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The singularity: Mind-blowing benefits of merging human brains and computers

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:36:32 -0800
Last week science took the first step towards merging human brains and computers into one giant intelligence. It could bring mind-blowing benefits
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Robert Harris, In 'Fear' Of A Financial Frankenstein

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:34:15 -0800
Robert Harris' new novel explores the scary possibilities of the computerized world we have created for ourselves.
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Navigating the Legality of Autonomous Vehicles

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:17:33 -0800
Let the Robot Drive: The Autonomous Car of the Future Is Here Autonomous Cars Through the Ages Mapping the Road Ahead for Autonomous Cars Five Reasons The Robo-Car Haters Are Wrong I wasn’t long in the backseat of Google’s self-driving Toyota Prius, cruising smoothly down California Highway 85, before a sober, gray-flannel question pierced my [...]
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Research shows you'll want to tweet this post

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:13:00 -0800
This is a blog post about the sexy social media technology Twitter. It mentions Justin Bieber. You'll want to tweet it. At least, my editors hope you do. My job might depend on it.
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FAWM challenges songwriters to up their output in February

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:25:21 -0800
Founder Burr Settles mixes songwriting and machine learning by Andy Mulkerin On Day One of February Album Writing Month, Burr Settles is wearing his FAWM T-shirt. He insists he won't wear it for the entire month, but Settles is an enthusiastic, if understated, guy.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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The dangers of Googling

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:43:22 -0800
Mary Shelley wrote ‘Frankenstein; or, the modern Prometheus’, as an allegory about technology and its ability to damage human society. She wrote in the midst of the Industrial Revolution, which caused the immiseration of large sections of the population of Britain.
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The Future of Capitalism: World Economic Forum Should Consider Elements of the Next Global Economic System by The ...

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:42:27 -0800
With increasing global interdependence and the speed of change, greater disasters than the 2008 financial crisis and the current Europe debt explosions may be possible, according to The Millennium Project. If so, can such future financial and economic disasters be prevented or reduced?(PRWEB) January 26, 2012 The Millennium Project announces its findings from the report “Some Elements of the ...
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Roboticist sees improvisation through machine's eyes

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:16:00 -0800
Pittsburgh (CNN) -- The comedian, a small robot named Data, takes the stage. Rising from a crouch, as if psyching himself up for his audience, he waves. "It's an honor to be here," he says in a voice that makes him sound like a geeky adolescent boy with a helium-sucking addiction.
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Beyond the Gadgets at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:00:00 -0800
PISCATAWAY, N.J. , Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As the dust settles from the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, NV , technologists from around the world have gathered at ...
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Do We Need Doctors Or Algorithms?

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:08:19 -0800
I was asked about a year ago at a talk about energy what I was doing about the other large social problems, namely health care and education. Surprised, I flippantly responded that the best solution was to get rid of doctors and teachers and let your computers do the work, 24/7 and with consistent quality. Later, I got to cogitating about what I had said and why, and how embarrassingly wrong ...
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