The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, more commonly known as DARPA, is developing a system intended to enable aerial drones to be able to choose what combat targets to engage by themselves, without input from human controllers. However, this may constitute a violation of the Geneva convention.
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William Henry’s deep knowledge of the hidden meaning and symbolism of the past give him some very special insights into the why of horror like ISIS. What does the terror group actually mean, and why is it’s name connected with that of a beloved ancient Egyptian goddess? Look beneath the surface for real understanding.
William and Whitley also discuss the rapidly approaching entry of the machine into the human brain. What does the marriage of carbon and silicon actually mean? Where will it lead? Are we, perhaps CHOOSING to enslave ourselves to machines better able than we are to understand and govern our world? But what does this mean for the human soul?
Provocative new ideas from one of the greats–William Henry!
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In 1920 Czech writer Karel Kapek wrote a science-fiction play whose title translated into English as Rossum’s Universal Robots or R.U.R. When it premiered in 1921, it introduced the word ‘Robot’ to the English language and to the science fiction genre. By 1923, it had been translated into 30 languages.
The robots in R.U.R. are closer in nature to cyborgs or androids. Manufactured from synthetic organic materials and capable of independent thought, they are at first content to serve the humans they so closely resemble – but ultimately rebel and wipe them out as useless impediments to their own existence.
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Last month, Unknown Country reported the views of technology heavyweights such as Elon Musk that artificial intelligence could be the most significant threat to the future of mankind. Now Stephen Hawking has added his voice to their ever-increasing concerns regarding the outcome of creating intelligent machines.
“The primitive forms of artificial intelligence we already have proved very useful, " said Hawking. but the I think the development of true artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.”
“Humans limited by slow biological evolution cannot compete and will be superseded.”
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