The Theme Human Nature Is a Symphony, Technology Is Changing the Instruments May 22, 2018 By Caveat Magister Vanderbilt Professor of History Michael Bess is the author of Our Grandchildren Redesigned: Life in the Bioengineered Society of the ...Read More
Shenanigans, The Theme BRC to Be Site of Groundbreaking Study to Determine if DJs Are Sentient May 15, 2018 By Caveat Magister WASHINGTON DC, May 15 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For decades scientists have debated whether DJs display signs of intelligence. This ...Read More
Global Art, Shenanigans, The Ten Principles How Hard Is It to Be a Participant at the Smithsonian’s “No Spectators” Exhibit? May 8, 2018 By Caveat Magister The Mission Right now the Smithsonian is holding a major exhibit of “Burning Man art” called No Spectators. Everyone is ...Read More
The Theme Paradox Is at the Heart of Human Nature April 16, 2018 By Caveat Magister In his previous work, leading Existential Psychologist Kirk Schneider has put the experience of "awe" at the center of human ...Read More
Shenanigans, The Theme Burning Man 2018 to Institute CAPTCHA Protocol at Gate April 3, 2018 By Caveat Magister San Francisco, April 4 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fearing that too many ticket holders are in fact spambots, Burning Man ...Read More
The Theme How Cyborgs Replace “Stories” With “Code,” And What Happens Next March 19, 2018 By Caveat Magister On January 6, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System sent a letter to Apple executives urging greater study into the ...Read More
The Theme Artificial Intelligence Is Just a Story, and We Can Tell a Better One March 9, 2018 By Caveat Magister Amazon has recently confirmed reports that its home operating system "Alexa," has been spontaneously laughing for no apparent reason, occasionally ...Read More
The Theme An Empowering Robot is an Ethical Robot February 20, 2018 By Caveat Magister The problem with the way we try to give AI ethics is that we design these ethics to work for ...Read More
The Theme Successful AI Will Usher in a New Era of Theology February 13, 2018 By Caveat Magister For the hundreds of years that comprised the “Middle Ages,” theology was the most cherished and important intellectual discipline, the ...Read More
The Theme How to Practice Being Human: An Interview With Dr. Sherry Turkle February 6, 2018 By Caveat Magister Our problem isn't that Artificial Intelligence is getting better at being human, it's that human beings are getting worse at ...Read More