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The Existential Question of Our Lifetimes
Capitalism would be dead--it simply would not be conscionable for all the wealth generated from automated factories and processes to flow into the pockets of the very richest few, while the overwhelming majority of humans lived in destitution. There would have to be a complete rethink of our economic organization ( Read more... ) -
Life-like Robot
This is creepy. Or cool. I can't decide.
Which gets me to another point. It is inevitable that in time robots will be indistinguishable from humans. Shouldn't another law be added to Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics
- A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
- A robot must obey the orders ( Read more... )
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A Diplomatic Solution
Japan and China are bickering over a couple of uninhabited islands off their coasts. Normally I don't like to interject myself into other people's arguments, but I think I have the perfect way to resolve the dispute, without a loss of life, and moreover in a way that would benefit (or at least entertain) all mankind. Have Japanese and Chinese ( Read more... ) -
Robot Future
Robot soldiers will be here in another ten years! Cool and frightening: http://youtu.be/zkBnFPBV3f0?t=45s"The hope is that Atlas is the first step towards the day when robots, not humans, will be sent to help mitigate major catastrophes, such as the Fukushima nuclear accident." [But the research is being funded by DARPA, the Defense Advanced ( Read more... ) -
Robot Baby
More baby than baby, or defies uncanny valley by fashioning impressionistic rather than realistic image. -
The Immediate Frontier
Space Station is to be "de-orbited" (pushed into atmosphere to burn up) in 2016. WTF! What a waste of time and money!
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/12/AR2009071201977.html
I agree with the long term goal of the US space agency--the colonization of Mars. By in the near and intermediate term, NASA should be using robots and ( Read more... )
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