Jan 16, 2017 | On Technology, On Writing, Past Notes
I recently had the opportunity to talk at some length with an engaged set of students at Olympia High School. (I talk regularly to school groups, and if you’d like to book me to talk to your school group, you can contact my booking agent here.) We discussed both...
Dec 14, 2015 | On Technology, Past Notes
I’ve been really excited to see new innovations in interaction with phone, mobile device and wearable interfaces lately. Some of these innovations are doubly exciting…. because I helped invent them, seven years ago, and these new ways of interacting with...
Oct 21, 2015 | On Technology, Past Notes, Post-Human Future
I am writing a non-fiction book called God and the Robots. Here’s a first look at my early book proposal. ——————————————– In the summer of 2015, two stories were on the...
May 17, 2012 | On Technology, Past Notes, Post-Human Future
I’ve had some fun recently watching and reading about the Terminator series. It’s not a bad attempt to bring a large SF franchise into the more constrained world of TV, and there’sconsiderable fan momentum If you were creating an artificial lifeform...
Jul 2, 2009 | News and Media, On Technology, Past Notes, Post-Human Future
The assumption that ‘raw’ matter such as silicon, metals, and ceramics can be organized in such a manner that they can give rise to a mental state that we can recognize as consciousness, is a fundamental underpinning of the effort to create artificial intelligence. As...
