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Singularity University Founded by NASA,Google

Google and NASA have partnered to create a school called Singularity University.The school,to be headed by Ray Kurzweil,will prepare scientists and others to deal with the effects of technological change.Kurzweil will serve as Chancellor.Ray Kurzweil is the author of The Singularity is Near,a somewhat controversial book that suggests,among other things,that by the middle of this century computers will outstrip humans and humans will be able to use genetics and nanotechnology to directly affect its own evolution,achieving a kind of physical immortality.The establishment of the Singularity University by a government agency,NASA,and a private company,Google,suggests a growing acceptance of Ray Kurzweil's ideas.Peter Diamandis,of the X Prize Foundation, is also backing the establishment of the Singularity University.Diamandis will serve as Vice Chancellor of Singularity University.Singularity University, according to its website,will offer a course of study starting this summer for graduate and post graduate students in the following areas:"future studies and forecasting,networks and computing systems,biotechnology and bioinformatics,nanotechnology,medicine,neuroscience and human enhancement,AI,robotics,and cognitive computing,energy and ecological systems,space and physical sciences,policy,law and ethics,finance and entrepreneurship."