The video's still loading in for me. Computer's having a tough month. On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 5:14 PM, Mr. Worf <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Did you watch the video? I was pleasantly surprised that the woman is > African American. > > I'm sure that in a few years they will figure out how to do a download from > the mind to computer. (Like using the Braincap - > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain-computer_interface ) They already > posses the technology to actually read thoughts and make a visual > representation. (they have done it with animals. Its just a matter of a bit > more time to make the leap to humans.) > > > > > On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Martin Baxter <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> Someone out there... please tell me to put down the Beretta I'm pointing >> at my screen right now. >> >> Mind you, I fully expect that such will happen, far sooner than we think >> (some rich, dying billionaire out there, wanting to cheat the Grim Reaper). >> That could be trouble all its own. A consciousness, able to interact with >> the Internet directly? To quote Bill Paxton from "Aliens" -- "Game over, >> man." Any bad press? Gone. Any corporate takeover? Done so fast it would >> take days to sort it all out. If the guy likes porn? YouTube starts >> churning it out, whether it likes to or not. >> >> Anyone who'd like to use those ideas, feel free. Just let me know when >> they hit print, because I want to read them. >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Mr. Worf <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Insert Personality: Robot Head + Human Consciousness = >>> >>> The quest for artificial intelligence has led mankind to some pretty >>> strange places, but the Terasem >>> Movement<http://www.terasemcentral.org/index.html>has just taken it to a >>> decidedly creepy new level. The non-profit agency is >>> dedicated to educating the public about the necessity of extending life >>> through cyber-consciousness. In other words, they believe that the human >>> essence can be extended beyond life with the use of robots. >>> >>> They created this vaguely creepy robot called Bina48. The bot is the >>> first privately-funded artificial intelligence robot of its type, and it’s >>> modeled on a real woman named Bina Rothblatt. The real Bina spent many hours >>> loading information into the head of Bina48, giving “her” a personality and >>> the ability to converse with visitors. The above video documents Bina48′s >>> interview with a New York Times reporter; it’s apparent that the technology >>> can use a little refinement before we can trust it to store our >>> consciousness after we die. But if its heartbreaking desires to have its own >>> life, work in the garden and take over the world are any indication, we’d >>> better start welcoming our new artificially intelligent overlords now. >>> Video: >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvcQCJpZJH8&feature=player_embedded#! >>> >>> -- >>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >>> Mahogany at: >>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell >> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik >> >> >> > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
