Dan Harmon is right. A film lazily titled “Robocop” should be a disaster. A forgettable B-film that is best for Mystery Science Theatre 3000. But that’s not what happened, and here we are. Re-watching (more…)
Machine learning, AI, algorithms taking jobs, and the future of our economy….
More on artificial intelligence, IE robots and algorithms, literally taking jobs…. I can’t imagine we turn into a superconsciousness hypercollective of leisure beings? Where does this go? 47% of (more…)
1) Drone Ethics 2) AI, Driverless Car, & Machine Ethics 3) Robot Soldier Ethics 4) Drone Journalism
Random bits! 1) What if Mexico targeted a narco-terrorist in Phoenix w/ a #drone? http://truth-out.org/news/item/13085-obama-breaks-the-golden-rule-on-drones 2) (more…)
The Coming Age of Long Form Journalism – some delightful examples of media rich articles.
The duality of a society with less and less attention finding the time to consume large bits of detailed information is not so surprising, as modern times find niche markets victorious. Looking to be (more…)
Reporting, Journalism, Hyper-Locality, “If it creates fear, it leads” and getting back to earth.
A friend works for a site called Patch. Aol started it… it’s hyper-local news, which may be boring to some people, but intensely relevant and meaningful to others. That’s the point… it’s quite focused (more…)