We're Laughing Now... David Pogue/CBS Sunday Morning on AI

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CBS Sunday Morning, June 14, 2015

CBS Sunday Morning, June 14, 2015

Nice little piece on the future of robots and artificial intelligence occasioned by DARPA's latest competition, full of untested and hotly disputed hypotheses on timelines and degree of threat:

Also, not sure how I've gone so long without a viewing (probably because it's been almost impossible to rent/stream), but just this weekend managed to see Her. Creepy, beautiful, awkward ... in short, a convincingly well-studied speculative depiction of a possible near-future world where ASI is beginning to dawn. If you haven't seen it yet, it's worth a belated screening:

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Robb Moore is a southwest Virginia native, lives in Richmond, Virginia and works in higher education administration, advancement and information systems. With an undergraduate degree in English Literature from the University of Richmond and a graduate degree in History of Religions from the University of Chicago, specializing in Tibetan and South Asian religious traditions, Robb’s motivating interests lie at the intersection of religion, spirituality, human development and technology.