This is a second posting related to how to grow a narrow A.I. Again, my apologies for putting it here on Evolver. My hope is that one or two people might find it useful; and, as before, I desire no attribution if you use it -- just go out and make stuff...
The Internet and technology as they are today are giving us Godlike powers of perception and action: Digital Natives are the first generation of young adults to be endowed with them.
Not only could it greatly speed up the process of discovery of new medicines, but it could also reduce the need to experiment with animals. Medicine is fast becoming an information science!
This forum is probably not the place to submit this posting -- Evolver is more about conscious evolution than about technical matters; but, I have noticed that there are people on here from all walks of life... so maybe it will be useful to someone:
Whatever happened to virtual reality? It seemed like it was quite promising there for a while back in the 90's, but then it just fell off the radar. Remember those movies? -- Lawnmower Man ? Disclosure ? eXistenZ ?
The world is getting better. You may not realize that, based on what you see on the news or read in the papers; but it is, and the numbers show it, or so says Peter Diamandis. Have a look at the following video where he discusses his new book Abundance , which is due out in February:
Imagine a world where there are virtually no slaughterhouses, anywhere, no animals killed for meat; and yet, a world where you can still eat your hamburgers and hotdogs, experiencing no difference in taste whatsoever. That's the world that in-vitro meat promises to bring about, and the first commercially available products could start to appear in as little as five years from now.
Check out this neat article on Wired.com about how some people from Occupy Wall Street hope to mass-produce cheap, video-enabled quadcopters to spark a mini-revolution in citizen journalism:
I just wanted to share a cool article from Reality Sandwich that highlights a new documentary film, "Electronic Awakening".
Directed by, Andrew Johner, the film touches on the crossover between the electronic music community of today and the ancient rituals found throughout the globes shamanic cultures over thousands of years.
Have you heard of D-Wave? They make what they claim are ``adiabatic quantum computers'', which are believed to be enormously more powerful than standard digital computers -- digital computers such as the one from which you are reading this posting of mine.
Recently, I wrote about how quadcopters could be used to clean up litter and to perform building construction. It turns out, though, that there is a use for them that is a lot further along in its development, namely The Matternet. Like the internet, it has the potential to totally transform the world, especially the Third World.
Ever hear of the ``Internet of Things'' (IOT)? It's where the web seems to be headed next (Web 4.0); the next stage in the evolution of the internet. Essentially, it describes the near future (by 2020) when most every object -- your toothbrush, your car, even sidewalks -- will have an embedded RFID chip that allows it to communicate with the internet.
There's a great new TV series called Brave New World with Stephen Hawking about all the ways that science and technology are making our lives better, and especially the current technological revolution that is underway (some seem not to notice that there even is a revolution; some people are not particularly observant). Here are the first few episodes:
Neat0 interview with Sonia Arrison, author of the book 100 Plus: How the Coming Age of Longevity Will Change Everything , that first appeared on Reason TV. See:
"Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
We are the ones we have been waiting for." — Hopi elders
