I’m mulling over a setting in which AI is linked to humans, animals, plants, and the nonliving environment – a kind of animist AI. It would be very different from the cool machine intelligences we’ve been imagining for so long.
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The Body Is the Missing Link for Truly Intelligent Machines http://bit.ly/2n9PTLW
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These electronic temporary tattoos turn your skin into smartphone controls.
The idea of a working computer model of the economy is at the heart of a story idea I’m incubating. (It also features in Terry Pratchett’s Making Money).
This is a good article in general, and I could equally well have posted it in my Collective Endeavour collection.
http://evonomics.com/orthodox-economic-is-broken-how-evolution-ecology-collective-behavior//
There are plenty of stories here.
Increasingly, governments are attempting to control not just physical, but also virtual presence in specific places.
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You Can Ban a Person, But What About Their Hologram? http://suhub.co/2nhXFV2
The brain isn’t really like a computer. But computers could be like brains.
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New Artificial Synapse Bridges the Gap to Brain-Like Computers
Foresight – envisioning the future so you can attempt to change it – is becoming an important business skill. There are techniques and strategies for it, too.
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If We Can See the Future We Want, We Can Shape It Too http://suhub.co/2mJMEul
There’s a theory that large herbivores could play an important role in reversing some global warming effects, and the Siberian mammoth is a prime example.
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Long Extinct Species to Be Revived in the Lab With Powerful New Tools http://suhub.co/2nfTARl
With yeast – which is harder than it initially sounds, and also potentially very useful. Yeasts have already been genetically engineered to brew medicines, perfumes, and other useful or desirable stuff.
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How Fully Synthetic Complex Life Just Got a Lot Closer http://suhub.co/2mWZ0jz
I probably wouldn’t put a flying car in SF unless I was going pulpy, but I may be being too cautious there.
Originally shared by David Brin
Airbus has revealed a concept for a self-flying car capable of operating both on the ground and in the air, and plans to test it later this year. The cool concept is to separate the three main functions. The road-wheel-motor system, the flight system and the passenger module.
http://www.newsweek.com/airbus-unveils-self-flying-car-concept-565107
http://www.newsweek.com/airbus-unveils-self-flying-car-concept-565107