I’m sure you, like me, are waiting patiently for the Singularity event. That great time when computers will match the power of the human mind. When computers will actually be able to think and be able to do it a hundred thousand times faster than the human mind. What that means is we will be ...
In a recent article on http://www.kurzweilai.net they have some numbers that are down right depressing. Only a 10% chance of machine reaching human level intelligence by 2028 and 50% by 2050. What the fuck is that about? I don’t know about you but I’m somewhat pissed about it. Why do you ask? It’s simple. When machines ...
For those that follow the tech blogs of the world there is one that is run by SyFy channel called Dvice.com. All in all it’s a good site and I have it on my regular daily rotation of interesting sites to read. Recently, however, dvice put up a post about one of my favorite topics, ...
I live in Washington DC and this weekend we were blasted by over 24″ of snow. I just got finished digging out our Honda Fit and surrounding sidewalk. Good workout. The streets are mostly covered with a good layer of snow and ice and will probably freeze over again tonight. Not much is open, not ...