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AGI Braindump Sept 2010

By Raelifin | Published: September 20, 2010

I wrote this up for someone who was interested in my thoughts on Artificial General Intelligence, and I thought I’d post it here as a kind of time capsule to show the state of my mind right now. If anyone has any questions or answers, please leave a comment. ^_^ With regard to AI, it’s [...]

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The Problem with Sci-Fi

By Raelifin | Published: August 27, 2010

WARNING: Rant ahead. Turn back now, or face my blabbering! I have a problem with science fiction: it’s too pessimistic. I don’t mean this in a “dystopian” sense, either. I mean that visions of the future are haphazard in what technologies exist, and what people will need to do to survive. In the future, treadmills [...]

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‘Shopped

By Raelifin | Published: April 8, 2010

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Vanguard on Robotic War

By Raelifin | Published: December 4, 2009

Vanguard has some of my favorite reporting on global events and trends. This week they investigate robotic warriors, a subject which I have written about in the past. The only thing which was really news to me was the fully-automatic shotgun (3:20). Scary stuff.

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Back to School

By Raelifin | Published: October 10, 2009

I just got back from vacation yesterday. I’m taking physics this term in school, and while I was away I’ve been keeping up-to-date with various websites provided by the instructor. I’ve also been enjoying some lectures put up by Yale. I hear MIT has some good content on the subject too. Over the past few [...]

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