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Cooperation of humans and robots Artificial Intelligence vs. Machine Learning: Understanding the Differences Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are often used interchangeably, but they are not the same thing. AI refers to the broader concept of machines that can perform tasks that would typically require human intelligence, such as perception, reasoning, and learning.…
What started as pure aesthetic has become social underground with books and manifestos building an ideological movement that is picking up speed and inspiring many across generations. But what spurred this movement? How does it provide that much needed hope as an antidote to the trials and tribulations of the current day?
What if there really is nothing after? You close your eyes, fall off your perch and then, nothing. No more sense of self, no Valhalla, no pearly gates, or even the eternal torment of hell. What happens to your values if it turns out there is no weighing of hearts against feathers, no ledger of…
Assumptions & Definition After assuming the moniker of “futurist” I realised I didn’t really have a deep understanding of what the term means. I had a vague notion it meant someone who thinks about and envisions the future especially around how technology will affect society at large. The logic could follow just as a capitalist…
The hottest topic currently is fake news and the proliferation of disinformation. Though it would be counter to the wishes of corporations more interested in profits than human collective good, a system is sorely required to analyse text content that is shared as & undistinguishable from facts. Small statements with no backing and linking to…
Moving an arm and thinking about moving an arm are two vastly different things. Even thinking about thinking about moving an arm is a natural thing to do even if reading it is very odd. Now the hard part, how to you design thinking? The deliberate process of simulating scenarios to either logical or illogical…
Never more true than today, knowledge is power. Or more aptly in today’s world the ability to provide & control the flow of knowledge is power. Recently there’s been several large course corrections occur, several years too late but hey, better late than never as the saying goes. This highlights one of the biggest and…
Do what you’re told, follow the rules, don’t over step your bounds, stay in your lane. The true cornerstone of modern enslavement to work. “We can’t all live our dreams”, why is that? Because then we’d have to change, to collectively actually think and enact a way all people could realistically achieve a base standard…