Showing posts with label social change. Show all posts
Showing posts with label social change. Show all posts
Sunday, January 7, 2018
Network TV's disruption
Are we seeing the sunset of conventional network TV programming? It seems more obvious each year, as Netflix and Amazon's content
continues to eclipse conventional programming! 😮
Monday, June 29, 2015
Net fragged!
I've invented a new term, "Net fragged".
There's a site for this, and a site for that. And now, there's a site for that, too! I can't even remember where I bookmarked that site I was doing something on last month?! Sheesh. Net fragged!
You heard it here, first :-)
There's a site for this, and a site for that. And now, there's a site for that, too! I can't even remember where I bookmarked that site I was doing something on last month?! Sheesh. Net fragged!
You heard it here, first :-)
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Are we ready for the impact of robots?
The military is one front where disruptive technologies (such as the Internet itself) first appear and "proof of concept" is established. So, it's rather sobering to see how fast plans for deploying robotics in the military are progressing - likely starting with supply couriers.
In my opinion, it's just a matter of time before orchestrated platoons of robotic soldiers become feasible. There are already significant strides being made in environmental sensors and muscle emulation, which will help such units to integrate with human troops while becoming a real pain in the posterior for opposing forces.
Such platoons are scary. They might become sold and leveraged into essentially unassailable mercenary forces, highly efficient killing units, for better or worse. And, there is the approaching singularity where robots (and possibly AIs) will start building robots, too, making easy proliferation another challenge. Hmm, are Terminators and SkyNet on the eventual horizon? Let's hope not!
In my opinion, it's just a matter of time before orchestrated platoons of robotic soldiers become feasible. There are already significant strides being made in environmental sensors and muscle emulation, which will help such units to integrate with human troops while becoming a real pain in the posterior for opposing forces.
Such platoons are scary. They might become sold and leveraged into essentially unassailable mercenary forces, highly efficient killing units, for better or worse. And, there is the approaching singularity where robots (and possibly AIs) will start building robots, too, making easy proliferation another challenge. Hmm, are Terminators and SkyNet on the eventual horizon? Let's hope not!
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Google solidly plants its stake in Robotics
Search may have sparked Google's beginning but it's now moving hard and fast into Robotics. With this week's acquisition of Boston Dynamics, and several earlier Robotics related acquisitions, Google is positioning itself as a major player in the field.
Scary? Perhaps. I find it somewhat anxiety-raising when one large company moves to put itself in the significant position to call the shots - hopefully they'll remember that motto, "Do no evil!"
Scary? Perhaps. I find it somewhat anxiety-raising when one large company moves to put itself in the significant position to call the shots - hopefully they'll remember that motto, "Do no evil!"
Saturday, November 9, 2013
Things to come
The Open Innovation Forum shares some interesting perspectives on how technology is changing the human race and will continue to do so ahead.
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