More On The Robot Question

The Singularity.  Artificial Intelligence.  Self-aware, self-actuating, and self-learning robots.  What will our future be like when the machines become self-aware?  Will it be the like the T-1000 from Terminator?  Or more like Johnny 5 from Short Circuit?  Or Andrew from Bicentennial Man?  Here is a run-down of four different versions of our electronic and digital future.

A recent book by Martin Ford, Rise of Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future, examines a world in the all ...

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FEB
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artificial intellegence, cybersecurity, robotics

Sunday Funnies: Smart Toaster Disrupts Internet of Things Keynote

burned-toastI’ve been warning about the dangers of self-aware machines for some time.

Here is a story about how a toaster disrupted a keynote address by ARM CEO Simon Segars at the annual ARM TechCon Conference.  It seems that the toaster was toasting a bagel which got stuck, and started burning.  The smoke caused the fire alarms to go of in the middle ...

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15
NOV
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artificial intellegence, Computers and Internet, Sunday Funnies

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Will Self-Aware Computers Keep Humans as Pets?

“Never trust a computer you can’t throw out a window.” – Steve Wozniak, co-creator of the Apple computer

I just started reading a book from 1999, written by Ray Kurweil called The Age of Spiritual Machines.  This book explores the consequences of our technological changes as they relate to AI or Artificial Intelligence, sometimes called “the Singularity,” and the future of the human race in the age of self-aware machines.  We have all see the “Terminator” movie series, with its ...

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30
MAR
0

artificial intellegence, Computers and Internet

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