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Monthly Archives: January 2015
“The cyborg would not recognise the Garden of Eden; it is not made of mud and cannot dream of returning to dust.” (Haraway) #mscedc
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Transcendence
Will is given no more than a month to live and in desperation, his wife Evelyn uploads his consciousness into the quantum computer that their project has developed. Will’s consciousness survives his body’s death in this technological form and requests to be connected to the Internet to grow in capability and knowledge. But is this computer intelligence still ‘Will’ or now without a body and connected to the internet, has it transcended into something completely different?
Me: thanks Siri, you’re brilliant! Siri:
Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking warn of artificial intelligence dangers
Call it preemptive extinction panic, smart people buying into Sci-Fi hype or simply a prudent stance on a possible future issue, but the fear around artificial intelligence is increasingly gaining traction among those with credentials to back up the distress.
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Is our consciousness informational? Can it be transferred between different containers? #mscedc
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Address is Approximate. Beautifully filmed – have watched it 3 times. Makes you really feel for the toy. #mscedc
Memory 2.0. Memories are not meant to be relived with the intensity they were lived. #mscedc
Taking reconfiguring technology to the extreme? #mscedc
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