EU Wants to Redefine Robots as “Electronic Persons”
By Joshua Krause As of now, artificial intelligence is nowhere near as aware or as competent as a human. Heck, even the most powerful supercomputers…
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How Risky are the World Economic Forum’s top 10 Emerging Technologies for 2016?
By Andrew Maynard, Arizona State University Take an advanced technology. Add a twist of fantasy. Stir well, and watch the action unfold. It’s the perfect…
Where Uber and Lyft Have Failed Arcade City May Succeed
By Derrick Broze As various cities around the U.S. struggle with how to define and regulate transportation network companies that offer ridesharing, at least one…
What Could Go Wrong? Crime Fighting Robots Now Equipped with Self-Defense Instincts
By Claire Bernish Once thought to be too approachable for their own good — as in, able to efficaciously perform the tasks they’ve been designed…
AMI Smart Meters “Safety” Science and the U.S. Military’s Influences
By Catherine J. Frompovich One of the most important aspects, I feel, of networking, which I do a lot—plus truly value, is sharing information with…
Facebook Accused of Listening to Everything You Say — Here’s How to Stop It
By Jay Syrmopoulos Recently, an expert has come out to claim that Facebook may be listening in on your conversations. Kelli Burns, a mass communication…
U.S. Senate Members Awaken to the Dumbness Posed by Smart Meter Technologies
By Catherine J. Frompovich Throughout the land and in lockstep with the United Nations and Agenda 21 [1, 2], AMI smart meters are being retrofitted…
NY Electronic Communications Privacy Act Passed
By Mike Maharrey A New York Assembly committee has passed an electronic data protection bill that would end warrantless collection of cell phone data and…
The Government of Mars Is Already Being Planned: A Glimpse at Martian Law
By James Holbrooks As NASA, tech billionaires, and other nonprofit organizations all vie to colonize the stars — with a particular eye on Mars as…
Losing Control: The Dangers of Killer Robots
By Bonnie Docherty, Harvard University New technology could lead humans to relinquish control over decisions to use lethal force. As artificial intelligence advances, the possibility…
U.S. Navy Held Meetings With Transhumanist to Discuss Implanting Humans With Microchips
By Joseph Jankowski The U.S. Navy has held meetings with American presidential hopeful and Transhumanist Zoltan Istvan to discuss the possibility of implanting humans with microchips fitted…
Zuckerberg: “We’ll All Be Plugged into the Matrix in 50 Years” … Facebook
By Melissa Dykes Yep. He also said computers will be able to read your mind, interpret your thoughts, and then beam them straight into Facebook!…
Politicizing Science for The Agenda of Social Control
By James Corbett Science is a method to help us answer questions about the physical world…but in this age of military/university partnerships, government grants and…
Fighting Malevolent AI: Artificial Intelligence, Meet Cybersecurity
By Roman V. Yampolskiy, University of Louisville With the appearance of robotic financial advisors, self-driving cars and personal digital assistants come many unresolved problems. We…