The postscarcity world envisioned by SF writers like Charles Stross and Cory Doctorow could be closer than it appears, according to Peter H. Diamandis.
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Jun
07
Early days, though at least one researcher is suggesting we could have these in real-life use within a decade.
Early days, though at least one researcher is suggesting we could have these in real-life use within a decade.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
Tiny medical microbots could, for example, shuttle radioactive drugs to cancer clusters, perform surgeries inside the body, or clear out blood clots lodged deep inside the heart or brain.
Jun
06
No More Playing Games: AlphaGo AI to Tackle Some Real World Challenges http://suhub.co/2rygCEf
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No More Playing Games: AlphaGo AI to Tackle Some Real World Challenges http://suhub.co/2rygCEf
Jun
05
I’d just like to say that I was writing about people getting extra robotic arms that they could control with their…
I’d just like to say that I was writing about people getting extra robotic arms that they could control with their minds in about 1984.
In a novel that was never finished, and eventually morphed into a completely different novel that was (fortunately) never published. But still.
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What Happens When Cyborg Tech Goes Beyond Medicine? http://suhub.co/2rWT39s
Jun
05
Lisa Cohen’s share of this post reminded me of the Jewish concept of tikkun olam – basically healing the world’s…
Lisa Cohen’s share of this post reminded me of the Jewish concept of tikkun olam – basically healing the world’s imperfections by doing acts of kindness and goodness. I want to celebrate that in this new collection.
Originally shared by Joyce Donahue
Ballet dancer saves homeless man pushed onto train tracks. Definitely a case where strength and agility came in handy.
Jun
05
That thing where you’re 55,000 words into your novel and you discover that you need a new plot thread, which will…
That thing where you’re 55,000 words into your novel and you discover that you need a new plot thread, which will have to start much earlier in order not to feel too sudden, and that means you’ll have to bring back at least two characters from an earlier book.
It’s not a bad thing.
Jun
04
Interesting perspective: the act of connecting something to a network makes it part of a complex system which is…
Interesting perspective: the act of connecting something to a network makes it part of a complex system which is inherently not predictable.
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Society Is Destroying and Rebuilding Itself for the Networked Age http://suhub.co/2rBixbv
Jun
04
The health-monitoring tattoos and the intelligent home camera both have story potential.
The health-monitoring tattoos and the intelligent home camera both have story potential.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
This week in awesome tech news: NASA’s mission to touch the sun, color-changing tattoos, delicate robotics, and Uber’s legal battle with Google over self-driving cars. Watch the video and read the stories: http://suhub.co/2qPPxII
Jun
02
Via Winchell Chung.
Via Winchell Chung.
What impressed me about the company profiled here was not only that they are using “embodied cognition” as an approach to training AI – a smart idea – but also their business plan. Rather than build a lot of hype and excitement to get venture capital without having any idea how they’re going to eventually be profitable, they’re approaching it the other way around: start out by doing something useful that will provide cash flow, and use it to fund further development.
This is basically the agile philosophy at work.
Originally shared by Jennifer Linsky
This is a surprisingly good article, not just a puff piece.
https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/1/15703146/kindred-orb-robot-ai-startup-warehouse-automation
Jun
02
Picture this… #ItsAmachineWorldAfterAll :)
Originally shared by Randy LaVigne
Picture this… #ItsAmachineWorldAfterAll 🙂
http://www.businessinsider.com/visualizing-job-losses-to-robots-and-automation-2017-5