Longbets

ziggy on 2002-04-18T15:56:48

TorgoX found this really interesting site for making bets about the future.

Bets at the moment include:

• Ray Kurtzweil vs. Mitch Kapor betting on a machine passing the Turing Test by 2029
• Dave Winer vs. the CEO of NYTimes Digital about the overall relevance of blogging vs. the New York Times in 2007.
• Danny Hillis vs. Nathan Myhrvold The universe will eventually stop expanding.
• An open bet by Freeman Dyson that we will find our first extra-terrestrial life living in open space

Proceeds go to the winner's charity of choice, once the bet can be settled.