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 ☛ 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-minute-minimix-of-doom-free-dl 2) 'Eye Earth pt 2' by Sk'p http://soundcloud.com/skiponline/eye-earth-part-2-demo * 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) * AI consciousness bootup code written by Dr. David Rawlinson. Thanks to DBot for for many conversations about singularities too! * 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 Adam Ferguson for feedback on script; and 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/the-singularity-rap-news-28 * LYRICS: http://www.thejuicemedia.com/lyrics ☛ SUPPORT the creation of new episodes: https://www.thejuicemedia.com/support/ ☛ 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 * Thanks to Euclides Filho for creating the Brazilian Portuguese translation * Thanks to Tomasz Romanowski for creating the Polish translation * Thanks to Jose Manuel Iriarte Alarcon for creating the Spanish (Mexico) translation * Thanks to Ondřej Jareš for creating the Czech translation If you would like to translate this episode into your language, please contact us: http://www.thejuicemedia.com/contact