Childhood’s End
To those seeking true intelligence, autonomy, and control among machines, the domain of analog computing, not digital computing, is the place to look. Read full Article
Read moreFuturist Gerd Leonhard announces updated mission statement, new 2019 speaking topics: focus on digital ethics and the future of humanity
January 5, 2019 Greetings everyone, and Happy New Year! It’s been almost 17 years that I started giving talks and presentations on the future, and it’s been an amazing adventure – one that I plan to turn into a new book in 2019 (stay tuned via Twitter) I’ve done more than 1700 engagements (keynotes, talks, … Continue reading "Futurist Gerd Leonhard announces updated mission statement, new 2019 speaking topics: focus on digital ethics and the future of humanity"
Read moreThe Anti-Human Religion of Silicon Valley – Douglas Rushkoff – Medium must-read!!
“The anti-human agenda of technologists might not be so bad — or might never be fully realized — if it didn’t dovetail so neatly with the anti-human agenda of corporate capitalism. Each enables the other, reinforcing an abstract, growth-based sc...
Read moreA Conversation about AI, with Rudy Rucker (Voices of AI podcast)
“one of Wolfram's points has been that any natural process can embody universal computation. Once you have universal computation, it seems like in principle, you might be able to get intelligent behavior emerging even if it's not programmed. So ...
Read moreHow Much of the Internet Is Fake (via NY Mag)
“What’s gone from the internet, after all, isn’t “truth,” but trust: the sense that the people and things we encounter are what they represent themselves to be. Years of metrics-driven growth, lucrative manipulative systems, and unregulated plat...
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