Showing posts with label Elon Musk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elon Musk. Show all posts
Sunday, March 21, 2021
Quote of the Day -- On Our Wealth Inequality
Please keep in mind, folks, gross wealth inequality actually weakens nations, weakens our nation.
"...When Gates, Bezos, and Musk together have more wealth than the bottom half of Americans put together? When 1 out of 8 American children are hungry? When 20 million can't afford to see a doctor? When our schools are literally falling apart? We need a wealth tax."
--Robert Reich @RBReich
Saturday, March 20, 2021
Quote of the Day -- On Wealth Inequality and a Stronger Nation
Monday, November 13, 2017
You Must Read This Article
If you only read one piece this year on technology and what it is, where it's going and where it may or may not go and take us, you should read this.
Will Democracy Survive Big Data
and Artificial Intelligence
It has far, far more in it than I could ever describe here.
It is both fascinating and alarming, at once.
Governments will no way be able to keep up with technology. Heck, they're already far, far behind.
Governments will no way be able to keep up with technology. Heck, they're already far, far behind.
I would like--heck, I want--every member of our national, US Congress to read this, let alone our state legislators and office holders.
All the things called for in the article would have to be done by government, of course. It would have to be done by far-seeing, responsible legislators.
I don't see it happening.
I'd love to be wrong.
I don't see it happening.
I'd love to be wrong.
God help us all.
Sunday, April 23, 2017
Elon Musk Is Batman
Okay.
This does it.
This proves it.
Elon Musk is Batman.
He’s our modern day Batman.
But instead of wearing a cape and a mask and being a freak, he’s a fantastic scientist and researcher. We have it WAY better than Gotham. And he’s the Batman for the entire United States and even the world, really, with what he’s creating and inventing.
He began here:
This was announced a few days ago.
This just hit today, Sunday.
So kudos to you, Mr. Musk.
And thanks, Batman.
We owe you.
This just hit today, Sunday.
So kudos to you, Mr. Musk.
And thanks, Batman.
We owe you.
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Thursday, March 2, 2017
Technology Today - Incredible
You should see this technology, this new robot from Boston Dynamics. Forget walking, the thing can jump. It can and does jump stairs, if it so wishes.
Boston Dynamics' Newest Robot Moves Like a Donkey on Rollerblades
This is, at once, fascinating and beautiful and wondrous and terrifying. Humankind will clearly rush, headlong into AI, artificial intelligence, in spite of the best, brightest minds of our time, warning us.
Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk, and
Bill Gates Warn About Artificial Intelligence
Whither next?
I don't think anyone can say.
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Where Is All This Technology Taking Us?
I tell you, it's overwhelming.
It's been fun for a while. If you realize you don't just have a TV in your pocket but a full-blown computer that can do who-knows-what-all, it's been fun. It is fun. It can be fun, anyway.
But every once in a while, I realize, how much there is out there, how much computer power is in our pockets and how dizzying it all is. It seems there are apps for so much more of the minutiae of our lives than I would think anyone could or would ever imagine.
I understand why these apps have been created, too, sure. Everyone has to "make their mark" and no less so than in computing but wow. Clearly we humans are taking all these apps and our phones way too far. In my eyes, anyway.
I think it's scary and getting scarier.
But every once in a while, I realize, how much there is out there, how much computer power is in our pockets and how dizzying it all is. It seems there are apps for so much more of the minutiae of our lives than I would think anyone could or would ever imagine.
I understand why these apps have been created, too, sure. Everyone has to "make their mark" and no less so than in computing but wow. Clearly we humans are taking all these apps and our phones way too far. In my eyes, anyway.
I think it's scary and getting scarier.
And the trend of time spent on cell phones is still increasing and the younger we are, the more it's increasing.
Yeah. This is not your grandfather's world, that's for sure. Between these developments and humankind's rush into AI, artificial intelligence, I don't like the looks of where we're heading, as a species, as a people. I think we are, it seems, all running headlong, forward and we don't have any idea where we're going, where this is all leading us.
Y'all be nice out there.
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