Rutgers University Plans Online Course on The Singularity

Mar 16 2010

Rutgers University Plans Online Course on The Singularity

Posted by Frank Whittemore in Singularity News, Singularity University

Singularity University is no longer the only University offering Singularity Studies.

This summer, Rutgers University plans to offer “Special Topics in Sociology: Singularity Studies, the first accredited college course on the Singularity and associated technologies…

Click here for more information found on and through the KurzweilAI.Net website.

Be sure to check out the list of instructors.

Click here for more information on the book “The Singularity is Near” by Ray Kurzweil.

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