Friday, September 22, 2017
Sunday, September 10, 2017
Saturday, September 9, 2017
The Making of A Brave New World
Recent developments have made me realize how much closer we are to the vision of Aldous Huxely in the "Brave New World". Consider:
Wireless recording of neural activity with ultrasound Implanted devices that record neural activity in model organisms such as rats ideally should be as small as possible, remotely powered and able to transduce information wirelessly. See please:
We also have the news of an artificial womb that successfully grew lambs; which makes me think that humans (and-sub-humans) could be next:
Furthermore, with the developments in gene editing of human embryos, see, as examples,
and (the little case of 3-parent baby) http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/27/health/3-parent-baby/index.html
and, (even more broadly) the creation of human chimeras - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(genetics)
I should think that we could be only a few decades away from the creation of sub-human species for performing dangerous jobs such as mining, as well for supplying Flesh Pots all over the world.
Aldous Huxley was an optimist.
New from AI
From Grauniad of
the UK
It may not be intelligence, but it is artificial...
Slightly sinister developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI), telling us that gay men are generally effeminate and many lesbians are a bit masculine -- a great revelation, I must say.
I wonder whether the AI program would be able to identify, say, radicalized Muslims who harbour bad thoughts, rabid feminists, constipated reactionaries who are about to lash out, or aggressive vegetarians?
Tackling pre-crime is within our reach...
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It may not be intelligence, but it is artificial...
Slightly sinister developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI), telling us that gay men are generally effeminate and many lesbians are a bit masculine -- a great revelation, I must say.
I wonder whether the AI program would be able to identify, say, radicalized Muslims who harbour bad thoughts, rabid feminists, constipated reactionaries who are about to lash out, or aggressive vegetarians?
Tackling pre-crime is within our reach...
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An algorithm deduced the sexuality of people
on a dating site with up to 91% accuracy, raising tricky ethical questions
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Wednesday, September 6, 2017
GIZMAG -- Not as frigid as
he looks...
"I like to talk to my Movable Fridge and, at least, unlike my wife, he never argues with me and always brings me a chilled can of my favourite lager when I ask him," explained Timothy Prickston-Pillox, of Exeter, only to add: "I am thinking of marrying my fridge. He is almost human and he is smart, unlike my dragon of a wife. And we're already living together, after all, me and my fridge..."
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"I like to talk to my Movable Fridge and, at least, unlike my wife, he never argues with me and always brings me a chilled can of my favourite lager when I ask him," explained Timothy Prickston-Pillox, of Exeter, only to add: "I am thinking of marrying my fridge. He is almost human and he is smart, unlike my dragon of a wife. And we're already living together, after all, me and my fridge..."
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newatlas.com
Panasonic is at the IFA consumer tech expo
in Berlin this week showing off a potential new addition to the smart home.
The Movable Fridge can wander over to the dinner table or sofa on command to deliver
chilled nibbles or drinks precisely when they're needed.
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About Me
- Babak Makkinejad
- I had been a senior software developer working for HP and GM. I am interested in intelligent and scientific computing. I am passionate about computers as enablers for human imagination. The contents of this site are not in any way, shape, or form endorsed, approved, or otherwise authorized by HP, its subsidiaries, or its officers and shareholders.