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The Singularity and Our Resistance to Change
Ever since reading Ray Kurzweil’s books, I’ve thought about what will happen when we finally reach the technological singularity. There are many of us who believe in “the singularity” or the point in time where we can no longer predict what the future will hold for humanity. Most believers view this as the point in…
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Does 3D Printing End Shopping as We Know It?
Now that the frenzy of holiday shopping is over, I can’t help but think about how technology will change our shopping experiences. We know the way we shop has already been changed by technology, but it is about to get really interesting! We can look forward to more home assistants – think of the Amazon…
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Too Late for the Singularity
There’s a story about an old man who was forced to accept what was then common in his society, enhanced intelligence. He’d lived a long, full life, was married and had children, but was aware he was near his end, and he was fine with that. As life slowly left him, the knowledge of the…
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Uplifting Our Pets
Bear with me, and consider this scene provided to us by J.R.R. Tolkien: “Beorn said something to [the dogs] in a queer language like animal noises turned into talk. They went out again and soon came back carrying torches in their mouths, which they lit at the fire and stuck in low brackets on…
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Impressions of Virtual Reality
Impressions of Virtual Reality Imagine the reaction of someone transported from 1975 to the future now. They would be amazed by all of the advanced technology that we take for granted in 2016. That’s how I felt when I tried the Samsung Gear VR. Although I consider myself to be a technologist, I rarely invest…
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Police Violate Azimov’s Laws with Killer Robot
Last Thursday night as my children were getting ready for bed, 23.5 miles away from my home, Dallas police killed a man. This man, Micah Johnson, killed five policemen and was threatening to kill more. We were horrified. My father was a police officer. He worked narcotics and our nightmare was that he would not come home…