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Bruce Sterling Thinks Artificial Intelligence Has Jumped the Shark

Bruce Sterling Thinks Artificial Intelligence Has Jumped the Shark | Global Brain | Scoop.it
From io9.com - January 20, 2:04 PM
Bruce Sterling wrote influential works like Schismatrix and Islands in the Net, plus he practically invented cyberpunk (with all due respect, of course, to William Gibson and Rudy Rucker).
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David Brin here. While Bruce S is right to growl and snap at the cyber-transcendentalists (I do it plenty) I think he is too blithe about ignoring how AI is likely to come together. If you knew anything about the area where the most money is being spent on advanced software, in total secrecy, programming the new entities to be utterly ruthless, parasitical and predatory... you would shudder and know fear.

I am not talking the military... but high frequency stock trading program systems. THAt is where "skynet" may emerge, suddenly and silently. Learn more... and be afraid!"

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Why Millennials Don't Want To Buy Stuff

Why Millennials Don't Want To Buy Stuff | Global Brain | Scoop.it
From www.fastcompany.com - July 18, 2012 8:53 PM

Compared to previous generations, Millennials seem to have some very different habits that have taken both established companies and small businesses by surprise. One of these is that Generation Y doesn't seem to enjoy purchasing things.


The Atlantic's article "Why Don't Young Americans Buy Cars?" mused recently about Millennials' tendency to not care about owning a vehicle. The subtitle: "Is this a generational shift, or just a lousy economy at work?"


What if it's not an "age thing" at all? What's really causing this strange new behavior (or rather, lack of behavior)? Generational segments have profound impacts on perception and behavior, but an "ownership shift" isn't isolated within the Millennial camp. A writer for USA Today shows that all ages are in on this trend, but instead of an age group, he blames the change on the cloud, the heavenly home our entertainment goes to when current media models die. As all forms of media make their journey into a digital, de-corporeal space, research shows that people are beginning to actually prefer this disconnected reality to owning a physical product.


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RSA - The Third Industrial Revolution

From www.thersa.org - February 4, 2012 2:55 PM

Join Jeremy Rifkin as he describes how the five-pillars of the Third Industrial Revolution will create thousands of businesses and millions of jobs, and usher in a fundamental reordering of human relationships, from hierarchical to lateral power, that will impact the way we conduct business, govern society, educate our children, and engage in civic life.

 


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