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This volume contains a selection of authoritative essays exploring the central questions raised by the conjectured technological singularity. In informed yet jargon-free contributions written by active research scientists, philosophers and sociologists, it goes beyond philosophical discussion to provide a detailed account of the risks that the singularity poses to human society and, perhaps most usefully, the possible actions that society and technologists can take to manage the journey to any singularity in a way that ensures a positive rather than a negative impact on society. The discussions provide perspectives that cover technological, political and business issues. The aim is to bring clarity and rigor to the debate in a way that will inform and stimulate both experts and interested general readers.

Philosophy. --- Neurosciences. --- Artificial intelligence. --- Computers and civilization. --- Philosophy of Technology. --- Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics). --- Computers and Society. --- Artificial intelligence --- Technology --- Forecasting. --- Psychological aspects. --- Social aspects. --- AI (Artificial intelligence) --- Artificial thinking --- Electronic brains --- Intellectronics --- Intelligence, Artificial --- Intelligent machines --- Machine intelligence --- Thinking, Artificial --- Singularities (Artificial intelligence) --- Bionics --- Cognitive science --- Digital computer simulation --- Electronic data processing --- Logic machines --- Machine theory --- Self-organizing systems --- Simulation methods --- Fifth generation computers --- Neural computers --- Computer science. --- Artificial Intelligence. --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Informatics --- Science --- Neural sciences --- Neurological sciences --- Neuroscience --- Medical sciences --- Nervous system --- Civilization and computers --- Civilization