The 8th European conference on Computing And Philosophy – ECAP 2010, Technische Universitat, Munich, Germany has issued a call for papers on Technological Singularity & Acceleration Studies, with a submission deadline for extended abstracts of May 7, 2010.

“We invite submissions describing systematic attempts at understanding the likelihood and nature of these projections. In particular, we welcome papers critically analyzing the following issues from a philosophical, computational, mathematical, scientific and ethical standpoints:

* Claims about and evidence to acceleration
* The nature of an intelligence explosion and its possible outcomes
* The nature of the Technological Singularity and its outcome
* Safe and unsafe artificial general intelligence and preventative measures
* Technological forecasts of computing phenomena and their projected impact
* Critical analysis of past and future technological forecasts
* Beyond the ‘event horizon’ of the Technological Singularity
* The prospects of transhuman breakthroughs and likely timeframes”

More information: ECAP 2010 Website.