%3E%0A%3Cli%3ERay%20Kurzweil.%20%3Ca%20href=).

**Summit 2008**

*   Vernor Vinge and Bob Pisani. [Conversation on the Singularity](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2008/vernorvinge-bobpisani).
*   Esther Dyson. [23andme and personal genomics](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2008/estherdyson).
*   James Miller. [Societal reactions to the Singularity](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2008/jamesmiller).
*   Eric Baum. [AI and the problem of understanding](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2008/ericbaum).
*   Dharmendra Modha. [IBM's research into Whole Brain Emulation](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2008/dharmendramodha).
*   Ben Goertzel. [OpenCog -- an open source AGI project](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2008/bengoertzel).
*   Marshall Brain. [Robotics and structural unemployment](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2008/marshallbrain).
*   Cynthia Breazeal. [Social robots](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2008/cynthiabreazeal).
*   Ray Kurzweil, Glen Zorpette and John Horgan. [Debate on the Singularity](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2008/raykurzweiljohnhorgan).
*   Pete Estep. [The InnerSpace Foundation](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2008/peteestep).
*   Neil Gershenfeld. [Alternate models of computing](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2008/neilgershenfeld).
*   Peter Diamandis. [History of the X Prize Foundation and future X Prizes](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2008/peterdiamandis).
*   Ray Kurzweil. [Exponential progress in information technologies](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2008/raykurzweil).
*   Justin Rattner. [Intel and the continuous of Moore's law](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2008/justinrattner).
*   Nova Spivack. [Collective intelligence and the emerging global brain](http://intelligence.org/media/singularitysummit2008/novaspivack).

**Summit 2009**

*   Michael Vassar. [Introduction](http://vimeo.com/7317738).
*   Anna Salamon. [Shaping the intelligence explosion](http://vimeo.com/7318055).
*   Anders Sandberg. [Technical roadmap for whole brain emulation](http://vimeo.com/7318429).
*   Randal Koene. [The time is now: as a species we need whole brain emulation](http://vimeo.com/7318751).
*   Itamar Arel. [Technological convergence leading to artificial general intelligence](http://vimeo.com/7318781).
*   Ben Goertzel. [Pathways to beneficial artificial general intelligence](http://vimeo.com/7320152).
*   Stuart Hameroff. [Neural substrates of consciousness and the 'conscious pilot' model](http://vimeo.com/7320518).
*   David Chalmers. [Simulation and the singularity](http://vimeo.com/7320820).
*   Gary Drescher. [Choice machines, causality, and cooperation](http://vimeo.com/7321259).
*   Ed Boyden. [Synthetic neurobiology: optically engineering the brain to augment its function](http://vimeo.com/7321578).
*   Marcus Hutter. [Foundations of intelligent agents](http://vimeo.com/7321732).
*   William Dickens. [Cognitive ability: past and future enhancements and implications](http://vimeo.com/7322293).
*   Ray Kurzweil. [The ubiquity and predictability of the exponential growth of information technology](http://vimeo.com/7322310).
*   Bela Nagy. [More than Moore: comparing forecasts of technological progress](http://vimeo.com/7335497).
*   Robin Hanson. [How does society identify experts, and when does it work?](http://vimeo.com/7336217)
*   Panel: [Future of scientific method](http://vimeo.com/7336384).
*   Gregory Benford. [Artificial biological selection for longevity](http://vimeo.com/7336479).
*   Ray Kurzweil. [Critics of the singularity](http://vimeo.com/7337535).
*   Brad Templeton. [The finger of AI: Automated electrical vehicles and oil independence](http://vimeo.com/7337628).
*   Gary Marcus. [The fallibility and improvability of the human mind](http://vimeo.com/7338930).
*   Peter Thiel. [Macroeconomics and singularity](http://vimeo.com/7339317).
*   Aubrey de Grey. [The Singularity and the Methuselarity: similarities and differences](http://vimeo.com/7339349).
*   Thiel, Yudkowsky & de Grey panel: [Changing the world](http://vimeo.com/7396024).
*   Anna Salamon. [How much it matters to know what matters: A back of the envelope calculation](http://vimeo.com/7397629).
*   Gary Wolf. [The petaflop macroscope](http://vimeo.com/7425764).
*   Eliezer Yudkowsky. [Cognitive biases and giant risks](http://vimeo.com/7426357).
*   Jurgen Schmidhuber. [Compression progress: The algorithmic principle behind curiosity and creativity](http://vimeo.com/7441291).
*   Thiel, Rose & Gorenberg Panel: [Venture capitalism](http://vimeo.com/7443559).
*   Michael Nielsen. [Quantum computing: What it is, what it is not, what we have yet to learn](http://vimeo.com/7447694).
*   Michael Nielsen. [Collaborative networks in scientific discovery](http://vimeo.com/7464017).
*   Stephen Wolfram. [Conversation on the singularity](http://vimeo.com/7466113).

  
**Summit 2010**

*   Michael Vassar. [The Darwinian method](http://vimeo.com/17512853).
*   Gregory Stock. [Evolution of post-human intelligence](http://vimeo.com/18141173).
*   Ray Kurzweil. [The mind and how to build one](http://vimeo.com/18488795).
*   Ben Goertzel. [AI against aging](http://vimeo.com/18143134).
*   Steven Mann. [Humanistic intelligence augmentation and mediation](http://vimeo.com/19362162).
*   Mandayam Srinivasan. [Enhancing our bodies and evolving our brains](http://vimeo.com/18822577).
*   Brian Litt. [The past, present and future of brain machine interfaces](http://vimeo.com/19358262).
*   Demis Hassabis. [Combining systems neuroscience and machine learning: a new approach to AGI](http://vimeo.com/17513841).
*   Terry Sejnowski. [Reverse-engineering brains is within reach](http://vimeo.com/18824185).
*   Dennis Bray. [What cells can do that robots can't](http://vimeo.com/18143991).
*   Terry Sejnowski/Dennis Bray debate: [Will we soon realistically emulate biological systems?](http://vimeo.com/17700122).
*   Ramez Naam. [The digital biome](http://vimeo.com/18141726).
*   Lance Becker. [Modifying the boundary between life and death](http://vimeo.com/19098618).
*   Ellen Heber-Katz. [The MRL mouse - how it regenerates and how we might do the same](http://vimeo.com/19096437).
*   Shane Legg. [Universal measures of intelligence](http://vimeo.com/17553536).
*   John Tooby. [Can discovering the design principles governing natural intelligence unleash breakthroughs in AI?](http://vimeo.com/19097207).
*   Tooby, Goertzel, Yudkowsky & Legg panel. [Narrow and General Intelligence](http://vimeo.com/17702682).
*   David Hanson. [David Hanson: Why Characters Are Key to Friendly A.I.](http://vimeo.com/18826257).
*   Irene Pepperberg. [Irene Pepperberg: Nonhuman Intelligence: Where we are and where we're headed](http://vimeo.com/19360766).
*   James Randi. [Is there such a thing as scientific consensus?](http://vimeo.com/18653890)

**Summit 2011**

*   Ray Kurzweil. [From Eliza to Watson to passing the Turing Test](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPqjYrLhDnk).
*   Stephen Badylak. [Regenerative medicine: possibilities and potential](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC1MivfpT9o).
*   Sonia Arrison. [100 Plus: how the coming age of longevity will change everything, from careers and relationships to family and faith](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0iUs2_TThA).
*   Peter Thiel. [Back to the future](http://youtu.be/ROrUea0gLlY).
*   James McLurkin. [The future of robotics is swarms: why a thousand robots are better than one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Cqv6xYk-uM).
*   Michael Shermer. [Social Singularity: transitioning from civilization 1.0 to 2.0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJW78HoNnX0).
*   Jason Silva. [The 'Undivided Mind' — science and imagination](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzOxui9uw0o).
*   Stephen Wolfram. [Computation and the future of mankind](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgw_nVqSTLw).
*   Dmitry Itskov. [Project 'Immortality 2045' -- Russian experience](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEi3ZAYheT0).
*   Christof Koch. [The neurobiology and mathematics of consciousness](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i9kE3Ne7as).
*   Eliezer Yudkowsky. [Open problems in friendly artificial intelligence](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwriJqBZyoM).
*   Max Tegmark. [The future of life: a cosmic perspective](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GctnYAYcMhI).
*   Alexander Wissner-Gross. [Planetary-scale intelligence](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS5ZtvNECMI).
*   Sharon Bertsch McGrayne. [A History of Bayes theorem.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTltncUkckQ)
*   David Brin. [So you want to make gods. Now why would that bother anybody?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryoqtB6H5nw)
*   Tyler Cowen. [The Great Stagnation](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed6gNSZRawY).
*   Tyler Cowen & Michael Vassar. [Debate on the Great Stagnation](http://youtu.be/ed6gNSZRawY).
*   John Mauldin. [The endgame meets The millennium wave — why the economic crisis will be history as we create the future](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB-xjZQy_4M).
*   Riley Crane. [Rethinking communication](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vkhqeRno9M).
*   Dileep George and Scott Brown. [From planes to brains: building AI the Wright way](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wof47INDvdg).
*   Jaan Tallinn. [Balancing the trichotomy: individual vs. society vs. universe](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84G6An1Ff2E).
*   David Ferrucci. [Watson AI perceptions](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFMeBId7vIM).
*   Dan Cerutti. [Commercializing Watson.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFMeBId7vIM)
*   Ken Jennings. [The human brain in Jeopardy: computers that 'think'](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFMeBId7vIM).