Man & Machine

"The Mother of All Demos is a name given retrospectively to Douglas Engelbart's December 9, 1968, demonstration of experimental computer technologies that are now commonplace. The live demonstration featured the introduction of the computer mouse, video conferencing, teleconferencing, hypertext, word processing, hypermedia, object addressing and dynamic file linking, bootstrapping, and a collaborative real-time editor."

“Fully autonomous driving has always been the goal of our project, because we think this could improve road safety and help lots of people who can't drive. We're now developing prototypes of vehicles that have been designed from the ground up to drive themselves—just push a button and they'll take you where you want to go! We'll use these vehicles to test our software and learn what it will really take to bring this technology into the world.”

“An excerpt from the 1968 film "2001: A Space Odyssey" directed by Stanley Kubrick. Synopsis: Mankind finds a mysterious, obviously artificial, artifact buried on the moon and, with the intelligent computer HAL, sets off on a quest, where the way the HAL 9000 super computer malfunctions.”

“In 1964, Arthur C. Clarke makes some scarily accurate predictions about the future we now know, even to the latest breakthroughs of today and things to come.”

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdSRUG4KTPA)

“A look inside Amazon's warehouse where the Kiva robots are busy moving your orders around.”

“The latest generation of Asimo robots built by Honda which has been unveiled today, July 16 2014. Pub workers and baristas could face an uncertain future after Honda unveiled a talking robot which can open and serve drinks. Asimo is the world's most advanced 'humanoid robot' with Honda first starting work on it in 1986. The latest generation Asimo has improved intelligence, enhanced hand dexterity and can run forwards and backwards, climb and descend stairs, hop and even jump. Asimo, which stands for Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility, will even recognise the faces and voices of multiple people speaking simultaneously.”

“Professor Stephen Hawking has told the BBC that artificial intelligence could spell the end for the human race. In an interview after the launch of a new software system designed to help him communicate more easily, he said there were many benefits to new technology but also some risks.”

“As eviction defenders protested outside the "Airbnb Open" conference (a closed conference), federal police demanded that activists self-kettle in a closed off "free speech zone", in an out of the way spot, safe from the tender eyes of Airbnb. But this is America and the entire country is a free speech zone.”