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Vinod Khosla on AI, Healthcare, and Education

by jeffrey.taekman on January 16, 2012 · 0 Comments · in Artificial Intelligence, Education, Gaming, Ideas, Opinion, Technology

Legendary Silicon Valley investor, Vinod Khosla, wrote a 3-part series on technology for TechCrunch. In part 1 he writes about Artificial Intelligence. In part 2 he talks about how computers, mobile apps, and AI could augment (or even replace) healthcare workers. In part 3 he talks about how technology will change education (although his focus [...]

J. Craig Venter: Designing Life – 60 Minutes – CBS News

by jeffrey.taekman on November 26, 2010 · 0 Comments · in Biotechnology, News, Opinion

Does anyone else find this extremely disturbing? Designing synthetic organisms, although interesting from a scientific standpoint, seems incredibly risky.  I’m going to send Venter a copy of Bill Joy’s article, Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us. J. Craig Venter: Designing Life November 21, 2010 5:02 PM Steve Kroft profiles famous microbiologist J. Craig Venter, whose [...]

Global Warming Game-Fate of the World- to Launch Next Year

by jeffrey.taekman on November 24, 2010 · 0 Comments · in Gaming, Opinion

I was scanning some of my usual sources for information on serious games. I came across this announcement I missed earlier this month…. Developer Red Redemption announced that Fate of the World, a strategy game that tackles global warming and modern environmental issues, will launch next year for PC platforms. Fate of the World puts [...]