It is a position that we have publicly supported (i.e., in writing) on various occasions, despite it being particularly unpopular: every process of extensive mechanization of human capabilities quickly leads …
The live extension of the machine
Russian biotechnologists are proud because (they claim that) they achieved something unique so far: they connected the brain of a laboratory mouse with an “artificial intelligence” device, forcing the rodent …
Mechanical successes
It’s not only brain-implanted electronics like Neuralink that shape a nightmarish or hopeful (depending on one’s taste or interests) near future for the organic fusion of the living with the …
the parrot’s question: how far does thought fly?
A man considered the godfather of artificial intelligence (AI) resigned from his job, warning about the increasing risks due to developments in this field.Geoffrey Hinton, 75 years old, announced his …
do machines feel remorse?
In the 1990s, shortly after the successful cloning of the famous (or infamous) Dolly, one of the dominant themes of the discussions of the time regarding new technologies was that …
Technological metaphysics (a note on “artificial intelligence”)
The ChatGPT app gained 100,000,000 (100 million) active users in just two months from its release: it is a world record for the speed at which a technological application has …
For laughs (and for tears)
For laughs (and tears) > Microsoft’s ChatGPT “broke the bank”! It was accepted as a game, proving (if proof was needed) that some technologists of the 4th capitalist industrial revolution …
LaMDA Scandal (do neural networks see nightmares?)
What is artificial intelligence? What is machine learning? Is it possible that the “average person” can be fooled by modern machines, considering them “humans”? In 1950, Alan Turing, one of …
Neurocolonization
We have nanobots that … connect our neocortex to a synthetic neocortex in the cloud… Thought will become … a hybrid of biology and non-biology… Paranoid or not prophets You …
artificial intelligence (and artificial consciousness?)
There is no commonly accepted definition of intelligence among philosophers or/and scientists, let alone the fact that it is accepted that it is not exclusively a human characteristic. Most agree, …
Finally, brain polyprize!
There are people deeply techno-religious, and there are others who pretend to be such because they are paid… as influencers… Both the former and the latter emerged from the opportunity …
Protection of neuro-rights?
Last September (before the elections that elected socialist/activist Gabriel Boric as president), Chile became the first capitalist country in the world to introduce legislation into its constitution for the protection …