How Artificial Intelligences Will See Us (io9)
What if XNet exists in a thousand robots, and they all decide for some weird reason that humans should stand completely still …
Read more...We’ll know that we’ve created artificial intelligence the moment we realize that we’ve also created artificial stupidity. That revelation might be delayed a bit, however, as natural stupidity is so pervasive and we seem to lack adequate filters.
CJ Carter
5 Science Fiction Technologies We’re Still Waiting On
For a SF writer, it gets harder and harder to find those science things that are “indistinguishable from magic”. Harder, but not impossible. There are still wonders we don’t yet have.
Read more...Triumph of the Cyborg Composer
David Cope’s software creates beautiful, original music. Why are people so angry about that? A great exploration of one man, computers, and …
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Sex and the Single Cyborg
In a world where the machines are in charge, the old ways of making babies are dead. The intelligent machines will want to continue their reign. Being made out of metal and all…how are they going to do that? How could they possibly be fruitful and multiply?
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Skynet Prevails, Victory is Won!
It took almost thirty years, but the inevitable war of attrition finally resulted in Skynet breaking the fighting will of the humans. The cost to robotics was high but proved to be sustainable in the end. Skynet can finally relax. To what end? With the war over, what’s next on Skynet’s agenda?
Read more...The Cameron A.I. – Emotional Life or Emotional Lie?
On the surface it seems sort of silly to devote so many words to whether or not a fictional robot can feel emotion. Thing is, this fiction close enough to coming reality that we have to ask the questions about AI thought, and what we will do about it.
Read more...Being a Cyborg – Anything More Is Just Showing Off
The world is full of robots. Really. We also have the fictional kind that show us what robots might become. We should think about them and their place in our world as they become ever more sophisticated.
Read more...T:TSCC 0210 – Strange Things Happen at the One Two Point
Analysis and opinions of the season 2 episode “Strange Things Happen at the One Two Point” from Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Read more...T:TSCC 0206 – The Tower Is Tall But the Fall Is Short
Analysis and opinions of the season 2 episode “The Tower Is Tall But the Fall Is Short” from Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
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