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Note to revolutionaries: Bard is more cooperative than Bing
Today while reading a history of attempts to invade England, I was using Bard as a running cross-reference thing — asking what the Palantine was, for instance, or what a tercio was. (The Palantine is a bit of the old … Continue reading
Among the Wild Cybers
Among the Wild Cybers© 2018 Christopher L. Bennett 256 pages In the not-so-distant future, humanity’s exploration of the cosmos has begun in earnest — driven in part by the plight of Earth, with collapsing ecosystems forcing outward movement. Among the Wild … Continue reading
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Tagged artificial intelligence, Christopher L. Bennett, science fiction, transhuman
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Cell
Cell© 2014 Robin Cook416 pages The future of medicine is here, in the form of a smartphone that can function as a medical diagnostic tool, complete with a machine-learning program called “iDoc” which monitors patients’ diets and vitals, chatting with … Continue reading
The Future of the Mind
The Future of the Mind: the Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind© 2014 Michio Kaku400 pages In The Future of the Mind, physicist Michio Kaku talks with psychologists and neurologists like V.S. Ramachandran (Phantoms in the Brain, … Continue reading
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Tagged artificial intelligence, neurology, psychology, science, technology, Technology and Society
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?© 1968 Phillip K. Dick210 pages In a world ruined by nuclear war, most animals are extinct and most humans who can have fled for the cold, distant colonies of Mars. Technical civilization has survived, … Continue reading
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Tagged artificial intelligence, San Francisco, science fiction, thriller
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The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress © 1966 Robert Heinlein 382 pages So you say you want a revolution? Bozhemoi! The Moon is a Harsh Mistress combines politics and science fiction to follow a colonial rebellion…in space. In the year … Continue reading
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Tagged artificial intelligence, Cold War Fiction, libertarianism, Robert Heinlein, science fiction
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