The incomparable futurist, inventor, entrepreneur, and popularizer of Singularity Theory and artificial intelligence studies has today published his latest work. This is basically required reading, and it’s available through Anthrobotic!
Nov 152012
Oct 262012
With quantum mechanics, pixelation of the universe, and some supremely annoying probability, seems reality might be a computer simulation, and God might be an intensely needy supermind playing the latest release of “Semi-Conscious Hairless Primates.”
October 26, 2012
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Brain, Consciousness, Existential Quandary Stuff, Here First or Best Here, Kurzweil, NBI, Neurology, Pure Science, Quantum Physics, Super Computer, Technology, Universe
Sep 262012
When one of the U.S. Air Force’s top future strategy guys starts dorking out on how we’ve gotta at least begin considering what to do when a progressively decaying yet apocalyptically belligerent sun begins BBQing the earth, attention is payed.
September 26, 2012
Air Force, Artificial Intelligence, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology, Energy Technology, Existential Quandary Stuff, Human Augmentation, Kurzweil, NASA, Physics, Planetary Resources, Private Space Race, Pure Science, Singularity, Space Mining, Space Technology, Technology, Transhumanism, Universe
Jul 312012
A new device gives the blind 576 pixels of vision, and that’s awesome. But this and other developments herald the infancy of something much more profound: Having your healthy, functional eyes removed and replaced with something far better. HOT DAMN!
July 31, 2012
Aging Society, Bioengineering, Bionic, Brain, Cybernetics, Future Already Very Pending, Genomics, Here First or Best Here, Human Augmentation, Kurzweil, Medical Technology, Neurology, Prosthetics, Technology, Technology & Disability, Transhumanism, Transhumanism Test Pilots, We're Already Cyborgs Already
Feb 222012
I think quantum computing means something like your computer turns on before it turns on and completes computations before it completes them. I’m pretty sure I want some of that.
February 22, 2012
CPU, Here First or Best Here, Kurzweil, Multimedia, Pure Science, Quantum Physics, Super Computer, Technology
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
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
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
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