SL4 Lexicon
This lexicon contains words which Singularitarians, Singularity advocates, Singularity analysts, and anyone interested in the future might find useful. The entries include semi-technical terms, acronyms, organizations, discussion lists, and more. Other interesting glossaries include Anders Sandberg's Transhuman Terminology, the Nanotech Now Glossary, the General Intelligence and Seed AI glossary, and the Creating Friendly AI glossary.
This lexicon is a mishmash of topics, including AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) organizations, AI researchers, Cognitive Science, evolution, Singularitarianism, transhumanist material, terms related to the nascent discipline of AI morality (sometimes called Friendliness), characteristics of Goal Systems, very speculative terms and ideas to be used in thought experiments, and papers circulated within the Singularity-oriented communities. It is recommended that readers acquire at least some familiarity with these topics before plunging in - Kurzweil AI.net, Accelerating Future.com's articles section, and the Singularity Institute pages are all good places to start.
This lexicon includes very futuristic and speculative terms side-by-side with acutely relevant and practical terms, so ambiguous entries are labelled accordingly. "Very Speculative" means this something may not be possible under the laws of physics as we know them. "Somewhat Speculative" means this something is probably not possible through human agency alone. "Non-Speculative" means this something is almost certainly possible through human agency, and is relatively likely to occur within the first half of the coming century. Keywords with their own entries link to the page where the keyword is defined. Have an enjoyable read, and feel free to post any comments, additions, or corrections to any of these pages.
Acronyms:
- AGI - Artificial General Intelligence
- ASI - Artificial Superintelligence
- AI - Artificial Intelligence
- BCI - Brain-Computer Interfacing
- BPT - Bayesian Probability Theorem
- BT - Bayes' Theorem
- CFAI - Creating Friendly AI
- CRNS - Current Rate No Singularity
- CV - Coherent Extrapolated Volition
- CVS - Causal Validity Semantics
- ExI - Extropy Institute
- FAI - Friendly AI
- FASI - Friendly Artificial Superintelligence
- FRPOP - Friendly Really Powerful Optimization Process
- FSAI - Friendly Seed AI
- FSI - Friendly Superintelligence
- GI - General Intelligence
- GISAI - General Intelligence and Seed AI
- IA - Intelligence Amplification
- IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
- IMOL - Interim Meaning of Life
- LOGI - Levels of Organization in General Intelligence
- MITECS - MIT Encyclopedia Of Cognitive Science
- MNT - Molecular Nanotechnology
- PtS - Path To Singularity
- QBAU - Qualia-Based Altruistic Utilitarianism
- RPOP - Really Powerful Optimization Process
- s13n - Singularitarian
- SAI - Superintelligent Artificial Intelligence
- SI - Superintelligence
- SIAI - Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
- SIFAI - Superintelligent Friendly Artificial Intelligence
- TMA - Too Many Acronyms
- TMOL - The Meaning Of Life
- TMOLFAQ - The Meaning Of Life FAQ
- TOE - Theory Of Everything
- "actuarial escape velocity" (AEV) -- "the point at which we will be able to repair the damage of aging faster than it accumulates"; "the point at which age-specific mortality rates fall so fast that people's remaining (not merely total) life expectancy increases with time."; "an individual's remaining life expectancy is affected by aging and by improvements in life-extending therapy in a way qualitatively very similar to how the remaining life expectancy of someone jumping off a cliff is affected by, respectively, gravity and upward jet propulsion" -- http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/002193.html
For discussion of this lexicon, see /Discussion and /Terms To Add To This Lexicon
See also Category:Definition Pages
