linkedin post 2020-03-30 04:04:23
SEX OR WAR ARE DRIVERS. “U.S. military spending millions to make cyborgs a reality.” What an odd species we are. https://lnkd.in/dPuyDSZ View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2020-03-30 04:02:33
MILITARY ROBOTS are already in use, and represent an additional momentum for robotic improvement. https://lnkd.in/dtyGz69 View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2020-04-01 04:56:42
SEXBOTS (of course). "Artificial-intelligence expert and international chess champion David Levy professed that by 2050 robots “will have the capacity to fall in love with humans and to make themselves romantically attractive and sexually desirable to humans.” https://lnkd.in/dR3gNu2 View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2020-03-31 04:57:58
There it is. https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/30/trump-republican-party-voting-reform-coronavirus View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2020-03-31 04:13:25
DIRTY SECRET. "For years it has been a dirty secret that one of the key drivers of new consumer technology is sex, pornography. The need to make 3G technology work - and work fast - is exposing that secret. 'Like it or not, pornography drives each new, convenient visual technology, and 3G, which combines powerful new media applications, will be no different." https://lnkd.in/dg5RQSK View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2020-03-31 04:12:08
ATLAS, THE NEXT GENERATION (Boston Dynamics). http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/23/11103684/boston-dynamics-atlas-video-kicking View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2020-03-31 04:10:22
ATLAS. "Founder of Boston Dynamics, Marc Raiber, released a video showing a terrifying six-foot tall, 320-lb. humanoid robot named Atlas, running freely in the woods. The company, which was bought by Google in 2013 and receives grant money from the Department of Defense, is working on developing an even more agile version." (2015). http://observer.com/2015/08/stephen-hawking-elon-musk-and-bill-gates-warn-about-artificial-intelligence/ View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2020-04-02 02:57:32
IMPLANTS. "Eventually neural implants will make the transition from being used exclusively for severe problems such as paralysis, blindness or amnesia. They will be adopted by people with less traumatic disabilities. When the technology has advanced enough, implants will graduate from being strictly repair-oriented to enhancing the performance of healthy or "normal" people. They will be used to improve memory, mental focus (Ritalin without the side effects), perception and mood (bye, bye Prozac)." http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304914904579435592981780528 View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2020-04-02 02:56:09
NEURAL STIMULATORS. "Tens of millions of people suffering from blindness, paralysis and other neurological injuries or diseases, stand to benefit from this advance. Future devices will likely not only restore, but also augment, human capacities." https://lnkd.in/du8b2eF View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2020-04-02 02:52:36
RESTORE AND AUGMENT. "Future brain-machine interfaces will transform medicine, technology and society. The coarse neural stimulators currently used to treat illnesses ranging from deafness to Parkinson’s disease will be replaced by a new generation of devices that both sense and stimulate the human nervous system, interacting with the brain using its native code." https://lnkd.in/du8b2eF View in LinkedIn