In the words of Nathan Heller in The New Yorker, “Many drivers regard autonomous cars as a pervert technology, like sex robots or Nespresso machines.”
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Asleep at the Wheel
Cars are becoming safer because of their electronics and sophisticated algorithms. But many people don’t want to draw the logical conclusions.
The Lord’s Prayer Revisited
Artificial Intelligence can seem very godlike in its power and influence.
Deepfakes
Technology has created the problem of Deepfakes, video so good you can’t tell if it is real or fake. The tech companies claim they can solve the problem with more technology.
Individual Rights
There is lots of talk about individual human rights but soon it will all be irrelevant.
Enjoying the World
Some people believe automation will give people the opportunity to spend more time on arts, sciences, inventions, and generally enjoying the world we live in. Others aren’t so sure.
Dysfunction
The world seems to be increasingly dysfunctional. As global warming and automation put more stresses on society, what will we do?
A View from the Future
While America vacillates over autonomous cars – and many other things – China is going all out to take a leadership role.
The Great Conflagration
Everything is changing. People live longer, robots and machine learning are eliminating jobs, global warming will cause migrations of people. People’s way of life will be disrupted but few governments are even looking at the potential problems, let alone addressing them.
Dealing with Change
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