Weaponized A.I. – 36 Early Examples
Weaponized A.I. – 36 Early Examples Of all the topics I’ve written about, this one scares me the most.Yes, artificial intelligence, one of humanity’s greatest achievements, can also unleash the seeds of our own destruction. Weaponized A.I. will range from...
14 Fallacies of the Coming Robot Apocalypse
14 Fallacies of the Coming Robot Apocalypse Over the past few weeks I’ve come across a growing number of tirades warning us of the dangers of robots. If you were concerned about A.I. in the past, once it’s tied to a robot, the warnings seem to escalate to imminent...
Will Future Robots be able to give Birth to Their Own Children?
Will Future Robots be able to give Birth to Their Own Children? At first blush, the notion of a mechanical robot giving birth to a baby sounds preposterous. But many of the technologies we use today started out as preposterous ideas at one time or another. Every year...
42 Daunting Questions Facing the Future of both Intellectual Property and Personal Ownership
At a recent International Copyright Technology Conference in Seoul, Korea, I gave a talk on the “Future of Intellectual Property.” Leading up to the event my research led me to conclude that today’s IP laws, systems, and processes are not designed to handle the issues...