Michael Shermer may be right, but he certainly doesn’t make the case for it. It just looks like an unsupported assertion to me. And he seems to conflate AI with the Singularity.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
What Happened To The Adderall?
Amy Alkon has become another casualty of the War On (Some) Drugs.
[Mid-morning update]
More thoughts from Jacob Sullum.
My Internet Attention Span
I couldn’t get all the way through this article.
Get A New Gadget For Christmas?
A guide to setting it up. Patricia has an iPhone, but I got her an Android tablet, for an eReader and other things. She seems to be doing fine with it so far.
A First
I’ve never blogged about the Lions being in the playoffs, because the last time it happened I’d never heard of a blog, nor had much of anyone else.
I Give Up
First Pioneer, and now Onkyo. Can’t anyone make an audio receiver that can pass through an HDMI signal without farging up the video?
SOPA Is Dead
Even before it passes. The coders have already come up with a way around the legislation. Because the congressmorons pushing it don’t even understand how the Internet works.
3-D Printers
…are going mainstream. An interesting survey at Computer World. As I’ve noted previously, this is a key technology for space development.
Light-Bulb Liberty
Idiotic arguments against it. This come from both a fundamental lack of understanding of both economics, and unintended consequences of good intentions.
The EPA’s Fracking Scare
Gee, it’s almost like they have a political agenda or something.