Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born. The potential people who could have been here in my place but who will in […]
Archives for February 2018
A brief look into the past, present, and future of machine learning -Kevin Cheung
In this presentation, we will take a look at a few of the important milestones in artificial intelligence research. We will take a quick dive into artificial neural networks and […]
Philip K. Dick and the Fake Humans
We live in Philip K. Dick’s future, not George Orwell’s or Aldous Huxley’s. The two basic topics which fascinate me are “What is reality?” and “What constitutes the authentic human […]
Inform Yourself About The Half Earth Campaign(s)
Half Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life. This, the title of E. O. Wilson’s book says it all. The Guardian last Sunday, no doubt stimulated by a conference on the […]
Isaac Asimov
“Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in.” . Isaac Asimov, American writer and professor of […]
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