INHUMAN MARKETS: EVEN THE ALGORITHM CREATORS DON’T KNOW WHAT ...
June 27, 2017Over the years I’ve become increasingly wary of the various markets that are now run almost exclusively by computers and have occasionally commented about […]
Tag: artificial intelligence
CASHLESSNESS, CYBER-SECURITY, AI, AND INSANITY
May 25, 2017Finally someone is saying it: the idea of a cashless society is nuts. No, not just nuts, it’s insane. Of course, the plutocrats and […]
MUSK LAUNCHES COMPANY TO INTEGRATE PEOPLE WITH COMPUTERS
April 3, 2017Just when you thought the insanity of the modern age could not possibly get any kookier, along comes another billionaire busybody with another billionaire […]
“HOW ABOUT THEM APPLES?”: ARTIFICIAL POLLINATORS
March 24, 2017Over the years of watching and reporting on the GMO issue on this website, one of the things that many brought to my attention […]
TALKING BOTS AND EDIBLE BOTS AND LITTLE LAMBS EAT IVY…
March 18, 2017You know the popular old song, “Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy.” I couldn’t help but be reminded […]
THE TRANSHUMANIST SCRAPBOOK: (HIDEOUS) METHOD IN THE EU ...
January 27, 2017This story was another one that seemed to have attracted a lot of people’s attention this past week: an EU parliament committee – a […]
MIND CONTROL AND THE TRANSHUMANIST SCRAPBOOK: MUSK WANTS BRAIN HACKING ...
September 21, 2016For those who continue to question where mind manipulation technologies, frequency entrainment technologies, and emotion-mind manipulation techniques exist and have had a deleterious influence […]
THE CIA, SATELLITES, AND AI
September 2, 2016Remember the mysterious death of of Dr. Molly McAuley recently? (see Well, Ms. M.W. found this article, and I have the suspicion that it […]
TIDBIT: AND SPEAKING OF AI…
August 11, 2016…and speaking of AI, there’s this claim from Russia (and note the comments in the article and the first comment in the comment section):
IBM DEVELOPS ARTIFICIAL NEURONS
August 11, 2016Yes, you read that headline title correctly. IBM is claiming to have developed an artificial neuron, that can “learn” on its own, and here’s […]
THE TRANSHUMANIST SCRAPBOOK: EU WANTS ROBOTS TO BE ABLE TO COPYRIGHT ...
July 24, 2016Never one to allow any debate or discussion of an issue, the European Union now apparently has unveiled plans to allow robots to copyright […]
GOOGLE’S AI KILL SWITCH
June 15, 2016One of my favorite television series is Person of Interest, which has – to say the least – a very contemporary story line. In […]
THE TRANSHUMANIST SCRAPBOOK: IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT A.I., READ ...
March 29, 2016If you’re like Nick Bostrom, Isaac Asimov, or (not to put myself on their level), me, you probably have a few, nay, probably many […]
CONCERNING CERN: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO UNPLUG DATA FLOOD AT CERN? ...
December 8, 2015THis is one of the articles that so many of you shared that I simply have to comment about it. There seems to be […]
THE TRANSHUMANIST SCRAPBOOK: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE ...
October 26, 2015If you’ve been following the artificial intelligence story and meme, then this recent story and its implications may interest you(this article was shared by […]
YOU TELL ME: PRESIDENT SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER FOR WORLD’S FASTEST ...
August 12, 2015So many of your sent me this article, along with your own high octane speculations and insights, that I have to share it with […]
THE TRANSHUMANISM SCRAPBOOK: RAT BRAINS NOW LINKED VIA COMPUTER INTO ...
July 11, 2015As the following article indicates, there may be more truth than cartoon fantasy in the old cartoon “Pinky and the Brain.” In the cartoon, […]
THE TRANSHUMANIST SCRAPBOOK: RADICALLY AMPLIFIED HUMAN INTELLIGENCE
March 23, 2015This one was shared by Mr. J.K., and it’s definitely one worth adding to your transhumanist scrapbook. Readers of my and co-author Scott D […]
THE TRANSHUMANIST SCRAPBOOK: SUPERCOMPUTERS AND THE RESURRECTION OF ...
March 15, 2015One of the scenarios that I have suggested here, and that the subscribing members of this website and I have often discussed in our […]
THE DEAD BANKERS SCRAPBOOK: MURDER-SUICIDES, FREEZING ON A MOUNTAIN, ...
March 5, 2015During all the previous days’ high octane speculations, one may think that in turning from disappearing airplanes, quantum physicists involved with the CERN project […]
THE TRANSHUMANIST SCRAPBOOK: BAPTIZING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE…
February 20, 2015It may seem we’ve departed from all of this past week’s preoccupation with outer space, ETs, UFOs, and “out there” high octane speculation with […]
THOSE BANKER DEATHS: A RECENT LIST AND SOME MORE HIGH OCTANE ...
December 6, 2014As I’ve previously said on occasions, one of the interesting things about my job at this website is that once a week or so, […]
ELON MUSK ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: “WE’RE SUMMONING THE ...
November 11, 2014Elon Musk is in the news again, though this time it’s not in reference to his space activities or new-fangled cars, but rather, in […]
TRANSHUMANIST SCRAPBOOK: ELECTRONIC INTERFACES AND AMPLIFIED ...
June 10, 2013Here’s another one for the transhumanist scrapbook. Recently I blogged about the growing perception of some scientists that some animals seem to have rudimentary […]