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Post by sherlok on Nov 17, 2011 10:55:38 GMT -5
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Post by treegenus on Nov 23, 2011 13:16:54 GMT -5
Wow! Very interesting info from Tosen. His other clips are quite interesting too, once you can get past his lenghty speech pattern. Android 1,2, & 3 could have used condensing to reach more of us...even I found it Zzzz at times but Very Interesting Stuff. Thanks for sharing, Sherlok! |
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Post by treegenus on Nov 28, 2011 10:32:22 GMT -5
Not all that clear on the dopamine vs melanin and catatonic stare vs non-stop blinking regarding Androids. Your take?
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Post by sherlok on Nov 28, 2011 11:54:37 GMT -5
^ Yes, I think Tosen makes some logical leaps. I think his basic concept of the use of non-human replacements probably has validity, which might include clones or other genetic manipulations and/or cyborg type beings. I'm just not sure of the details.
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Post by treegenus on Nov 28, 2011 16:01:55 GMT -5
Lev Grossman of TIME magazine said “Maybe we’ll merge with them to become superintelligent cyborgs, using computers to extend our intellectual abilities the same way that cars and planes extend our physical abilities. Maybe the artificial intelligences will help us treat the effects of old age and prolong our life indefinitely. Maybe we’ll scan our consciousnesses into computers and live inside them as software, forever, virtually. Maybe the computers will turn on humanity and annihilate us. The one thing all these theories have in common is the transformation of our species into something that is no longer recognizable as such to humanity circa 2011. This transformation has a name: Singularity. www.activistpost.com/2011/11/implantable-microchips-and-cyborgs-are.html |
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Post by treegenus on Nov 29, 2011 14:57:11 GMT -5
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Post by treegenus on Dec 1, 2011 15:17:47 GMT -5
Enriquez, who spoke at Technology Review's EmTech conference on Tuesday, says our newfound ability to write the code of life will profoundly change the world as we know it. Because we can engineer our environment and ourselves, humanity is moving beyond the constraints of Darwinian evolution. The result, he says, may be an entirely new species. www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/38932/ |
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Post by treegenus on Dec 22, 2011 10:12:00 GMT -5
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