AI is getting more and more powerful. Should we be worried?
Will a truly powerful AI ever emerge from the dark confines of an AI lab? And how will it treat humans?
machines
Windows 8 machines burdened with crapware and Ubuntu a good alternative.
The Windows 8 launch is past and there are stories floating around that the computers running this operating system are polluted with crapware that slows down the machines and provides no real benefit. When I bought my ASUS eePC netbook; it was running Windows XP Professional with the extra ASUS crapware installed that is supposed … Read more
Science Fiction movies losing their magical appeal.
Science Fiction shows like Stargate Universe and even the original Stargate series have lost the magical appeal of classic movies like the 3 Star Wars movies and the original Star Trek television series. I just watched the first Star Trek film and it was a mind-blowing film, the size of the V,Ger probe inside the … Read more