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Replicating Machines

Posted by Mark Sackler | May 14, 2020 | Opinion |

FROM THE ARCHIVES Science Fiction vs Science Fact – Replicating Machines by Mark Sackler...

When a Fervent Debate Meets a Meticulous Experiment Measurement – Will the Sparks Fly?

Posted by ageofrobots | May 14, 2020 | Opinion, Philosophy |

FROM THE ARCHIVES When a Fervent Debate Meets a Meticulous Experiment Measurement – Will the...

Automation vs. Jobs: The Long and Short of It.

Posted by Mark Sackler | Feb 23, 2020 | Foresight, Opinion |

This article includes content and quotes garnered by the author from interviews with James J....

Ending Ethics

Posted by ageofrobots | May 26, 2018 | Biotechnology, Opinion |

She called it “probably the least ethical thing on the planet, right now.” The she is Elizabeth...

The End of Work?

Posted by ageofrobots | May 22, 2018 | Foresight, Opinion, Society |

Sigmund Freud is oft quoted for his observation: “Love and work . . . work and love, that’s all there is.” But what happens to our sense of self, our sense of purpose, if the work part goes away?

When a Fervent Debate Meets a Meticulous Experiment Measurement

Posted by | Apr 11, 2018 | Opinion |

Artificial Intelligence is emerging as one of today’s most dominant technological fields. It begins to impact many aspects of our lives with increasingly greater magnitude. At the same time its development brings together a number of diverse disciplines previously isolated from each other by their methods of inquiry and the domains of research – for instance, humanities and physics or engineering.