Bionic & Biological: The Ferocious Conundrum of Being 50/50 (FOUR-YEAR FAR FAR FLASHBACKY)

Mar 192016
 
Bionic & Biological: The Ferocious Conundrum of Being 50/50 (FOUR-YEAR FAR FAR FLASHBACKY)

There are million different angles to discuss here, but by far the most interesting idea is a gradual, mutual, acquisitional merger – the pending-yet-not-far-off arrival of homeostasis between biological and mechanical life.

 March 19, 2016  Posted by at 6:21 PM Aging Society, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Bioengineering, Bionic, Cybernetics, Existential Quandary Stuff, Future Already Very Pending, Here First or Best Here, Human Augmentation, Medical Technology, Prosthetics, Technology, Technology & Culture, Technology & Disability, Technology & Healthcare, The Beginning is Near, Transhuman, Transhumanism, Transhumanism Test Pilots, We're Already Cyborgs Already

The Recurring Parable of the AWOL Android (ITSELF NOW RECURS)

Sep 092015
 
The Recurring Parable of the AWOL Android (ITSELF NOW RECURS)

When we see the clean, cold, precise cognition of a difference machine suddenly go all batshit rogue PMS, an executive-level narcissism kicks into gear, i.e., we suddenly see We. So, let’s then consider the duality of a machine valuing sentient life, yet being totally willing to murder its ass for the “right” reasons…which should sound familiar.

 September 9, 2015  Posted by at 2:51 PM AI, Artificial Intelligence, Brain, Consciousness, Cybernetics, Existential Quandary Stuff, Here First or Best Here, Human Augmentation, Military Robotics, NBI, Robot, Robot Art, Robot Emotions, Robot Love, Sci-Fi, Technology & Culture, Technology & Entertainment, The Beginning is Near, WarBots

Ray Kurzweil’s “How to Create a Mind” available through Anthrobotic.com

Nov 152012
 
Ray Kurzweil's "How to Create a Mind" available through Anthrobotic.com

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!

 November 15, 2012  Posted by at 12:39 AM AI, Amazon.com, Artificial Intelligence, Bioengineering, Brain, Consciousness, Existential Quandary Stuff, Human Augmentation, Kurzweil, NBI, Neurology, Shameful Self-Promotion, Shameless Self-Promotion, Singularity, Super Computer, Technology, The Beginning is Near, Transhumanism

Technological Utopianism is Way Better than Technological Apocalypticism. Robots, Robots.

Feb 142012
 
Technological Utopianism is Way Better than Technological Apocalypticism. Robots, Robots.

Human employment is soon going to drastically & quickly change. For sure China’s in trouble, but on the whole is this good or bad? Here a young guy says we’re doomed, and an old guy says it’s all going to be cool. Weird, right?

 February 14, 2012  Posted by at 1:23 PM AI, Artificial Intelligence, Future Already Very Pending, Here First or Best Here, Industrial Robots, Medical Robots, Military Robotics, NBI, Robot, Robot Art, Robot Emotions, Robot Love, Robots in Space, Technology, Technology & Labor, Technology & Work, The Beginning is Near

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

Feb 032012
 
Where the Human Ends & the Machine Begins: Getting Unclearer…

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 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
 
Technology Will Eradicate Barbarians & Drum Circles and Fix Everything

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 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
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