I built myself a robot, and I made her self-aware A life without companionship, was more than I could bear I’d become complacent, and impatient with most folks My little robot hangs with me, she laughs at all my jokes We shop and cook and watch the games; I take her for a walk She […]
Mrs. B’s Blather: What are the far-reaching effects of artificial intelligence?
By Ellen Blaufarb and Bob Silver In the July 1960 magazine Horizon, Eric Larrabee wrote an article entitled, “After Abundance, What?”. He quoted a Mr. Corso. “It won’t be long,” he said, “before everyone will sit in bed and eat big fat pies. They got machines now to do the work. People got to start […]
Mrs. B’s Blather: Are you intrigued by AI?
In these trying times, I have been trying to pay attention to the gains being made by the robot producing crowd and the artificial intelligence scientists. I find their work intriguing and hopeful. I keep on imagining a world where no one has to work. A time when the short time we have on this […]