Links

Chase Condor was kind enough to send along the following links:

• What happens when there are no limits placed on technology or ingenuity? A look at rally spec racing Links to an external site.

They're made out of meat Links to an external site.

• A clip of Alex Jones on Joe Rogan's podcast where they discuss the global elite, technology, and the future of humanity. Links to an external site. The whole podcast is 3hrs long and equally entertaining but this is a relevant part. In typical fashion, Alex Jones says some pretty off-the-wall stuff.

• A piece Links to an external site. on Marshall McLuhan’s Understanding Media by Tristan Eldritch

Open Transcripts Links to an external site. offers, well, transcripts of talks that often deal with many of the issue we address in class. For example, I've worked a bit with Professor Fuller— Virtual Futures Podcast #3: Transhumanism and Risk, with Professor Steve Fuller. Links to an external site.

How worried should we be about artificial intelligence? I asked 17 experts Links to an external site..

"Godzooks," Links to an external site. David Berlinski (A Review of Homo Deus).

"To Give A.I. the Gift of Gab,Silicon Valley Needs to Offend You," Links to an external site. Metz and Collins, New York Times. 

"The Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence: Forecasting, Prevention, and Mitigation" Links to an external site. (A report written by 26 authors from 14 institutions, spanning academia, civil society, and industry).

"The Matrix couldn’t dream up the internet of 2018," Links to an external site. Clayton Purdom

NEWS Boston Dynamics’ Unsettling Robodog Can Now Escape Through (Unlocked) Doors Links to an external site.

Some millennials aren’t saving for retirement because they don’t think capitalism will exist by then Links to an external site.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AN ALGORITHM CUTS YOUR HEALTH CARE, Colin Lecher Links to an external site.

"The Californian Ideology," Links to an external site. Richard Barbrook and Andy Cameron

“'The California Ideology'” after twenty years," Links to an external site. Bruce Sterling

"A Counter-History of the California Ideology," Links to an external site. Edmund Berger