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^{Robert J. Marks II
March 9, 2023}

Blake Lemoine and the LaMDA Question

_{Robert J. Marks II
March 9, 2023}

^{Robert J. Marks II
March 2, 2023}

A Chat with Blake Lemoine on Google and AI Sentience

_{Robert J. Marks II
March 2, 2023}

^{Andrew McDiarmid
November 24, 2022}

Getting Intentional About Your Screens

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 24, 2022}

Chain of amino acid or bio molecules called protein - 3d illustration

^{Paul Nelson
November 14, 2022}

Powerful Protein Folding Algorithm AlphaFold Foiled by Singletons

_{Paul Nelson
November 14, 2022}

closeup of a wireless router and a man using smartphone on living room at home ofiice , Concepts wifi connect .

^{Andrew McDiarmid
May 7, 2022
Technology}

Big Tech Is Subtly Controlling Our Lives — and We Need to Fight Back

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 7, 2022
Technology}

Big Tech’s influence on culture and society was first predicted nearly 70 years ago by French thinker Jacques Ellul. In his 1954 book “The Technological Society,” Ellul argued that tech would have a tyrannical effect on humankind, and he blamed the problem on “technique” — the methods that bring about “absolute efficiency in every field of human activity.” Read More ›

Smiling positive woman wearing virtual reality goggles headset, vr box. Connection, technology, new generation, progress concept. Girl trying to touch objects in virtual reality. Studio shot on gray

^{Andrew McDiarmid
February 17, 2022
Technology}

Take Control of Your Tech Before Metaverse Hits

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 17, 2022
Technology}

Facebook’s recent name change to Meta has ushered in the Age of the Metaverse. Big Tech’s focus is shifting to a new frontier, the untamed wilds of the virtual world. Or is it worlds? Read More ›

Different modern devices on color background

^{Andrew McDiarmid
November 17, 2021
Technology}

5 Ways to Keep Your Home a Sanctuary in the Digital Age

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 17, 2021
Technology}

These five ideas will help you stay boss over the technology you allow into your house so you can safeguard what is most important in your life. Read More ›

^{Tom Alberg
November 2, 2021
Cascadia}

Book Excerpt: How Tech and Government Can Spin the Flywheels of Equitable Prosperity Together

_{Tom Alberg
November 2, 2021
Cascadia}

If we can’t make tech cities great places to live as well as to work, we threaten the economic and livability flywheels built over the last generation. Read More ›

^{Mind Matters News
May 1, 2020
Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Technology}

Is Contact Tracing a Simple Answer to COVID Lockdowns?

_{Mind Matters News
May 1, 2020
Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Technology}

The conventional science fiction fear of a superintelligent AI taking over the planet and ridding it of pesky humans distracts our attention from a much more realistic threat: Artificial intelligence (AI) makes both government and corporate surveillance much easier, cheaper, and more useful—whether it is in average citizens’ interests or not. If we are lucky, this will be the decade when we address the implications of that fact.

Google Does Not Believe in Life After Google

_{George Gilder
April 25, 2019
Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

As the third and final speaker at the Dallas launch of the Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence, philosopher of technology George Gilder, author of Life after Google, offered some insights into the ultimate vision of the current AI technocrats. See also: “George Gilder: Life after Google will be okay“. “Seriously, the Google people do not believe that Read More ›