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.
Jan 232012
Oct 292011
Actually, I give props to MS for producing these videos. The whole chicken/egg life-imitating-art and the inverse thereof motivation factor inherent in SCI-FI should never be dismissed.
October 29, 2011
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Cybernetics, Future Already Very Pending, Microsoft, Technology, Technology & Work, Telepresence, The Beginning is Near
Sep 212011
Let’s say you are in some serious trouble. You need some heavy altruistic help of a very selfless nature. Who would you want to decide your fate? The “purer” Bronze Age human from 5000 years ago? Or the hyper-augmented cyborg from 2061?
Aug 252011
Can a computer be intelligent like a human? We already accept the existence of other animal intelligences, as long as they’re not as intelligent as us. That is a heartbreaking notion of staggeringly arrogant species-level narcissism.