Interview by Quanta Magazine image courtesy of David McNew / Quanta Hoffman: The formal theory of conscious agents I’ve been developing is computationally universal—in that sense, it’s a machine theory. And it’s because the theory is computationally universal that I can get all of cognitive science and neural networks back out of it. Nevertheless, for […]
Monthly Archives: April 2016
Collective genius and communities of innovation
Linda Hill: How to manage for collective creativity What’s the secret to unlocking the creativity hidden inside your daily work, and giving every great idea a chance? Harvard professor Linda Hill, co-author of “Collective Genius,” has studied some of the world’s most creative companies to come up with a set of tools and tactics to […]
Artificial Intelligence Gold Rush: Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple Grabbing AI Startups
Over 60% of the AI companies acquired in the last 3 years had VC backing. There have been 4 major acquisitions already in 2016. Read more here
Félix Guattari on Donald Trump (1989)
French Philosopher Félix Guattari warned us in 1989, comparing Donald Trump to an ecological disaster.
Richard Sennett on craftsmanship | talk
Watch the video here: Notes from the talk: Atelier Richart Sennett (Cf Atelier with Bruno Latour) New kinds of craft being invented all the time, they don’t belong to a vanished world before the machine. Relationship between hand and head. Tactile knowledge essential to be able to think # to what Robert Reich calls symbolic […]
On the concept of Creal and its relation to Deleuze’s philosophy
DARE 2015 Conference – Orpheus Institute 9 November 2015 Luis de Miranda On the Concept of Creal and its relation to Deleuze’s philosophy
Scientists May Have Just Discovered a Parallel Universe Leaking Into Ours
Scientists say that signals from the furthest reaches of space suggest that the fabric of our universe is being disrupted by another universe. The discovery could provide proof of the multiverse theory, which says that there are many alternate universes. read more here
DNA 451: saving the world’s knowledge in your body rather than your head
Scientists can safeguard the world’s knowledge against Big Brother or an apocalypse by storing it in DNA. More? Watch the video here
Illah Reza Nourbakhsh “Robot Futures” Talk
With robots, we are inventing a new species that is part material and part digital. The ambition of modern robotics goes beyond copying humans, beyond the effort to make walking, talking androids that are indistinguishable from people. Future robots will be embedded in our physical spaces, with the ability to go where we cannot, and […]