Three Valley moguls dabble in humanity's future

Former Paypal CEO Peter Thiel recently joined the board of the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence, a transhumanist org seeking to "help ensure a safe Singularity" by ushering in an age of self-aware computers. But he's not the only Valley exec investing in weird dreams of a super-intelligent race. Here are the top three:
The mogul | The futurism venue | The dream |
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Peter Thiel, former Paypal CEO | Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence | Robot-boy Haley Joel Osment brings peace and welfare to mankind |
Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder | Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence | Aliens contacted, befriended, acquired in hostile stock takeover |
Bill Joy, Sun Microsystems co-founder | "Why the future doesn't need us" (Wired article) | If we're lucky, humanity will survive |