Month: December 2017

In George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel 1984, O’Brien states,
“Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.”

Advances in Neuroscience and technology (NeuroS/T) are bringing this capability … Read the rest

Karel Čapek, an early Twentieth Century Czech playwright, coined the expression “Robot” in his 1921 play entitled, “R.U.R” (i.e., “Rossum’s Universal Robots”). According to Professor Howard Markel, University of Michigan:

The word Robot “… comes from an Old Church Slavonic … Read the rest

(Editor’s Note: The Mad Scientist Laboratory is pleased to present the following guest blog post by Mr. Nick Marsella. If you are interested in submitting a guest post, please select “Guest Bloggers” from the menu above and review the … Read the rest

“But in the future, mass production of the implements of war will not work. Technological advancements happen too fast in the Information Age.… Instead, the future of materiel acquisition will be the rapid development and fielding of prototypes.” – Robert … Read the rest

“By far, the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it.” – Eliezer Yudkowsky

Few technological advances remain more misunderstood than the potential impact Artificial Intelligence (AI) will have on all aspects of … Read the rest