Sometimes a weapon comes along that is so crazy in design that we have a hard time putting it into a category. We have decided to call them “exotic weapons.” Swords of Might How to use mind control to create the so-called “zombie effect,” according to Igor Smirnov. “People’s actions can in fact be controlled... Continue Reading →
Meet your new BFF: AI
AI is here to stay! We best get used to it! The end of life as we know it! Mark Sagar, computer whiz and founder of Soul Machines, based in Auckland, New Zealand, says, “We are going to need to learn to cooperate with machines.” Sagar and his colleagues are attempting to create — how... Continue Reading →
Dinosaurs never saw extinction event coming: Mass extinction 2.0, Jobs
There’s a lively debate today about what impact the fourth industrial revolution — artificial intelligence and robots— will have on the human job market. Will it devastate it or invigorate it? Your guess is as good as mine! Like the dinosaurs, 56-year-old Georgia resident Sherry Johnson never it coming. Robots put her out of work,... Continue Reading →
Transhuman: Perfect Integration of Human and Machine. Are we building our future conquerors?
With such profound changes in the offing, we are being forced to reconsider “exactly who or what we are.” Are we nothing more than complicated machines?Can we be replicated and therefore replaced? Worse are we in danger of becoming subjugated by robots and other superlative machines machines?Are we already slaves to our own inventiveness? Michael... Continue Reading →
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