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Image by David Trowbridge This spring I joined the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence (SIAI). After having followed Ray Kurzweil‘s, Eliezer Yudkowsky‘s, and Ben Goertzel‘s work for some time, it is my opinion that the institute that they are directing, together with Tyler Emerson, Bruce Klein, and others, is one of the most important today, […]
Joining SIAI and participating in the Singularity Summit Read More »
At the AGI mailing list there are several interesting threads, and recently a request by Eliezer Yudkowsky caught my eye, asking for the source of a quote, which I forwarded to Geordie Rose of D-Wave, who indeed replied quickly and in depth. The request was to support that “a 1974 era computer running 2007 algorithms
The evolution of software vs. hardware solutions Read More »
The natural cycle of media coverage from hype to bashing is starting to be complete around Second Life, to the relief of many. At the end of this cycle it is much easier to concentrate on the values added by the platform, and the more interesting or exclusive applications that are possible through its use.
The conversation about Second Life’s value is becoming interesting Read More »
Photo by ‘nailbender’ The rule of law is at the basis of human societies. What kind of rule, law, and society, is of course the important detail that defines the opportunities for a healthy, wealthy, and happy community which can express the full potential of its members. The new medium of those online worlds can
Metaverse Republic designing judiciary for Second Life Read More »
Thanks to the cool new Mogulus video platform, you can watch the live stream of the launch of the Apple iPhone in New York! Go to http://iphonelaunch.tv! What I wonder is what will happen to the embedded video once the launch is over… Live video doesn’t make too much sense when the event is gone.
Watch the iPhone launch live from New York! Read More »
photo: Global Reaction Technology will thrive once we humans don’t slow it down. Not only literally in speed, but in phase-space hobbling its capacity to explore a much vaster range of solutions than the ones found when our needs are taken into consideration. Even the technology that is apparently human centric, like transportation, can evolve
Robotic cars: let’s get out of their way Read More »
I am tweaking the blog templates, trying to give the three languages (English, Italian, and Hungarian) a coherent view, as well as streamlining the home page, and giving the various additional pieces of information their own page, instead of cluttering the sidebars. Also I took the opportunity, and installed the latest version of SnapShots, which
SnapShots of links on the blog Read More »
I have been using (and selling) Dragon NaturallySpeaking for the last ten years, and love it. It has become exceptionally accurate and responsive in its various revisions, especially now, that it can swallow all the hardware power we can throw at it. However, current dictation software is only useful if you can’t use the computer
Human speech is an important interface… for the future Read More »
I attended the speech given by Pete Worden at the International Space Development Conference, which was also held in Second Life on NASA’s Colab island My question: Second Life is an inherently Global environment, is NASA taking this into due consideration, as it could draw on the input and expertise of a worldwide participatory audience?
Pete Worden invites online collaboration with NASA Read More »
The Local Government Study Group exists to formulate tools for local governance in Second Life, and seek to persuade Linden Lab to adopt them. At this meeting on May 6 hosted by me on Vulcano, we will be discussing the second draft proposal for local governance tools. Additional tool proposals and comments on the existing
Local Government Study Group tools meeting on Vulcano Read More »
