Technology

Sexo con Robots? La Ética [Spanish translation]

[This is a Spanish translation of my “Sex with Robots? The Ethics”, first published in English at EveryJoe.] Se está viniendo una nueva generación de robots sexuales, y las bromas ya han comenzado.  “Yo no necesito uno…” — dice una mujer casada — “mi marido ya es suficientemente robótico en la cama.” Ja ja.  “Seguro…” […]

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Environmentalist Mark Lynas’s lecture to Oxford Farming Conference, 2013

Well worth reading: “I want to start with some apologies. For the record, here and upfront, I apologise for having spent several years ripping up GM crops. I am also sorry that I helped to start the anti-GM movement back in the mid 1990s, and that I thereby assisted in demonising an important technological option

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Peter Diamondis on abundant human potential

Four breakthrough trends that will transform the next generation. An energizing talk by Peter Diamondis, founder of the X Prize Foundation and head of Singularity University: computing power and access to it, robotics, artificial life, and personal space travel. Plus how to leverage the unbelievable amounts of untapped human potential out there. (Thanks to R.L.

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TEDx: Captcha and Duolingo — massive-scale online collaboration

Great talk from TEDx at Carnegie-Mellon University: “After re-purposing CAPTCHA so each human-typed response helps digitize books, Luis von Ahn wondered how else to use small contributions by many on the Internet for greater good. At TEDxCMU, he shares how his ambitious new project, Duolingo, will help millions learn a new language while translating the

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