Remember The Secret of NIMH? [VIA GIZMODO]
Jun 212011
Jun 152011
Dr. Ben Goertzel is a both a young pioneer and modern legend in AI, robotics, and transhumanism (site). He is the kind of down-to-earth-yet-occasionally-overly-optimistic cultstar scientist who is in fact making every effort to actually design humanity’s future. A strongly recommended read, but to be fair, this piece is definitely geared more toward those with more than a passing interest in cultural & technology, AI, and robotics. That being said, however, if you’re really interested in the words of a man who is seriously considering what it means to be human after we begin designing ourselves, then you MUST READ!! [read full post]
June 15, 2011
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Brain, Cybernetics, Future Already Very Pending, Human Augmentation, Neurology, Prosthetics, Robot, Technology, Technology Law
Jun 092011
“There’s a certain alertness to the science fictional nature of current reality.” -R.U. Sirius Technological and Cyber/CounterCultural icon R.U. Sirius has a new online venture: ACCELER8OR. Sirius is kind of a lost breed of futurist/humanist/guy-who-makes-you-question-the-real – a person who can wax technological and also weave in various means of and perspectives on organic cognitive expansion… or something (the vagueness, or openness to interpretation is kind of a plasticity of ideas vs. the brick wall of beliefs sorta perspective). As is evident, describing the person requires a lot of slashes and hyphens, so ANTHROBOTIC recommends you set an ACCELER8OR bookmark and/or [read full post]
Jun 072011
“The artificial microbrain consists of about 40 to 60 rat neurons and is capable of sustaining 12 neuronal seconds of network activity.” While living in a petri dish and dumber than… well, not a rock, but dumb – it is still a new form of artificial intelligence. At least, as we understand intelligence, i.e., emanates from the brain as an organ and not from a spooky vengeful deity. Pictured Above: Artificial Brain [VIA DISCOVERY NEWS]
June 7, 2011
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Brain, Future Already Very Pending, Neurology, Technology, The Beginning is Near
Jun 062011
“The keyword here, obviously, is learning. The problem with the conventional approach to robotics is that it requires explicit programming for robots to carry out specific tasks, leading to a lack of autonomous, general-purpose artificial intelligence, or AI.“ Part of a multitude of new approaches aiming to create General AI, or Strong AI. Rather than design complex algorithms that inform behavior from the top of a tree of intelligence, why not give machines the ability to learn on their own, and create their own “neural” model based on their… socialization. [VIA LIVE SCIENCE]
June 6, 2011
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Brain, Neurology, Technology
May 302011
The Convergence of Medicine & Technology… Dude, Medicine IS Technology! Just Saying…I understand the point of the author’s title – but, you know, a scalpel, a bandage, and an aspirin are kinds of technology. I’m totally renaming this piece: “Medical Technology Gets Awesomer!“ [VIA KURZWEIL AI]
May 30, 2011
AI, Brain, Cybernetics, Neurology, Prosthetics, Robot, Technology, We're Already Cyborgs Already
May 242011
“What’s especially exciting about this research is that it turns out the spinal cord itself is smart enough and has enough plasticity to learn to control his legs without direct control from the brain.” ARTICLE :: VIDEO [VIA KURZWEIL AI]
May 24, 2011
Brain, Cybernetics, Human Augmentation, Neurology, Prosthetics, Technology, We're Already Cyborgs Already