Automaton Factory
Op-Ed by Melissa Dykes I found it incredibly hard to write about anything this week. For the first time in a long time, I found…
Op-Ed by Melissa Dykes I found it incredibly hard to write about anything this week. For the first time in a long time, I found…
By John Vibes A team of scientists in the UK recently asked for permission to create the world’s first genetically modified human embryos. Laws currently…
By Nicholas West There are a lot of outrageous claims being made within the halls of neuroscience and artificial intelligence. Whether exaggerations, wishful thinking, the…
By Kevin Samson When it comes to predictions, perhaps no organization on the planet is better able to make dreams a reality than the Defense…
By John Vibes This week, inventor and entrepreneur Elon Musk announced the formation of OpenAI, which he promises will be “a non-profit artificial intelligence research…
By Nicholas West Many scientists and robotics experts have sounded the alarm that the parameters for robot development and interaction with humans have not been…
By Joshua Krause There is no doubt that the pace of technological development we’ve seen in recent years has been both amazing, and frightening. It’s…
By Heather Callaghan On October 28th, 2015 Bill Gates turned 60 years old. As one might suspect, the mainstream media has been filled with tributes…
By John W. Whitehead “The Internet is watching us now. If they want to. They can see what sites you visit. In the future, television…
By Melissa Dykes This is an exhibit about Eugenics, dated 1926. (click to enlarge, take it all in for a sec, then continue reading…) According…
By Cassius Methyl A bill to stop the militarization of California police departments received final approval in the state legislature last Thursday. The bill is…
By Richard Wilcox PhD “To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual.”…
By Richard Wilcox, PhD “The first thing you need to know about Goldman Sachs is that it’s everywhere. The world’s most powerful investment bank is…
By James Corbett Well, you can’t blame them for trying, can you? Earlier today the grandiloquently named “Future of Life Institute” (FLI) announced an open…