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World-Renowned Scientists Team With Google And NASA To Launch Singularity University

19 points by jasonlbaptiste 18y ago

masonlee 18y ago
Gives new meaning to grading on a curve.
sown 18y ago
It won’t be cheap either: fees run around $25,000 per student Erm...is that a good price?
- jodrellblank 18y ago
  For what seems to be a nine week course? ~$500/day? Sounds quite pricey.
- TrevorJ 18y ago
  $25k for a course on preparing for a future that may or may not happen (in our lifetime) does seem steep considering that anything you learned here would likely be outdated the minute that future arrives.
sspencer 18y ago
Looks like a good way to strip accelerationistas with too much money of their excess burden. 25K for a 9-week course is absurd, in my opinion.
peregrine 18y ago
Knowing Google is involved I expect to see videos of the lectures on youtube similar to what TED does. (please)
zandorg 18y ago
But no K. Eric Drexler?
jonmc12 18y ago
I feel like I must be missing something. SingularityU is going to tackle the biggest issues of our time by educating 30 people for $25k a piece? It really seems like there is an opportunity here to include masses of world changers instead of only targeting corporate executives who will use the information as it best suits the needs of their shareholders.
- gravitycop 18y ago
  I think the idea is to create 30 more Ray Kurzweils, so that Ray can then be 31 times as effective. Or something like that: http://singularity-university.org/overview http://singularity-university.org/overview Singularity University aims to assemble, educate and inspire a cadre of leaders who strive to understand and facilitate the development of exponentially advancing technologies and apply, focus and guide these tools to address humanity’s grand challenges. http://singularity-university.org/about/faq/#student http://singularity-university.org/about/faq/#student 3. We are looking for proven leaders and entrepreneurs. We are looking for the next generation of CEO’s, University Deans/Presidents and Government leaders. Oxford has been doing essentially the same thing for hundreds of years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oxford#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oxford#History The list of distinguished scholars at the University of Oxford is long and includes many who have made major contributions to British politics, the sciences, medicine, and literature. More than forty Nobel laureates and more than fifty world leaders have been affiliated with the University of Oxford.
- gravitycop 18y ago
  educating 30 people for $25k a piece? It really seems like there is an opportunity here to include masses of world changers instead of only targeting corporate executives They are not merely targeting corporate executives, and they are planning on graduating more than 30 students per year: http://singularity-university.org/about/faq/#gsp http://singularity-university.org/about/faq/#gsp Program Track # students freq/year grad/year Graduate Studies 30-120 1 30-120 Mid-Level Mgmt 40 8 320 C-Level Mgmt 20 8 160 Total/year: 410-500 Only the Graduate Studies Program is limited to 30 students, and then only in the first year. "[...] subsequent years will have a program size of ~120."
gravitycop 18y ago
The site itself: http://singularity-university.org http://singularity-university.org

masonlee 18y ago

Gives new meaning to grading on a curve.

sown 18y ago

It won’t be cheap either: fees run around $25,000 per student Erm...is that a good price?

jodrellblank 18y ago
For what seems to be a nine week course? ~$500/day? Sounds quite pricey.
TrevorJ 18y ago
$25k for a course on preparing for a future that may or may not happen (in our lifetime) does seem steep considering that anything you learned here would likely be outdated the minute that future arrives.

sspencer 18y ago

Looks like a good way to strip accelerationistas with too much money of their excess burden. 25K for a 9-week course is absurd, in my opinion.

peregrine 18y ago

Knowing Google is involved I expect to see videos of the lectures on youtube similar to what TED does. (please)

zandorg 18y ago

But no K. Eric Drexler?

jonmc12 18y ago

I feel like I must be missing something. SingularityU is going to tackle the biggest issues of our time by educating 30 people for $25k a piece? It really seems like there is an opportunity here to include masses of world changers instead of only targeting corporate executives who will use the information as it best suits the needs of their shareholders.

gravitycop 18y ago
I think the idea is to create 30 more Ray Kurzweils, so that Ray can then be 31 times as effective. Or something like that: http://singularity-university.org/overview http://singularity-university.org/overview Singularity University aims to assemble, educate and inspire a cadre of leaders who strive to understand and facilitate the development of exponentially advancing technologies and apply, focus and guide these tools to address humanity’s grand challenges. http://singularity-university.org/about/faq/#student http://singularity-university.org/about/faq/#student 3. We are looking for proven leaders and entrepreneurs. We are looking for the next generation of CEO’s, University Deans/Presidents and Government leaders. Oxford has been doing essentially the same thing for hundreds of years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oxford#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oxford#History The list of distinguished scholars at the University of Oxford is long and includes many who have made major contributions to British politics, the sciences, medicine, and literature. More than forty Nobel laureates and more than fifty world leaders have been affiliated with the University of Oxford.
gravitycop 18y ago
educating 30 people for $25k a piece? It really seems like there is an opportunity here to include masses of world changers instead of only targeting corporate executives They are not merely targeting corporate executives, and they are planning on graduating more than 30 students per year: http://singularity-university.org/about/faq/#gsp http://singularity-university.org/about/faq/#gsp Program Track # students freq/year grad/year Graduate Studies 30-120 1 30-120 Mid-Level Mgmt 40 8 320 C-Level Mgmt 20 8 160 Total/year: 410-500 Only the Graduate Studies Program is limited to 30 students, and then only in the first year. "[...] subsequent years will have a program size of ~120."

gravitycop 18y ago

The site itself: http://singularity-university.org http://singularity-university.org