That’s Not What I Meant to Say! (Part 394.3.vii)

A daft one for the summer but a wonderful example of the value of simple English and sound logic.

You may remember this from doing the rounds a few months ago …

Well, we all get the idea – the bad one and the good intention behind it – but just how did this particular road to hell get thus paved?

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Well, Don’t Say You Weren’t Warned!

As predicted some time ago, ‘celebrities’ (to use the term in its loosest sense) are now selling their images for sex robots!  The newest addition may be particular familiar to certain US politicians …

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Welcome to the Future (Part 1,043)

Yes, this is indeed the way it might work!


The Singularity (Still) Isn’t Simple!

The ‘Technological Singularity’ debate rolls on with the publication of a special issue of MDPI’s ‘Information’ Journal: “AI AND THE SINGULARITY: A FALLACY OR A GREAT OPPORTUNITY?”

Papers published in the special edition, to date, include:

One of the papers, with an outlook (entirely unsurprisingly) in line with this blog is Vic Grout‘s, “The Singularity isn’t Simple! (However we look at it) A random walk between science fiction and science fact”.  The abstract reads as follows:

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