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When computers can reason, will they want us around?
It is so encouraging to see maintream press, like the Financial Times, reporting on what I think will become the the key issue of our lifetime – conscious machines. Although this article pretty much...
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Of Rats and Men: Rat brains, Blue Brains, and the coming AI age.
SEED magazine reports on the Blue Brain, which IMHO is the most likely project to attain machine-based self consciousness. This in turn will change everything completely and usher in a new era that...
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Computer Reads Minds, World Yawns
One of the fun parts of hanging out in the technology world is getting a good sense of the next big thing before folks really tune into how significant the next big thing will be. I remember about 12...
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Intel: Computers Win by 2050
Intel’s Chief recently explored some of the innovations that are shaping technology, and suggested that computers will surpass humans in intelligence by 2050. Although I think that is a pessimistic...
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Mashup Camp and Convergence08
Looking forward to two upcoming conferences – Mashup Camp and the very first Convergence 08 conference. Mashup Camps have been coming to Mountain View for over two years, bringing great startups for...
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Dear President Obama – Fund these projects FTW!
I’ve written about the remarkable Blue Brain project here and at Technology Report, but there is a new AI project on the block that some seem to think has more potential to attain “strong AI” or...
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Friendly vs Unfriendly Artificial Intelligences – an important debate
As we quickly approach the rise of self-aware and self-improving intelligent machines the debates are going to sound pretty strange, but they are arguably the most important questions humanity has ever...
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Artificial Intelligence Global Luminaries
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,...
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Artificial Sociopaths – Will Thinking Machines Go Bad? Not likely!
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 the...
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Blue Brain Project Progress …
Arguably the world’s most significant science project along with DARPA SyNAPSE, Blue Brain is working to create a functioning NeoCortical column (think “how we think”) simulation via a supercomputer....
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