Peak robot?
”Given our current obsession with the possibility of an economic or even existential robot apocalypse, the news this week that Google is backing away from its aggressive robotics program has received surprisingly little attention. I’m wondering if the company’s retreat might be a signal that, for the moment, we’ve hit peak robot.” Nicholas Carr: Peak […]
Vi litar för mycket på maskinerna
Härom veckan berättade NY Times utförligt om människor som kört ner bilen i havet, kört av broar, eller kört hundratals kilometer för långt – därför att de litat på sina GPS-mottagare. (Ignore the GPS. That Ocean Is Not a Road. (NY Times 11 feb 2016) Nu rapporterar Ars Technica om ett försök där de allra […]
You’re asking me to believe in sentient meat
”I’m not asking you, I’m telling you. These creatures are the only sentient race in that sector and they’re made out of meat. (…) ”Omigod. So what does this meat have in mind?” ”First it wants to talk to us. Then I imagine it wants to explore the Universe, contact other sentiences, swap ideas and […]