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BBC News – ‘Friendly’ drone on dog leash takes off

On: April 25, 2014

[W]ant to spy on your neighbor? Now you can with this new ‘pet’ drone! Regulations won’t be a worry since this little beauty is classified as a ‘kite’. Yes, I said a kite. Note in the picture (found at the BBC link) that this ‘pet’ has a camera, which enablesContinue Reading

My Latest Read: Artificial Evil Book 1 of The Techxorcist

By: Sharon

On: April 5, 2014

In: Books, Robotics, Transhumanism

[L]ast night, I finished reading Colin Barnes’ very interesting book, “Artificial Evil”, Book 1 of The Techxorcist. Techxorcism is a word I wish I’d coined, for it evokes images of the world that looms in our very near future, when–if I’m right–spiritual entities may well inhabit code, therefore becoming andContinue Reading

The Turing Test for Humanity

By: Sharon

On: December 13, 2013

In: Neuroscience, Robotics, Science

[A] curious article popped up this morning regarding a telephone conversation with a computer claiming to be human. Apparently, Time Magazine bureau chief Michael Scherer put this entity to a series of ‘tests’ to prove whether or not the caller was really a human female called ‘Samantha West’: After askingContinue Reading

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