Jeriaska has made available videos of presentations from Convergence08, held on November 15-16, 2008 in Mountain View, California, to examine the convergence of NBIC (Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno) technologies. Among those of special interest to Nanodot readers:

• Mapping a Cone of Uncertainty, Paul Saffo
• Convergence: Artificial Intelligence Panel, Peter Norvig, Steve Omohundro, Ben Goertzel, Barney Pell
• Convergence: Synthetic Biology Panel, featuring Chris Anderson, Denise Caruso, Gregory Benford, and Andrew Hessel; moderated by Christine Peterson of the Foresight Institute (Part 1, Part 2)
• Convergence: Longevity Panel, featuring Bruce Ames, Gregory Benford, Aubrey de Grey, and Terry Grossman; moderated by Christine Peterson of the Foresight Institute
• Robot Cars Will Save the Planet, by Brad Templeton
• High Impact Tech Status, by Brian Wang
• Diamond Mechanosynthesis, by Ralph Merkle

—Jim

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