Tag Archives: emergence
Doors of Perception conference time
It’s Doors of Perception time again. The first time I came across this extraordinary conference series would have been Doors 4: Speed in 1996, and since then I’ve been either too busy or too poor to attend (this time it’ll … more…
When Machines Outsmart Humans
When Machines Outsmart Humans Nick Bostrom weighs up the likelihood of human-level artificial intelligence being developed within the next half century. This piece concentrates pretty much on the brain-in-a-box model of AI, which is to say, a conception of AI … more…
Radio emerges from the electronic soup
Radio emerges from the electronic soup “A self-organising electronic circuit has stunned engineers by turning itself into a radio receiver… …To pick up a radio signal you need other elements such as an antenna. After exhaustive testing they found that … more…
Robot fails to find a place in the sun
A predatory robot, named Gaak (a klingon word, apparently) escaped from its enclosure when left unattended for 15mins at a show in Yorkshire and made a run for it: Robot fails to find a place in the sun. The owners … more…
Of Slime Mold and Software
TAP: Vol 12, Iss. 20. Of Slime Mold and Software by Harvey Blume. reviews Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software By Steven Johnson. Headline finding: that emergence – “the movement from low-level rules to high-level sophistication.” … more…