Video Friday: Magic Leap Fireside Chat
Rony Abovitz, Graeme Devine, and Neal Stephenson, of Magic Leap in a fireside chat with MIT Technology Review editor in chief Jason Pontin.
Category: Intelligence
Biology is Technology — DARPA is Back in the Game With A Big Vision and It Is H+
DARPA, the Defense Research Projects Agency, is best known for its role as progenitor of the Internet. Now they want to revolutionize biotechnology.
Cybernetics, Art, and Ideas (1971) — Lost Transhumanist Classics
Cybernetics, Art, and Ideas (1971) by Jasia Reichardt is a lost and out of print masterwork of multimedia, interactive, and computer generated art that will be of interest to transhumanists.
On That Which Is Called Memory
Some philosophers are concerned with information that has meaning (although really everybody should be concerned…) and the nature of “content.”
Aging Brains Aren’t Necessarily Declining Brains
For years, conventional wisdom held that growing older tends to be bad news for brains. Past behavioral data largely pointed to loss in cognitive – that is, thinking – abilities with age, including poorer memory and greater distractibility. Physical measures of brain structure also showed atrophy, or loss of volume, in many regions with age.
The Dawn of the Neuro Age: OpenBCI Enables a DIY Revolution in Mind Controlled Devices
The project opens the door to a renaissance in DIY development of brain computer interface applications.
Brain Augmentation: What’s the Deal?
Technology is empowering us in ways we never before dreamed possible, and it’s time to start having the conversation about what might happen within our lifetimes today.
Video Friday: Barbara Webb on Insect Robots
Today’s VIdeo Friday features Barbara Webb from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, talks about using robots to model biological systems, including human and insect brains, and her cricket-robot experiments.
Elon Musk is More Dangerous than AI
I was enjoying a quiet weekend when my news feed started to pop up with stories such as Elon Musk warns us that human-level AI is ‘potentially more dangerous than nukes’ etc. Wow!
Event: London Futurists — The future of intelligence July 26 London UK
How is intelligence likely to develop in the future? What are the most promising approaches to machine intelligence? What is the reality behind the claims made for “deep learning” and “big data”? Is forthcoming superintelligent AI something to be feared? Can improved intelligence be applied to improve personal and global health and longevity?