Saturday, October 30, 2004
Thunderstorm
The first thunderstorm of the season happend last night - a real cracker with lots of wind rain thunder and lightening. The roads are covered in leaves and fallen branches(and my yard is full of fallen palm fronds).
Friday, October 29, 2004
Content Management Systems
OSCOM Content Management Frameworks/Systems Overview
A List of free CMSs from OSCOM - The international association for Open Source Content Management
Thursday, October 21, 2004
Another bibliography for 'Mind Children' in the Hans Moravec/Artificial Intelligense sense
mindless mechanisms,mindful constructions: an introduction
The Homo Cyber Sapiens, the Robot: Homonidus Intelligens, and the `artificial life' approach to artificial intelligence. By Luc Steels Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Vrije Universiteit Brussel
-- Both are introductions to AI with some attention paid to the future of robots.
Excerpts from the book Information Arts: Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology by Stephen Wilson: Chapters focused on the body
WHAT IF AI SUCCEEDS?: The Rise of the 21st Century Artilect by Prof. Dr. Hugo de Garis Head, Brain Builder Group, STARLAB, Brussels, Belgium, Europe.
They aren't who you think: if we ever encounter extraterrestrial intelligence, they're likely to be machines, not creatures of flesh and blood. (Cover Story) Steven J. Dick. Mercury Nov-Dec 2003 v32 i6 p18(9)
Humanity 2.0: transhumanists believe that human nature's a phase we'll outgrow, like adolescence. Someday we'll be full-fledged adult posthumans, with physical and intellectual powers of which we can now only dream. But will progress really make perfect? Carl Elliott. The Wilson Quarterly Autumn 2003 v27 i4 p13(8)
Humanity 2.0, by Carl Elliott, Wilson Quarterly, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Conquering mind and the end of humanity: prospects for a robotic future. (Symposium). Charles T. Rubin. Perspectives on Political Science Spring 2003 v32 i2 p77(9)
A.I. and the return of the Krell Machine: Nanotechnology, the singularity, and the empty planet syndrome. (Critical Essay) Steven B. Harris. Skeptic (Altadena, CA) Fall 2002 v9 i3 p68(13)
Robot Renaissance: Machines that think are not that far off -- and some futurists believe they could take over. DANYLO HAWALESHKA. Maclean's August 21, 2000 p20
Tele-Agency: Telematics, Telerobotics, and the Art of Meaning. Edward A. Shanken. Art Journal Summer 2000 v59 i2 p65
Alice's dilemma. Joao Pedro de Magalhaes. Futures Feb 2004 v36 i1 p85(5)
Robot: Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind. (Review)_(book reviews) Bonnie Holte Bennett. AI Magazine Fall 1999 v20 i3 p92
A-life nightmare. (artificial life) (Interview) (Cover Story) Stephen Levy. Whole Earth Review Fall 1992 n76 p34(14)
Mind Children: the Future of Robot and Human Intelligence. (book reviews) Roger Penrose. The New York Review of Books Feb 1, 1990 v37 n1 p3(3)
Or maybe not. (artificial intelligence) (Science and Technology) The Economist (US) Jan 27, 1990 v314 n7639 p89(1)
Introduction. (Is the Body Obsolete?) Jeanne Carstensen, Richard Kadrey. Whole Earth Review Summer 1989 n63 p2(2)
Robots with human intelligence. The Futurist March-April 1989 v23 n2 p52(2)
The Importance of Importance. (Transcript) David Waltz. AI Magazine Fall 1999 v20 i3 p18
The coming divorce in human nature. (robot minds) Hans Moravec. Whole Earth Review Summer 1989 n63 p12(5) (3169 words)
Mind Children. (column) John Helliwell. PC Week Feb 6, 1989 v6 n5 p24(1)
Robots, Re-Evolving Mind by Hans Moravec
Hans Moravec Home Page --
(included as relevant - points to documents)
Existential Risks - Analyzing Human Extinction Scenarios and Related Risks (included as relevant)
Speculative Topics: The Developmental Singularity
Augmentation, symbiosis, transcendence: technology and the future(s) of human identity. (Trajectories). Walter Truett Anderson. Futures June 2003 v35 i5 p535(12)
Forecasts for Artificial Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence may become not only smarter, but also wiser and more independent. We must now look ahead and prepare for the impacts of machines that may merge with us, manage us, mimic us, or leave us in the dust. Bohumir The Futurist March-April 2004 v38 i2 p24(2)
Mutants, cyborgs, AI & Androids: Russell Blackford surveys the range of prospective 'new humans' in the new millennium. (Essay) Russell Blackford. Meanjin March 2004 v63 i1 p14(9) (3070 words)
Interview with Hans Moravec
Robotics Institute: Hans Moravec
Superhumanism (from Wired 3.10 - Oct 1995)
PC evolution shapes a vision of robotic change. (The Hard Edge) (column) John Helliwell. PC Week Jan 30, 1989 v6 n4 p19(1)
Transhumanity
Posthuman.com
Artificial Intelligence and Human Nature. Charles T. Rubin, The New Atlantis, Number 1, Spring 2003, pp. 88-100. Published by the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, D.C.
Exotechnology: Human Efforts to Evolve Beyond Human Being, Mel Seesholtz, Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) , Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
Singularity : Surviving the Singularity, By Steve Alan Edwards, Transhuman Horizons: Singularity, SciTech & Futurism - Omega Point ... 2004/2/18
Talking with Our Mind Children
Posthuman Possibilities and the Future of Intelligent Life
Humanism for personhood: against human-racism: a new fight for human rights. (Upgrading Humanity) James Hughes. Free Inquiry June-July 2004 v24 i4 p36(2)
Better living through tranhumanism: more than just a philosophy and social movement, transhumanism is for many a way of life. George Dvorsky. The Humanist May-June 2004 v64 i3 p7(4)
The Homo Cyber Sapiens, the Robot: Homonidus Intelligens, and the `artificial life' approach to artificial intelligence. By Luc Steels Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Vrije Universiteit Brussel
-- Both are introductions to AI with some attention paid to the future of robots.
Excerpts from the book Information Arts: Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology by Stephen Wilson: Chapters focused on the body
WHAT IF AI SUCCEEDS?: The Rise of the 21st Century Artilect by Prof. Dr. Hugo de Garis Head, Brain Builder Group, STARLAB, Brussels, Belgium, Europe.
They aren't who you think: if we ever encounter extraterrestrial intelligence, they're likely to be machines, not creatures of flesh and blood. (Cover Story) Steven J. Dick. Mercury Nov-Dec 2003 v32 i6 p18(9)
Humanity 2.0: transhumanists believe that human nature's a phase we'll outgrow, like adolescence. Someday we'll be full-fledged adult posthumans, with physical and intellectual powers of which we can now only dream. But will progress really make perfect? Carl Elliott. The Wilson Quarterly Autumn 2003 v27 i4 p13(8)
Humanity 2.0, by Carl Elliott, Wilson Quarterly, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Conquering mind and the end of humanity: prospects for a robotic future. (Symposium). Charles T. Rubin. Perspectives on Political Science Spring 2003 v32 i2 p77(9)
A.I. and the return of the Krell Machine: Nanotechnology, the singularity, and the empty planet syndrome. (Critical Essay) Steven B. Harris. Skeptic (Altadena, CA) Fall 2002 v9 i3 p68(13)
Robot Renaissance: Machines that think are not that far off -- and some futurists believe they could take over. DANYLO HAWALESHKA. Maclean's August 21, 2000 p20
Tele-Agency: Telematics, Telerobotics, and the Art of Meaning. Edward A. Shanken. Art Journal Summer 2000 v59 i2 p65
Alice's dilemma. Joao Pedro de Magalhaes. Futures Feb 2004 v36 i1 p85(5)
Robot: Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind. (Review)_(book reviews) Bonnie Holte Bennett. AI Magazine Fall 1999 v20 i3 p92
A-life nightmare. (artificial life) (Interview) (Cover Story) Stephen Levy. Whole Earth Review Fall 1992 n76 p34(14)
Mind Children: the Future of Robot and Human Intelligence. (book reviews) Roger Penrose. The New York Review of Books Feb 1, 1990 v37 n1 p3(3)
Or maybe not. (artificial intelligence) (Science and Technology) The Economist (US) Jan 27, 1990 v314 n7639 p89(1)
Introduction. (Is the Body Obsolete?) Jeanne Carstensen, Richard Kadrey. Whole Earth Review Summer 1989 n63 p2(2)
Robots with human intelligence. The Futurist March-April 1989 v23 n2 p52(2)
The Importance of Importance. (Transcript) David Waltz. AI Magazine Fall 1999 v20 i3 p18
The coming divorce in human nature. (robot minds) Hans Moravec. Whole Earth Review Summer 1989 n63 p12(5) (3169 words)
Mind Children. (column) John Helliwell. PC Week Feb 6, 1989 v6 n5 p24(1)
Robots, Re-Evolving Mind by Hans Moravec
Hans Moravec Home Page --
(included as relevant - points to documents)
Existential Risks - Analyzing Human Extinction Scenarios and Related Risks (included as relevant)
Speculative Topics: The Developmental Singularity
Augmentation, symbiosis, transcendence: technology and the future(s) of human identity. (Trajectories). Walter Truett Anderson. Futures June 2003 v35 i5 p535(12)
Forecasts for Artificial Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence may become not only smarter, but also wiser and more independent. We must now look ahead and prepare for the impacts of machines that may merge with us, manage us, mimic us, or leave us in the dust. Bohumir The Futurist March-April 2004 v38 i2 p24(2)
Mutants, cyborgs, AI & Androids: Russell Blackford surveys the range of prospective 'new humans' in the new millennium. (Essay) Russell Blackford. Meanjin March 2004 v63 i1 p14(9) (3070 words)
Interview with Hans Moravec
Robotics Institute: Hans Moravec
Superhumanism (from Wired 3.10 - Oct 1995)
PC evolution shapes a vision of robotic change. (The Hard Edge) (column) John Helliwell. PC Week Jan 30, 1989 v6 n4 p19(1)
Transhumanity
Posthuman.com
Artificial Intelligence and Human Nature. Charles T. Rubin, The New Atlantis, Number 1, Spring 2003, pp. 88-100. Published by the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, D.C.
Exotechnology: Human Efforts to Evolve Beyond Human Being, Mel Seesholtz, Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) , Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
Singularity : Surviving the Singularity, By Steve Alan Edwards, Transhuman Horizons: Singularity, SciTech & Futurism - Omega Point ... 2004/2/18
Talking with Our Mind Children
Posthuman Possibilities and the Future of Intelligent Life
Humanism for personhood: against human-racism: a new fight for human rights. (Upgrading Humanity) James Hughes. Free Inquiry June-July 2004 v24 i4 p36(2)
Better living through tranhumanism: more than just a philosophy and social movement, transhumanism is for many a way of life. George Dvorsky. The Humanist May-June 2004 v64 i3 p7(4)
Search tools I have recently become aware of while searching for computer science related documents.
http://clusty.com/
http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/
CiteSeer: Scientific Literature Digital Library incorporating autonomous citation
indexing, awareness and tracking, citation context, related document retrieval ...
http://liinwww.ira.uka.de/bibliography/index.html
This is a collection of bibliographies of scientific literature in computer science from various sources, covering most aspects of computer science. The bibliographies are updated monthly from their original locations such that you'll always find the most recent versions here.
http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/
CiteSeer: Scientific Literature Digital Library incorporating autonomous citation
indexing, awareness and tracking, citation context, related document retrieval ...
http://liinwww.ira.uka.de/bibliography/index.html
This is a collection of bibliographies of scientific literature in computer science from various sources, covering most aspects of computer science. The bibliographies are updated monthly from their original locations such that you'll always find the most recent versions here.
Wednesday, October 20, 2004
Daily Themes
An intermediate writing course for sophomores, juniors, and seniors, Daily Themes offers guided practice in a variety of prose forms, fictional and non-fictional. In addition to attending scheduled lectures, students write 250-300 words each weekday and confer weekly with a tutor about their work. Writers respond to sequential assignments designed to cultivate specific literary, rhetorical, or observational skills. Click to see a few representative assignments.
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