Monkeys, Typewriters, and the Pursuit of Consciousness
Here is an odd take on quantum computing that, whilst I am sure isn't new, struck me today. It revolves around this concept of a hyperwebster which is a dictionary that contains all possible combinations of the letter a to z in an infinite number of ways. ...
Feral Robots
What if robots existed or were designed to be feral and live in the wild? Robots typically are designed to serve humans and are often humanoid or animalistic. Even the robots that don't have a "functional" purpose, such as Furbys or Robo-dogs, are at lea ...
Robot Rights
We should give robots rights before they ask for them.History tells us that fights for freedom, independence or civil liberty is a hard fought and almost always paid for in blood. Whilst the fight for these ideals for all humans are far from won, how long ...
Relationship Assistant
Today I remembered the episode from Black Mirror called "Be Right Back". Black mirror is in some ways considered a form of speculative design although it does have a tendency to dip into the obviously dystopian. In this episode, a woman's boyfriend dies ...