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

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.

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And lest you think the threat isn't a real and present danger, behold the havoc that already ensues... 

On a more serious note, presented for your consideration are the variety of ways that simple and not-intelligent-at-all pieces of code (algorithms) already routinely intersect with our lives, often in uanticipated ways, attacking our Facebook feeds, discriminating against us, crashing our financial markets, denying our mortgages or yanking the protections of citizenship wherever they are allowed to run amok, unchecked by mere humans. On the upside, there are those occasional $.99 pajamas and knicknacks glitches at Amazon...and countless other life saving and miraculous benefits of our contemporary civilization, but still, the danger is real people! And Old Glory is just $4 a month...

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Robb Moore

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.