December 2011
Unpatched exploits in the human biocomputer:... →
jephjacques: UN Hearing On AI Rights →
jephjacques:
The subject of this debate is whether AIs are “people-” whether they possess the same degree of personhood as humans, and whether that entitles them to the same rights.
You have heard all the arguments for and against the consciousness, intelligence, free will, and cognition of artificial…
How does the CIA keep its staff honest? By... →
anticapitalist:
Be prepared to go through a lot of scrutiny if you want to work in the Central Intelligence Agency’s IT department, says chief information officer Al Tarasiuk.
And it doesn’t stop after you get your top secret clearance. “Once you’re in, there are frequent reinvestigations, but it’s just part of process here,” says Tarasiuk, who also gets polygraphed regularly, though he won’t be...
http://www.occasionalplanet.org/2011/12/16/lincoln-... →
Lincoln and the socialist roots of the Republican Party
By Madonna GaudingPublished: December 16, 2011Posted in: HistoryTags: History, Republicans
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These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people. —Abraham Lincoln, from his first speech as an Illinois state legislator, 1837
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Frequently Asked Questions
Titor was often deliberately cryptic, guarded, and private. He intimated that his family’s safety and continuing liberty after his departure were major concerns to him, and predicting a police state is consistent with such cautions. He apparently wanted to be open but not so open that he’d be in the public eye, and it seems he succeeded. It means...
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John Titor’s Time Machine
How would you introduce yourself if you were a time traveler? John Titor began with his mission and machine, straight up. At first you think “sure, sure” but then a close look at the design suggests it just might be possible if the things some physicists believe about the relationships between time and gravity in the vicinity of singularities ...
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What if someone from the future popped up in our timeline and started answering questions from people on internet message boards?...
“Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And...”
– Epicurus (via gldnsctn
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3D Printing, Teleporters and Wishes
December 21, 2011
]]> I’ve been infatuated with 3D printing for a few years now; the rise of (NYC’s own!) MakerBot and other startups offering simple ways to create physical objects as easily as we create paper output from our computers is extraordinarily exciting. I have no doubt that, in a few years, you’ll be able to go to Best Buy...
“If you want to change the world, you have to change the metaphor.”
– Joseph Campbell (via metaconscious
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