Our cars are almost entirely computer controlled. Our TVs and phones are “smart”. But are they intelligent? Are IBM’s Deep Blue and Watson intelligent? What does it actually mean to be intelligent? How can we tell?
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Elder Care
Dealing With Our Personal Future
A brief survey of present options for eldercare and family support plus a glimpse at how technology may be expanding options in the future.
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GMOs: Pros & Cons
The Remaking of Food Products
Genetically Modified Organisms, or GMOs, have become part of our everyday life, mostly in food products. And they seem to become more and more widely used.
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Virtual Reality
Seeing What Isn’t There
Virtual Reality (or in its more advanced form, Augmented Reality (AR)) is a field within AI which aim at presenting 3D visual inputs in such a realistic way that the viewer feels like they are “there.” It has a huge application already in the entertainment industry, and it has huge potential in remaking education, in bringing us to places we would never be able to go (Mt. Everest or Mars), and even in bringing news from around the world to us–not on a TV but on VR glasses–as real as if were eye witnesses ourselves.
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Bitcoin and the Future of Money
A World Without Money
What is the role of Bitcoin and similar cryptocurrencies in our future? And (by the way) what is Bitcoin? Is Bitcoin technology simply an unstable financial vehicle intended for clandestine or illicit commerce, or does it have broader economic application?
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Dark Net
The Hidden Internet
Most of us use the internet daily without realizing we are able to access only a very small part of online information and websites.
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