It was trash day. Blue bins lined the residential street like silent mourners while dark clouds rolled overhead making threats they couldn’t keep. Nio and Quinn sat in an unmarked government vehicle three streets down […]
Tag: artificial intelligence
Killer Robots
The fear of robots has been there from the beginning — where I’m including creations like Frankenstein. At a mythological level, robots are our dark reflection. (They often look like us.) They instantiate our creeping […]
(Fiction) Samizdat
“I’d like to make a collect call to a solo register.” “Name, please.” “Samizdat Kellner.” “Passphrase?” “Asta la vista, baby.” It was her eighth attempt to guess Semmi’s new passphrase—assuming he hadn’t deleted his account […]
(Fiction) The Shri-class Intelligences
Balram was right about one thing. Sonrisa was hesitant to leave the farmhouse. She doubted she’d be allowed to return. She leaned her bike deftly into a turn, right, then left, moving through the empty […]
AI and the future of humanity
Whether we like it or not, Algorithmic Intelligence is here to stay, and genuine Artificial Intelligence, even though not related, is probably coming at some point in the future. Just like genetic modification of food […]
(Curiosity) Your Brain is Not a Computer
This is a wonderful, lucid, and short essay on the fundamental flaw of contemporary cognitive science written by a preeminent psychologist. The empty brain: Your brain does not process information, retrieve knowledge or store memories. […]
