artificial intelligence

Neuroscientists and cutting edge computer developers are in the first stages of building a “bridge between flesh and chip.” Chillingly, promoters speak of a “brave new world” of thought-controlled machines–in…

We are being told by futurist Ray Kurzweil and his ilk that “merging with future superintelligent A.I.s is our best strategy for ensuring a beneficial outcome” for humanity. That’s not…

World News – A country’s dexterity with artificial intelligence technology might be the next strong source of national pride and international power.

The ubiquitous, puddle-deep Charlie Rose had two disquieting presentations of technological dystopia dressed up as utopia on his nightly show last week.

Here in California, Silicon Valley types are still enamored with the idea that computers have brought humankind to “the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on…

Now that computers are replicating and recapitulating the functions of thought, we are faced with the questions: What does it mean to be human? What is the human brain for?

World News – Gentlemen, we can rebuild him, after all. We have the technology. The term “bionic man” was the stuff of science fiction in the 1970s, when a popular TV show…

It’s easy to make fun of the fools who are working day and night to invent a “technology that enables the transfer of human consciousness to a machine, extending life,…