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More robot madness

Sunday, July 10, 2005

A robotic talent show! What could be cooler! Some of this stuff looks really fun… Headsup from Erik.

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New dimensions in scamming?

Saturday, July 9, 2005

I’m not sure quite where I’m going with this yet, so bear with me; the tale will I hope grow in the telling.

I’ve been struck over the last couple of days by a scam phenomenon that’s at least new to me, and that seems likely to me to get more and more prevalent. (It’s quite [...]

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Virtual Life in Second Life

Monday, June 13, 2005

Here’s an article on a virtual life experiment in the “online world” Second Life. To AI folks, it’s nothing groundbreaking: fish with flocking algorithms, fine-tuned by some artificial selection (upcoming plans seem to include sexual reproduction and natural selection). What’s really interesting is the social context. Second Life is a subscriber system providing a 3D [...]

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“The Game” really happened

Monday, June 6, 2005

Many years ago (perhaps on an aeroplane journey?) I saw the Michael Douglas movie “The Game”. The idea (if I remember correctly) is that the Douglas character is given as birthday present a ticket in a Game, no other information given. Once he accepts the ticket, the gamemasters slowly but surely infiltrate his life — [...]

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