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I Can Has Singularity?

IBM's new cat brain simulation is both more -- and less -- than it seems.READ»

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IBM Simulates a Cat-Like Brain: AI or Shadow Minds for Humans?

IBM's new cat brain simulation is both more -- and less -- than it seems.READ»

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Is the Atmosphere Simpler Than We Thought?

The "butterfly effect" is being set aside in favor of a multifractal process that will have a major impact on climate models.READ»

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350 parts-per-million is the carbon limit. How will we get back there?READ»

Singularity Scenarios: The Ultimate Innovation or an AI Apocalypse?

Singularity Scenarios: The Ultimate Innovation or an AI Apocalypse?

If we do have something we can describe as a Singularity, what then?READ»

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The Singularity and Society

If the Singularity proponents are right, the world is going to get really weird--but not in the way they expect.READ»

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Futures Thinking: The Basics

You too can forecast the future!READ»

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Application Progamming Interfaces Are Not a Substitute for Ethics

There's no substitute for ethical behavior.READ»

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Awareness Is Everything

Constant awareness of the world... in our pockets.READ»

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Three Possible Economic Models (Part II)

Life in three different economic futures: Resilience Economics, Just-in-Time Socialism, and Robonomics. Where do you want to live?READ»

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Three Possible Economic Models (Part 1)

Engaging in a bit of socioeconomic speculation and thinking about what a 21st century economy might look like.READ»

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Rust Never Sleeps: How Bill Gates Might Save the World

Bill Gates just might save the world.READ»

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Five New Rules for the Photoshop Era

Don't believe everything that you read. Or pictures that you see. Or videos.READ»

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Head in the Clouds

What does Amazon nuking Kindle copies of 1984 tell us about cloud computing? Unfortunately, quite a bit.READ»

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Tomorrow Matters: Ignoring the Future Is Undermining the Present

When the world seems to be falling down all around us, can we afford to spend our time thinking about the future? In the midst of ongoing wars, accelerating economic collapse, and cascading environmental ruin, it's easy ...READ»

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When 'Mad Men' Meets Augmented Reality

I have my doubts about Google's new plan to better target advertising to meet our transient interests. As yet another manifestation of the idea of only showing us the ads we want to see, when we want to see them, it will inevitably ...READ»

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