I’m in a fun email exchange with a bunch of clever folks talking about how “thinking machines” might come to be and might be mean to us so I wanted to post my thoughts about that. I’m not posting … Continue reading
Lots of new info a Singularity Hub here about the quest for brain / computer interfaces, which I think will be the next ‘really big thing’ on planet earth, in part because they’ll be cool and helpful and in part … Continue reading
In the coming years people are likely to experience the most profound transformation in all of history. The event is often called “The singularity” because it’s very hard to know what will happen after the the ongoing fast rise in … Continue reading
This great list is from the Accelerating Futures Website from Michael Anissimov Artificial Intelligence Aubrey de Grey Chief Science Officer, Methuselah Foundation Barney Pell Search Strategist, Microsoft Ben Goertzel CSO, Novamente & Director of Research, SIAI Bill Hibbard Emeritus Senior … Continue reading
Mattel Mind Flex – Theta Wave Game Controller Originally uploaded by JoeDuck Mattel Mind Flex was one of the most remarkable devices at CES 2009. Simpler but coneptually similar to the Emotiv headset expected to be out soon, Mattel’s device … Continue reading
The Google blog notes how huge the web is now, with Google indexing over a trillion unique URLs. As they note in the article the actual number of indexable URLs is, in one sense, infinite. For example calendar pages will … Continue reading
Earlier here at Joe Duck there was a discussion about “chat bots” and how they differ from humans. I reproduced my exchange with Palm’s support guy “Silas” in a post below. He was a human, tut I like Alaska Air’s Jenn much better. At least her grammer stays intact, and she’s … Continue reading
More important than Valleywag‘s mildly controversial publication of TED Conference attendees is my proposed publication of TED non-attendees, which would take a forest of paper and list some 6,499,999,000 of the world’s 6.5 billion people. The non-TED list would have more dumb … Continue reading
Kara Swisher over at All Things D has an excellent post about the Yahoo Microsoft merger where in my view she suggests correctly that the game is pretty much over. Google won’t do much to get in to this mess … Continue reading
Technology continues to blur the line between our bodies and helpful gadgets. CNET reports that the University of Washington is experimenting with embedding LEDs into contact lenses, a step in the direction of creating vision correcting contact lenses. In his powerful … Continue reading
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