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Smart Homes: Is AI the Ghost in the Machine?
From Singularity
by Nikki Olson on March 7, 2011
When we conceptualize AI, we often forget that it is not something that has to operate in a single location, or have intelligence qualities like our own. We are already surrounded by AI systems that are nothing like our own intelligence, that utilize many machines spread out over large distances, and are equally ‘present’ in many locations.
In the future we will bring AI systems like these into our homes in the form of ‘smart environments.’ In doing so we introduce new and interesting relationships between man and machine. However, there may be some limits as to how ‘alive’ we want our AI homes to be.
For entire article–
http://singularityblog.singularitysymposium.com/smart-homes-is-ai-the-ghost-in-the-machine/
“Forget the Singularity—biology will trump technology,” insists Mr Enriquez.
From “The New Overlords” THE ECONOMIST March 10, 2011 print edition
“…But what if the biggest breakthroughs come in improving man himself? Some technology experts think mankind will transform itself into a fitter, smarter and better-looking species in coming decades—a blink of an eye in evolutionary terms. Juan Enriquez and Steve Gullans argue in “Homo Evolutis”, a new electronic book, that the leapfrogging advances seen today in biotechnology, gene therapy, epigenetics, proteomics and a myriad of related fields are turbocharging evolution itself. ‘Forget the Singularity—biology will trump technology,’ insists Mr Enriquez…”
http://www.economist.com/node/18329616?story_id=18329616&fsrc=rss
..From ars Technica Website 2009:”We Are Becoming a New Species”
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/02/we-are-becoming-a-new-species-we-are-becoming-homo-evolutis.ars..
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At TED 2009
” …Chairman and CEO of Biotechonomy, Enriquez says that humanity is on the verge of becoming a new and utterly unique species, which he dubs Homo Evolutis. What makes this species so unique is that it “takes direct and deliberate control over the evolution of the species.” Calling it the “ultimate reboot,” he points to the conflux of DNA manipulation and therapy, tissue generation, and robotics as making this great leap possible.
We are already in the midst of minor improvements to the human body and mind; Enriquez gave examples of growing new tissues for successful transplant, programmable cells, and augmenting our abilities through robotics. As this trend accelerates, more and more aspects of the human experience, of the human life, will be capable of scientific manipulation. While some improvement may come post-birth, our understanding of DNA and biology may lead to something much bigger….”
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