“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) an… Source: Hannah Arendt on Loneliness as the Common Ground for Terror and How Tyrannical Regimes Use Isolation as a Weapon of Oppression – Brain […]
Monthly Archives: December 2016
Exploring Robotic Minds – Jun Tani – Oxford University Press
In Exploring Robotic Minds: Actions, Symbols, and Consciousness as Self-Organizing Dynamic Phenomena, Jun Tani sets out to answer an essential and tantalizing question: How do our minds work? By providing an overview of his synthetic neurorobotics project, Tani reveals how symbols and concepts that represent the world can emerge in a neurodynamic structure—iterative interactions between […]
Humanity has already had four major ecological collapses: how can we avoid a fifth?
Theologian Martin Palmer tells Tom Levitt how we can learn from previous man-made ecological collapses in Britain and create a ‘new narrative’ that challenges our dominant consumer culture Source: Humanity has already had four major ecological collapses: how can we avoid a fifth?
The Great A.I. Awakening – The New York Times
How Google used artificial intelligence to transform Google Translate, one of its more popular services — and how machine learning is poised to reinvent computing itself. Source: The Great A.I. Awakening – The New York Times
The Most Dangerous Philosopher in the World?
The work of Kremlin-approved philosopher Alexander Dugin provides key insights on the longterm strategy behind Russian hacks of the American elections. Source: The Most Dangerous Philosopher in the World
Dark energy as intelligence?
Source: Is Dark Matter Hiding Aliens? – Cosmos on Nautilus
The Epic Struggle of the Internet of Things | Anthrobotics Reading Group
Anthrobotics Reading Group Friday 27 January 2017 Informatics Forum Room 1.16 9.30 to 11 Light breakfast included contact: luis.demiranda@ed.ac.uk Ubiquitous is no longer the name of God, but the quality of the global digital connectome. The intertwining of interconnected devices with human agency and existence is central to the anthrobotic questioning. Our special guest will […]
Artificial intelligence: Making a human connection – Genevieve Bell
Source: Artificial intelligence: Making a human connection – Genevieve Bell (Intel Corporation) – YouTube
Philosophy professor: Students too fearful to debate controversial topics
UT Austin professor says political correctness killed his moral ethics course. Source: Philosophy professor: Students too fearful to debate controversial topics – The College Fix