Singularity conference at Stanford on May 13

Tyler Emerson of the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence says,

The Singularity Summit takes place at Stanford on May 13, 9:00am-5:00pm at Stanford Memorial Auditorium.

Speakers include

– Ray Kurzweil, inventor, futurist, author of "The Singularity Is Near"

– Douglas Hofstadter, cognitive scientist, author of "Gödel, Escher, Bach"

– K. Eric Drexler, nanotechnology pioneer, author of "Engines of Creation"

– Nick Bostrom, director of the Oxford Future of Humanity Institute

– BoingBoing's own Cory Doctorow

and many more.