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Where the Human Ends & the Machine Begins: Getting Unclearer…

Feb 032012

What we conceptualize as our discrete Physical Self isn’t nearly as cut and dried as we might think, and the non-corporeal Mental Self seems to have some blurry boundaries as well. We’re Cyborgs, man. Philosophical Cyborgs.

February 3, 2012 Posted by anthrobotic at 12:19 PM Aging Society, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Brain, Consciousness, Cybernetics, Exoskeleton, Future Already Very Pending, Here First or Best Here, Human Augmentation, Kurzweil, Medical Technology, Prosthetics, Technology, The Beginning is Near, Transhuman, Transhumanism, Transhumanism Test Pilots, We're Already Cyborgs Already

Technology Will Eradicate Barbarians & Drum Circles and Fix Everything

Jan 262012

Technological utopianism might be just as foolish as vegan white people with dreadlocks or those with a super-spooky, vengeful, punishing father figure in the sky. But I kinda really seriously doubt it. (BOOK RECOMMENDATION)

January 26, 2012 Posted by anthrobotic at 12:03 AM Consciousness, Cybernetics, Energy Technology, Future Already Very Pending, Genomics, Human Augmentation, Internet, Kurzweil, Medical Technology, Prosthetics, Pure Science, Robot, Space Technology, Super Computer, Technology, Technology & Art, Technology & Education, Technology & Labor, Technology & Politics, Technology & Travel, Technology & Work, Technology Law, The Beginning is Near, Transhumanism

IPv6 on June 6: The Internets Get HUGE.

Jan 232012

IPv6 is a great leap forward. But something tells me that even a 39-digit number might eventually seem as quaint as 4.3 billion does now. I mean come on, let’s be realistic – nanobots are going to need IP addresses, too.

January 23, 2012 Posted by anthrobotic at 9:43 AM DARPA, Future Already Very Pending, Here First or Best Here, Human Augmentation, Internet, Super Computer, Technology, The Beginning is Near

Hello, China! Welcome to Capitalism. Ummm, You Might Not Like the Next Part…

Jan 172012

China, robots are coming to get your economy.

January 17, 2012 Posted by anthrobotic at 1:32 PM Apple, Future Already Very Pending, Here First or Best Here, Industrial Robots, iPhone 5, NBI, Robot, Technology, Technology & Labor, Technology & Work

ROM for Right & Wrong: Teaching Humans Vs. Coding Machines

Jan 072012

It might be a good idea to encourage non-biological intelligences (NBIs) to be, as we are, only vaguely moral. A self-aware & morally pure machine might not be so kind to human nature. Just saying.

January 7, 2012 Posted by anthrobotic at 2:25 PM AI, Artificial Intelligence, Brain, CareBots, Consciousness, Future Already Very Pending, Industrial Robots, Medical Robots, Military Robotics, Robot, Robot Emotions, Robot Love, Technology, Technology & Politics, Technology & Work, Technology Law

WarBot Update: WarBots in the News, WarBots Here, There, Everywhere.

Jan 062012

The U.S. is going to seriously cut ground forces (Army & Marines, particularly). The monkey pony show of politics calls it budget cuts and such, but they neglect to point out that grunts are being obviated by bots, man.

January 6, 2012 Posted by anthrobotic at 1:02 PM AI, Artificial Intelligence, DARPA, Drone, Future Already Very Pending, Here First or Best Here, Military Robotics, Multimedia, NBI, Robot, Robots in Space, Space Technology, Technology, Technology & Politics, Technology Law, WarBots

Adam Carolla & Louis C.K. – New Heroes of Entertainment Technology

Dec 312011

These two seemingly low-tech pasty white guys in their 40s are the unlikely heroes of contemporary entertainment technology – and the comedy entertainment industry’s version of The Man should be very, very scared.

December 31, 2011 Posted by anthrobotic at 3:02 PM Future Already Very Pending, Here First or Best Here, Internet, Multimedia, Technology, Technology & Art, Technology & Labor, Technology Law

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