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Black Swan, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Unpredictability, 9/11

Ghosts?

No, actually Ghost, as in Global Hosted Operating System.

It’s yet another step closer to the Singularity.

But the coolest thing about this start up is this - it’s a Palestinian-Israeli collaboration!

Check out its news page here.

Global Hosted Operating System, Singularity, Palestinian-Israeli

Man discovers he can burn salt water as if it is fuel when trying to find a cure for cancer.

salt water, fuel, cure for cancer

I want this Pen PC when it comes out in 2020 or earlier.

The idea is wondrous but the video visualization is lame.

Who’d still use Windows XP in the year 2020?

Computers In 2020 - The funniest bloopers are right here

Pen PC, 2020, Windows XP

The coolness of it all.

I just installed Odiogo on my blog.

You should too.

The text to speech technology is not 100% perfect, there are some words, like Dragon and Abundant (what I’ve spotted so far), which are mispronounced.

But it is still cool.

Odiogo

EPIC stands for Evolving Personalised Information Construct.

It is a fictional future creation of Google according to this thought-provoking video about its future. The video is not made by Google:-

EPIC, Evolving Personalised Information Construct, Google

Are computers demons?

That’s the question I had in mind after I just watched the classic sci-fi horror movie, Demon Seed, starring Julie Christie, based on a Dean Koontz novel.

Frankly, it’s not a very entertaining movie, but if you’re like me, you might be fascinated a bit by the philosophical futurist mumbo jumbo in it.

This is the first time I’ve watched a film in which the artificial intelligence character is as scary as Hannibal Lecter.

Perhaps Stanley Kubrick should be cloned to direct a remake of it for the 21st century.

Demon Seed, Julie Christie, Dean Koontz, artificial intelligence, Hannibal Lecter, Stanley Kubrick

I’ve read The Singularity is Near by the brilliantly naive and profoundly optimistic futurist and technologist Ray Kurzweil. I can’t believe it’s going to be made into a movie!

The Singularity is Near - A True Story about the Future is a 2008 release (actually it’s called a ‘Terasem Motion Infoculture Presentation’ - don’t ask me what that means) starring not only Kurzweil himself, but, of all people, Tony Robbins as well!

I don’t expect it to be a typical decently entertaining fictional motion picture, but I’m going to pre-enjoy it anyway.

The Singularity is Near, Ray Kurzweil, Tony Robbins

1. Death

2. Threat of Extinction

3. Subjective Dissatisfactory Life

Those are the 3 biggest problems facing Humanity, according to Transhumanist Nick Bostrom. View the video of his lecture here:

My views in a later post…

Death, Threat of Extinction, Subjective Dissatisfactory Life, Humanity, Transhumanist, Nick Bostrom

I am a fan of Michio Kaku. I first read his book, Hyperspace, when I was 15 years old and it started me on the path of science - not in the serious professional sense, just as an enthusiastic lover of the developments of science, technology and civilisation.

Then I read Visions, his book on the future developments of technology. It was the prelude to my reading of Ray Kurzweil’s The Singularity is Near.

In this video, Kaku describes the 4 types of civilisations according to their levels of technological mastery. Guess where we stand amongst the 4 types:

Michio Kaku, Hyperspace, Visions, technology, Ray Kurzweil, The Singularity is Near