one future commentary http://www.onefuture.org en grey.lindley@onefuture.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-05T18:14:00+00:00 Artificial Intelligence vs (Synthetic) Consciousness http://www.onefuture.org/comment/article/artificial-intelligence-vs-synthetic-consciousness/ How did the AI movement make the radical assumption that the "intelligence" bit in the term of "Artificial Intelligence" (I'm referring to strong AI here which is meant to replicate human "intelligence") actually describes the entirety of the human being? AI and Robotics, Future Studies, New Thought How did the AI movement make the radical assumption that the "intelligence" bit in the term of "Artificial Intelligence" (I'm referring to strong AI here which is meant to replicate human "intelligence") actually describes the entirety of the human being? 2009-11-05T18:14:00+00:00 God Comes to Dinner http://www.onefuture.org/comment/article/god-comes-to-dinner/ No one can remember how it happened, but somehow someone got hold of God's phone number. Then someone had the bright idea of inviting him round... So God came to dinner. New Thought, The Beautiful Cosmos No one can remember how it happened, but somehow someone got hold of God's phone number. Then someone had the bright idea of inviting him round...

So God came to dinner. 2009-09-13T17:50:00+00:00 Obama Calls for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons http://www.onefuture.org/comment/article/obama-calls-for-a-world-free-of-nuclear-weapons/ Speaking in Prague on 5th of April, 2009, Obama declared his desire for, and described his policies facilitating a world free of nuclear weapons. "Some argue that the spread of these weapons cannot be checked that we are destined to live in a world where more nations and more people possess the ultimate tools of destruction. This fatalism is a deadly adversary. For if we believe that the spread of nuclear weapons is inevitable, then we are admitting to ourselves that the use of nuclear weapons is inevitable." Nuclear Armaments, Sustainable Culture Speaking in Prague on 5th of April, 2009, Obama declared his desire for, and described his policies facilitating a world free of nuclear weapons.

"Some argue that the spread of these weapons cannot be checked that we are destined to live in a world where more nations and more people possess the ultimate tools of destruction. This fatalism is a deadly adversary. For if we believe that the spread of nuclear weapons is inevitable, then we are admitting to ourselves that the use of nuclear weapons is inevitable." 2009-04-10T11:24:00+00:00 Enough With the Apocalypse Already! http://www.onefuture.org/comment/article/enough-with-the-apocalypse-already/ Have you noticed we are in the midst of an endless barrage of hyped up CGI enriched armageddon-like O-no-it's-the-end-of-the-world dramas where life on earth almost ends or civilisation collapses due to asteriods, zombies, aliens, viruses, mutants, robots, bad ecological management and/or all of the above? One Future Have you noticed we are in the midst of an endless barrage of hyped up CGI enriched armageddon-like O-no-it's-the-end-of-the-world dramas where life on earth almost ends or civilisation collapses due to asteriods, zombies, aliens, viruses, mutants, robots, bad ecological management and/or all of the above? 2009-03-09T16:00:00+00:00 Introduction to the Stages of Consciousness http://www.onefuture.org/comment/article/introduction-to-the-stages-of-consciousness/ This is the first in a series of articles I will be posting about the Stages of Consciousness - a fascinating way of looking at the emergence of human culture and consciousness over the last 100,000 years and a means of contemplating present challenges and possible futures of our species. Stages of Consciousness This is the first in a series of articles I will be posting about the Stages of Consciousness - a fascinating way of looking at the emergence of human culture and consciousness over the last 100,000 years and a means of contemplating present challenges and possible futures of our species. 2008-09-11T13:08:00+00:00 A quick note to the iPod generation or Farewell to the podZombie http://www.onefuture.org/comment/article/a-quick-note-to-the-ipod-generation-or-farewell-to-the-podzombie/ So better keep this brief as i know the new Mac world is coming up so you are probably surfing the web on your iPod touch or whatever, but this I thought you should know: Ears are for hearing things. By "things" I mean other things besides music. (iPod generation) "Wha?...Oh, hold on.." (One Future) "I said: Ears are for hearing other things" (iPod generation) "Aaaaaah, you mean Podcasts!" (One Future) "Hmmm, nuoooo ... not exactly." Commentary

So better keep this brief as i know the new Mac world is coming up so you are probably surfing the web on your iPod touch or whatever, but this I thought you should know: Ears are for hearing things. By "things" I mean other things besides music.

(iPod generation) "Wha?...Oh, hold on.."
(One Future) "I said: Ears are for hearing other things"
(iPod generation) "Aaaaaah, you mean Podcasts!"
(One Future) "Hmmm, nuoooo ... not exactly."
2008-07-03T18:58:00+00:00 The first synthetic life form is on the verge of existence. http://www.onefuture.org/comment/article/the-first-synthetic-life-form-is-on-the-verge-of-existence/ "This is not genesis, this is building on three and a half billion years of evolution,...I've argued that we are about to...create a new version of the Cambrian explosion where there's massive speciation based upon this digital design....Genes [are the] the design components of the future" - Craig Venter Biotechnology "This is not genesis, this is building on three and a half billion years of evolution,...I've argued that we are about to...create a new version of the Cambrian explosion where there's massive speciation based upon this digital design....Genes [are the] the design components of the future"

- Craig Venter
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