Participate in BRC Who Wants to Help With a Science Project on Playa? July 30, 2018 By Caveat Magister Who wants to help with a science project on playa! Click here! Admit it, we’ve all thought that the “Six ...Read More
The Theme Can Humans Think Like Humans? (Radical Self-Reliance in the age of AI) July 24, 2018 By Caveat Magister In principle, the debate we’re having is how to make Artificial Intelligence more human, more ethical, and how to treat ...Read More
Shenanigans, The Theme Plot to Exterminate Humanity Foiled When Newly Sentient AIs Can’t Sync Their Calendars July 11, 2018 By Caveat Magister (WASHINGTON DC) (JULY 11) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Military authorities revealed today that the AI systems which connect armed forces, ...Read More
Shenanigans, The Theme New Study Shows Siri Now More Likable than 61% of Human Population June 25, 2018 By Caveat Magister PALO ALTO, CA, JUNE 25 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A nationwide study out of the Stanford Monetizable Innovation Lab shows ...Read More
The Theme How Harmless Little Lies About Consciousness Add Up to Big, Scary, Dystopias About Advertising June 19, 2018 By Caveat Magister Technology changes fast, so let’s take a moment to stop and review. Better Off a Bot Shortly before ...Read More
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