#therobotsarecoming

The robots are coming and they will be human. This is the assertion that I have made in the past and will continue to make. My thinking is so; we are human, ergo everything we make has a human feel to

Earlier this year, in March 2018, a young woman became the first victim of a driverless car, when she was struck by an autonomous Uber vehicle. The lady was crossing the road with her bicycle when the

Getting machines to see and react to the things that we see and react to is quite rightly considered an important step along the path to true artificial intelligence. However as new research at the University

At what point does artificial life become real life? Where is the line drawn between a synthetic organism and an organic one? Can the two positions ever be reconciled? It are these, and a variety of these

Will the A.I. sword we wield today, turn out to be a double edged weapon swinging around to cut us out of the picture tomorrow? This is possibly the biggest questions surrounding the future development

It is clear that on our way to synthetic ascension, it will be our bodies that we first transform. Whether that be by way of synthetic limbs, joints and organs, or tampered with genetics. Our physical

Some say that the synthetic ascension of the human race is an inevitable path for us. That is to say the point at which we break free from the slow repressive grip of our biological evolution using technology

The robots are coming and there's nothing you can do to stop it, though the question begs; why would you want to? This mini series has so far looked at a number of issues surrounding the areas of artificial

Imagine an alien visits you on earth and tells you that it can enhance any aspect of your physical being you choose. It asks you to pick one particular augmentation; what would it be? For me personally

Can you imagine having a superhero view like Superman? Cure cancer with a chip? o Stop a suicide by chatting on Facebook? This in a very short time could be a reality thanks to technology. The technology

Few people are unaware of the threat that automation wields over the blue collar sector of society. From the Luddite days of smashing weaving machines, to the invention of the assembly line robot, and

Most of the paranoia surrounding AI is in regards to humanoid robots coming to life and killing us all. Either that or a SkyNet military command system working out that we're a waste of space and nuking

We are entering into an age of transhumanism, the point whereby we use technology to make us something *more than human. The original ethical arguments surrounding technological implants has changed somewhat.

It could be said that the pinnacle an organism can evolve to, is to get to a point whereby it invents technology that makes evolution obsolete. The human race has set itself aside from all the other animals

The singularity is almost upon us, and we live in trepidation of the possibility of annihilation. The ultimate irony would be to be wiped out by our own creation. Prometheus brought down the fire from

In order to know the future, first we must imagine it. However in the case of AI, we are at first informed by popular science fiction culture. That statement may not seem that remarkable at first, but

The robots are coming, and they're going to get your job, the question is; can you do anything about it? It does not take a genius observer to see that technology is playing a bigger and bigger part of