Today we travel into the pure world of sci-fi to investigate the much vaunted, mysterious potential future event known as 'The Singularity'. What will a machine consciousness mean for humanity? What are the ethical, political, military and philosophical implications of strong A.I.? And what would an AI sound like when spitting rhymes over a dope beat? All this and more shall be revealed in Rap News 28: The Singularity - featuring a special appearance from famed technocrat, futurist and inventor, Ray Kurzweil, in full TED talk mode; everyone's favourite warmonger, General Baxter; and we welcome back the dauntless info warrior Alex Jones, who last made an appearance in RN6. Join Robert Foster on this epic Sci-Fi quest into the future/past of humanity. Written & created by Giordano Nanni & Hugo Farrant in a suburban backyard home studio in Melbourne, Australia, on Wurundjeri Land. ☛ CONNECT with us on: * Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/juicerapnews * Farcebook: https://www.facebook.com/juicerapnews * Website: http://www.thejuicemedia.com * Join our Mailing List to stay up to date with new videos: https://thejuicemedia.com/subscribe ☛ CREDITS: * This episode features two incredible pieces of music. 1) 'Forces of Tyranny' by Dysphemic. Can be heard as part of this epic mix: http://soundcloud.com/dysphemic0/15-m... 2) 'Eye Earth pt 2' by Sk'p http://soundcloud.com/skiponline/eye-... * A.I. acting by Zoe Amanda Wilson (AKA Zoe Umlaut) * A.I. voice by Lucy Cahill * All other acting by Hugo & Giordano; all other vox by Hugo. * Video effects, animations and TED background created by Jonas Schweizer (aka Kookybone) * Sci-fi props by Zoe Umlaut of Umlautronics * Make up for Alex Jones and Ray Kurzweil by Rosie Dunlop * Filming assistance and syncing/keying by Damian Tapley * Wigs styled by Rose Chong costumiers * Thanks to David Rawlinson for writing the code for A.I. Consciousness boot up; and for many conversations about singularities; to Adam Ferguson for feedback on script; to Bill Skermer for lending his megaphone to Alex Jones; and to Jason Chalmers for lending his Keytar to Ray Kurzweil. * Captions sync'd by Koolfy from http://nurpa.be * Website assistance by Zoe Tame: http://www.visualtonic.com.au * Video and music edited by Giordano. ☛ DOWNLOAD: * FREE hi-quality MP3: https://soundcloud.com/juice-rap-news... * LYRICS: http://www.thejuicemedia.com/lyrics ☛ SUPPORT the creation of new episodes: * Donate: http://thejuicemedia.com/donate * BitCoin: 12RYnXS1vAD9iUZJ4xb2hmehvitAREsF1f ☛ TRANSLATIONS: * Thanks to Koolfy for creating the English captions * Thanks to Jonas Maebe for creating the Dutch translation * Thanks to FL-Bremen for creating the German translation * Thanks to Tamara L for creating the Serbian translation * Thanks to Jonathan Barner for creating the Hebrew translation, and many congratulations to him from Juice Rap News on the occasion of his marriage! =) * Thanks to Lia D for creating the Finnish translation * Thanks to Prokhor Ozornin for creating the Russian translation * Thanks to Julie Chatagnon for creating the French translation * Thanks to Helena K for creating the Italian translation If you would like to translate our episode into your language, please contact us:http://www.thejuicemedia.com/contact
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