The Science Behind Guardian Android
You think I’m talking about the science of gears and wires and stuff, you know, what robots are made from? Sorry, I know diddly about all that. No, I’m talking about brain science. It’s not rocket...
Time for Robot Fiction to go hard
Hello and Welcome. This blog is about robot technology, present and near future. If you love robots, please join the conversation. Robots have been a mainstay...
A tool-building species.
A clinical psychologist, I have been studying people academically, professionally and personally for over 40 years. What I have learned over all that time is how little I know. You, a human being,...
Machine consciousness
Two kinds of conscious machines have been popular in science fiction; conscious A.I, and conscious robots. Conscious A.I., essentially consciousness-in-a-box, is almost always portrayed as...
Intelligence vs. Sentience
The idea of intelligent machines has been around at least since the time of Turing’s work in the 1940s. Artificial intelligence (A.I.) has become a mature field, and is now poised on the brink of...
Whole Body Intelligence
[Note: this refers to the original name of the Guardian Android story] The Mechanism Me, as should be obvious from the title, pays homage to Asimov’s classic I Robot series. It is my respectful...
Biomimetics and Neuromimetics
The more we learn about how we humans work, the more able we are to use biomimetics to leap forward with our technology. Biomimetics is the mimicking of biology. Many of our most promising new...
Can machines think?
Here is a riddle. I am invisible and obvious at the same time. I seem so substantial that I occupy most of your waking attention yet I am completely insubstantial. I carry the apparent weight of...
Why Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) has been so illusive
There is a simple reason why Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) has been so illusive. To date, most work on AGI has been based on a misconception: that human intelligence is produced by the...
The World Ahead
You want to know the future. I know you do. I’m going to let you in on a little secret. I know what’s coming. Oh, I know what you’re thinking. And you have every right to think that. In fact, if you...
The Sphere of Knowledge
The more we know, the more we come to see how little we know. I expect this is true in all areas of deep study. Years ago, I came across a wonderful analogy, “the sphere if knowledge,” that I think...
Past or Future?
Past or future? Which draws you? Almost everyone has a preference. Science fiction tends to appeal to future-oriented people, as does speculative fiction in general. Other genres tend to be...
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