tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post3643755303750837256..comments2023-11-22T01:14:54.298-08:00Comments on amor mundi: To The Footure!Dale Carricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-23328105867974470602016-07-19T10:55:34.595-07:002016-07-19T10:55:34.595-07:00I'm pretty sure the print edition of this arti...I'm pretty sure the print edition of this article had the<br />title "Silicon Valley Swoons Over Artificial Intelligence".<br />Was that a "changed to" or a "changed from", do you<br />suppose?<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/18/technology/on-wheels-and-wings-artificial-intelligence-swarms-silicon-valley.html<br />-----------------<br />Artificial Intelligence Swarms Silicon Valley on Wings and Wheels<br />By JOHN MARKOFF<br />JULY 17, 2016<br /><br />. . .<br /><br />Funding in A.I. start-ups has increased more than fourfold to<br />$681 million in 2015, from $145 million in 2011, according<br />to the market research firm CB Insights. The firm estimates<br />that new investments will reach $1.2 billion this year,<br />up 76 percent from last year. . .<br /><br />“This is at the heart of the region’s culture that goes<br />all the way back to the Gold Rush,” said Paul Saffo, a<br />longtime technology forecaster and a faculty member at<br />Singularity University. . .<br /><br />In the most recent shift, the A.I. idea emerged first in<br />Canada in the work of cognitive scientists and computer<br />scientists like Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio and<br />Yann LeCun during the previous decade. The three helped<br />pioneer a new approach to deep learning. . .<br /><br />How far the A.I. boom will go is hotly debated. For some<br />technologists, today’s technical advances are laying the<br />groundwork for truly brilliant machines that will soon<br />have human-level intelligence.<br /><br />Yet Silicon Valley has faced false starts with A.I. before.<br />During the 1980s, an earlier generation of entrepreneurs also<br />believed that artificial intelligence was the wave of the future,<br />leading to a flurry of start-ups. Their products offered<br />little business value at the time, and so the commercial enthusiasm<br />ended in disappointment, leading to a period now referred to as<br />the “A.I. Winter.”<br /><br />The current resurgence will not fall short this time, said<br />several investors, who believe that the economic potential in<br />terms of new efficiency and new applications is strong.<br /><br />“There is no chance of a new winter,” said Shivon Zilis, an<br />investor at Bloomberg Beta who specializes in machine intelligence<br />start-ups. . .<br /><br />For others, like Jerry Kaplan, who helped found two A.I.<br />companies in the 1980s — Symantec, which became a security<br />company, and Teknowledge, which ultimately shut down — the Valley’s<br />new enthusiasm is troubling because it suggests an unfounded<br />optimism similar to earlier eras in which the field overpromised<br />and underdelivered. . .<br /><br />“Sometimes when I hang around with A.I. enthusiasts here in the<br />valley, I feel like an atheist at a convention of evangelicals,”<br />he said.<br />====<br /><br /><br />When you're hot you're hot. When you're not you're not.<br />Put all the money in and let's roll 'em again.<br />When you're hot you're hot!<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rdF7o08KXw<br />jimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-38246720846334221782016-07-19T02:21:55.474-07:002016-07-19T02:21:55.474-07:00Auntie Em, Auntie Em, where are you?
I'm frig...Auntie Em, Auntie Em, where are you?<br /><br />I'm frightened, Auntie Em!<br /><br />http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/Hanson20160719<br />-----------<br />The Age of Em: 1 Year After We Upload Ourselves to The Internet<br />Robin Hanson<br />Future Thinkers<br />Posted: Jul 19, 2016<br />====<br /><br /><br />Sometimes I wonder if I haven't **already** been uploaded<br />to "The Internet".jimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-40367366215571646292016-07-18T14:24:43.073-07:002016-07-18T14:24:43.073-07:00This sounds like it would be right up Sam Harris&#...This sounds like it would be right up Sam Harris'<br />alley:<br /><br />Facial Software Can Tell If You’re A Pedophile<br />[or a terrorist, apparently]<br />The Young Turks<br />May 24, 2016<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfmIwk59F7o<br /><br />I've heard of "gay face", but this is ridiculous.<br /><br />;-><br />jimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-53854336358522811882016-07-18T14:10:29.989-07:002016-07-18T14:10:29.989-07:00More Very Serious reasons to take Sam Harris Very ...More Very Serious reasons to take Sam Harris Very Seriously.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfpq_CIFDjg<br /><br />Sam Harris on Free Will, Spirituality, and Artificial Intelligence<br />The Rubin Report<br />Jul 15, 2016<br />45:23/1:01:33<br /><br /><br />Seriously. Or just wait for the TED talk to be posted.<br /><br />He's awfully late to this party. I guess we can blame<br />Nick Bostrom. (That he's here at all, I mean, not for<br />the lateness. ;-> )jimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-79281865431690413632016-07-18T13:44:31.377-07:002016-07-18T13:44:31.377-07:00Hm. In the printed paper, the article's title...Hm. In the printed paper, the article's title was<br />"Silicon Valley Swoons Over Artificial Intelligence".<br /><br />So, was that a "changed to" or a "changed from"?<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/18/technology/on-wheels-and-wings-artificial-intelligence-swarms-silicon-valley.html<br />--------------<br />Artificial Intelligence Swarms Silicon Valley on Wings and Wheels<br />By JOHN MARKOFF<br />JULY 17, 2016<br /><br />. . .<br /><br />Funding in A.I. start-ups has increased more than fourfold to<br />$681 million in 2015, from $145 million in 2011, according to<br />the market research firm CB Insights. The firm estimates<br />that new investments will reach $1.2 billion this year,<br />up 76 percent from last year. . .<br /><br />Silicon Valley’s new A.I. era underscores the region’s ability<br />to opportunistically reinvent itself and quickly follow the<br />latest tech trend.<br /><br />“This is at the heart of the region’s culture that goes all the<br />way back to the Gold Rush,” said Paul Saffo, a longtime<br />technology forecaster and a faculty member at Singularity University. . .<br /><br />In the most recent shift, the A.I. idea emerged first in Canada<br />in the work of cognitive scientists and computer scientists like<br />Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio and Yann LeCun during the previous<br />decade. The three helped pioneer a new approach to deep learning,<br />a machine learning method that is highly effective for pattern<br />recognition challenges like vision and speech. . .<br /><br />How far the A.I. boom will go is hotly debated. For some technologists,<br />today’s technical advances are laying the groundwork for truly<br />brilliant machines that will soon have human-level intelligence.<br /><br />Yet Silicon Valley has faced false starts with A.I. before. During<br />the 1980s, an earlier generation of entrepreneurs also believed<br />that artificial intelligence was the wave of the future, leading<br />to a flurry of start-ups. Their products offered little business<br />value at the time, and so the commercial enthusiasm ended in<br />disappointment, leading to a period now referred to as the<br />“A.I. Winter.”<br /><br />The current resurgence will not fall short this time, said several<br />investors, who believe that the economic potential in terms of new<br />efficiency and new applications is strong.<br /><br />“There is no chance of a new winter,” said Shivon Zilis, an investor<br />at Bloomberg Beta who specializes in machine intelligence start-ups. . .<br /><br />For others, like Jerry Kaplan, who helped found two A.I. companies<br />in the 1980s — Symantec, which became a security company, and Teknowledge,<br />which ultimately shut down — the Valley’s new enthusiasm is troubling<br />because it suggests an unfounded optimism similar to earlier eras<br />in which the field overpromised and underdelivered.<br /><br />“Sometimes when I hang around with A.I. enthusiasts here in the valley,<br />I feel like an atheist at a convention of evangelicals,” he said.<br />====<br /><br /><br />When you're hot, you're hot. When you're not, you're not.<br /><br />Put all the money in and lets roll 'em again.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rdF7o08KXwjimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-64960626012157527612016-07-17T11:42:30.515-07:002016-07-17T11:42:30.515-07:00> I went to a park downtown with a book to rea...> I went to a park downtown with a book to read. . .<br /><br />. . .which just happened to be another volume of Olaf Stapledon.<br /><br /><br />---------------<br />ACTOR (with American accent): Hullo 1931! That you?<br />A.D. 2500 calling. I've got to tell you a bit about things<br />in my day, 500 years after yours. I'll start right in by<br />saying that everything with us is just about 200% better<br />than with you. We're far more intelligent, far more vital.<br />We gotta be, to stand the racket. And we're 163% more spiritual,<br />too, let me tell you. Every one of our churches is nearly<br />twice as beautiful and many times higher than Saint Paul's<br />Cathedral. In fact everything of ours is much bigger and<br />faster than everything of yours, including our minds.<br />And -- gosh, there's one of my wives butting in. Now then<br />Bobo, just blow a kiss into the microphone and quit.<br /><br />ACTRESS (with American accent): Hullo duckies! (Sound of a kiss)<br />Say! Are you the Crinoline Period? Or was it bustles, or<br />harems, or pajamas, or cute little skirts? I was never any<br />good at history. You ought to see my latest gown. The train<br />of it's so long I've gotta have two gasoline motors to carry it.<br />And the collar comes right up to the eyes.<br /><br />ACTOR: That's enough, Bobo. Say, you prehistoric Britishers,<br />what price our English idiom? We had to learn it up specially<br />to communicate with you guys. In my time we all speak American<br />of course, modern American, I mean. Guess **your** Americans<br />couldn't understand us when we're talking together. (Pause)<br />Now boys, I gotta introduce you to a lot of our important<br />personages. And the first here's the President of the<br />World Republic. (Announcing) His Supreme Superlativity will<br />now --<br /><br />THE FUTURE MAN: Stop! Stop this play-acting! . . .<br />Silence! No more of that farce! You're a twentieth century<br />Englishman, engaged by the BBC to broadcast in a play which I<br />say shall not proceed. . .<br /><br />All you men and women of the planet Earth who happen to be listening<br />in tonight, listen well! . . .<br /><br />Your play-acting is over for tonight. England is going to have<br />something else, instead of that cheap fantasy of five hundred<br />years hence. The listeners shall hear the actual voice of a future<br />incomparably more remote. I am speaking to you out of an age<br />two thousand million years after your day. Realize what that<br />means. The gulf that divides us is two thousand times wider than<br />that which divides you from the ape-men of the past. . .<br /><br />ACTOR: The man's mad. If I could reach the window, I'd<br />call the police, but I can't move, I can't move.<br /><br />ACTRESS (hysterically): I've got cramp all over.<br /><br />ACTOR: It's probably some damned young undergraduate playing<br />a practical joke on the BBC. . .<br /><br />FUTURE MAN: I must paralyze your speech organs too, I see. . .<br />Members of the First Human Species! I, a member of the Eighteenth<br />Human Species, address you across the ages. . .<br />====<br /><br /><br />-- "Far Future Calling", unproduced radio adaptation of<br />_Last and First Men_<br /><br /><br />Please stand by!<br /><br />;-><br />jimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-63550372904419510702016-07-16T15:08:31.522-07:002016-07-16T15:08:31.522-07:00AR phone-Potemkinization will be great for making ...AR phone-Potemkinization will be great for making climate refugee camps more fun.Dale Carricohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-87869001830089554952016-07-15T01:06:54.156-07:002016-07-15T01:06:54.156-07:00Speaking of The Future, I had a bit of a surreal e...Speaking of The Future, I had a bit of a surreal experience<br />day before yesterday. I went to a park downtown with a book<br />to read (part of my old retired fart routine), and was<br />initially puzzled by the fact that half the people there<br />seemed to be wandering around (usually in pairs, usually<br />pairs of guys) staring at their smartphones, and it occurred<br />to me that they were all playing this game I'd just seen an<br />article about called Pokemon Go, which has apparently<br />become all the rage mere days after its release (it's<br />also stirred up some controversy over privacy concerns).<br /><br />I asked one of the guys who wandered by close enough to<br />talk to if he was playing "that new Pokemon Go thing" and<br />sure enough that's exactly what he was doing.<br /><br />Not only in the park, but as I was walking home there were<br />more people walking down the street clearly playing the<br />game.<br /><br />The madness continues today. ;-><br /><br />Seriously, it's like something out of Vinge's _Rainbows End_.<br /><br />http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2016/07/14/the-future-of-augmented-reality/jimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-40405065967412833022016-07-14T22:34:29.695-07:002016-07-14T22:34:29.695-07:00That Syd Mead scene needs a soundtrack -- may I su...That Syd Mead scene needs a soundtrack -- may I suggest: https://youtu.be/tbszrX_cUs8Dale Carricohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-52492835245243952502016-07-14T18:19:11.503-07:002016-07-14T18:19:11.503-07:00LOL! Spot on! --Katie L.LOL! Spot on! --Katie L.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-78175962917822924662016-07-14T15:05:12.765-07:002016-07-14T15:05:12.765-07:00> Footure!
Couture!
http://www.emptykingdom.c...> Footure!<br /><br />Couture!<br /><br />http://www.emptykingdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Syd-Mead-31.jpgjimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.com