Discussion Topics
Computer (Intelligence) Revolution
What is a computer ?
How was computer mode ?
Philosophy and Mathematics of modern computers : Turing Machine
Moore's Law
Will silicon chips really become as cheap as papers ? (the difference between appliance and consumable )
What are the predictions made in Visions TV episodes that you think not likely to happen ? (second life ?)
Second Life ? How about second brain ?
Use all resources for servival ?
teleimerson, why so many camerra needed ? what is the difference between watching a real show and broadcasting ? (see any focus you wanted to see)
who really played "second life"
"Mind Change"
AI : narrow and wide
AI :weak and strong
AI : top-down and button-up
AI : expert systems and neural networks
two-legs walking, anyone try to push or trap it ?
Law for robots, why should robots obey ? (natural resources is limited)
Superbots, Catoms
Emotion for machine Intelligence
How to make robots looks more like human ?
human against machines ? Test before use ? depends on how careful we are (examples from bio and AI).
Re-incarnation machine
Turing Test
The highland, the final frontier : consciousness
Goedel's incompleteness theorem
Mathematical proof as human intelligence (calculating machine vs proof machine)
What is intelligence ?
A Strange loop
stilnox and sleepwalking
Deep Brain Stimulation : where is the source "happiness" in brain ?
AI weapon news
Robot playmate ?
What is IBM Watson ? What csn it do ? (8000 medical journal pubished per day.)
What is Softbank Pepper ? What cs it do ?
pirate on sea, so auto sailing finishing boat ?
How to prevent bad people hijacting your auto car ?
Deep brain sitmulation, stimulate happiness, and how about sexial feeling ? should that be allowed ?
When brain research improved, can one change homesexial to hetro or vica versa ?
Opinion: Robots and AI could soon have feelings, hopes and rights … we must prepare for the reckoning
Cambrudge (link)
Desire to servie, does AI have it ? What make machines wanting to live forever ?
Will there be religon for AI ?
Bio-molecular Revolution
How similar ? We and other living things.
What inspires Darwin theory of evolution ?
Where is the fear of death, dark or any kinds, come from ?
Fear is a emotion.
Can we live forever ?
Do you want to live forever, if it is possible ?
Why do you want to live forever ?
What are the thing we know that could live forever ?
What is life ?
"What is life", the book.
"What is life", the new Japanese book.
Why is human cloning illegal ?
Why is human cloning unmoral ?
How about twins ?
Treat cloned human as twins, is that then legal or ethical ?
Imagine a play, all actors look a like. (animal planet ?)
What will human society becomes ? If we all look alike ?
Think about ants ? (How ants colony know food is found ?)
the abuse of antibiotics in medicine and in food production, E coli event in 2011 summer.
The problem of mass production agriculture (corn farm as an example)
prion (MCD) and "lean meet esence /powder"
國外最新研究發現／病牛肌肉的普利昂蛋白具傳染力 http://libertytimes.com.tw/2012/new/apr/29/today-life3.htm
Is genetically moified foods safe ? (mnay different kinds) Why are explicit labeling important ?
Food additives, GMO, and supercomputers ? A new way of marketing ?
Test is expensive, so cover-up while I can, suit me or buy from me.
Our culture expects whole animal could be eaten. (A statement or a question ?)
Environmental activists' reason again taking shark fin.
looks simple and easy ? think 夾娃娃機 (claw machine / crane machine) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claw_crane
Lean Meat Essence (Beef and Pork)
Free marcket ? efficiency ? high-tech competitiveness ? loweing standard ? who's standard ? value vs. justice ? What policy making do you prefer ?
Telemere
Not only length matters
http://stn.nsc.gov.tw/view_detail.asp?doc_uid=1010430028&kind_no=A04
Quantum Revolution
What is Quantum ?
The histroy
Laser
Superconductor
Cosmology
Planetray Civilisation
Planet : the origin of its name
Star and Planet
Why should human civalisation continue ?
Deterministic (fate) or Not ? The Universe.
Is there Free will ?
Are we ordinary or extraordinary ?
Why no contact with Alains ?
SETI or Not SETI ?
Are we a perl / jewel or a pebble ?