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Before we explore the universe, robots will have to lead the way. And for them to find the best places to colonize will be to become self-sustaining.
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In the early 20th century, monowheels and spheres were all the rage. So, of course, someone tried to turn them into weapons of war...
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Making robots compete for survival like living things shows us how some complex behaviors like altruism and parasitism might have evolved.
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Let's review the seminal paper which gave rise to the idea that enough computers reading enough data at the right speed will eventually create a super-intelligent entity.
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Ray Kurzweil's idea that one day, he will live on as software is beginning to take on the trappings of a faith.
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Its extremely unlikely that Terminator's Skynet, or a system like it, would become a reality. At least not on purpose...
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Sometimes our retro-futuristic dreams do come true. Just not in the form we expected...
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Intelligence seems to be an emergent property. But it doesn't emerge from processing speed or ability to store a certain amount of data...
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Your brain does not work like a computer just because it also sends electrical signals through special pathways.
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A new study tried to link Facebook use to a decline in academic performance and Time goes overboard with its conclusions.
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Twitter is the new hot social network in the news. That means it's next in line to be blamed for the downfall of humanity.
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If you can't promise people actual immortality, you can sometimes get away with promising them the next big thing.
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The wars of the future will be fought by robots, but instead of lowering the cost of war, they might make wars bloodier and more common.
