Scott Robinson
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I As far back as his memory went, Arlan Mynx had longed to rule the world. In grade school, this longing manifested in a dramatic...
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Scott Robinson
Mar 1412 min read
Asimov's Manifesto: Prescience for the Human in the Machine
Among the many bequests of Isaac Asimov to the human conversation was his take on the robot – its nature and role. Emerging in science...
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Scott Robinson
Nov 19, 202311 min read
The Only
Earthrise and evening meal, and three years of multiple daily viewings had not made it any less breathtaking. He lingered a moment, then...
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Scott Robinson
Jun 29, 20236 min read
The Coming Sex Robot Market
Sex robots are already here, and they will rapidly grow more Stepford-like. In the film, they are designed to be indistinguishable from...
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Scott Robinson
Apr 9, 20237 min read
Back into the Chinese Room
Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in! I’ve spent decades now immersed in the Chinese Room. I’ve argued it endlessly with...
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Scott Robinson
Apr 7, 20235 min read
Picard and His Entourage
Part of the fun of Star Trek, for me, is how it teases the futurist in me. When I was a kid, I tried to figure out how the Transporter...
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Scott Robinson
Apr 7, 20234 min read
AI’s Hidden Truths
The growing hubbub over ChatGPT, a truly landmark AI that is swiftly upgrading public perception of what AI is and what its advent means,...
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Scott Robinson
Dec 5, 202118 min read
Mandarin Redux
I The horizon was pink and gray and laced with strands of bright silver lightning. The near-full moon had begun glaring down through a...
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Scott Robinson
Sep 26, 20214 min read
The AI Future of War
Kai-Fu Lee believes that humankind has risen to a whole new level of war-waging. In his new book 2041: Ten Visions of Our Future, Lee...
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Scott Robinson
Sep 8, 20205 min read
The Octant Androids
I recently finished a book, AI in Sci-Fi: Fictional Artificial Minds and the Real World Awaiting Them, in which I survey the many AIs and...
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Scott Robinson
Aug 1, 20204 min read
The Dawn of the Day of the Robot
“A half century from now, our grandchildren are likely to look back at the era of mass unemployment in the market with the same sense of...
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Scott Robinson
Aug 1, 20206 min read
Human Education in a Robot-Driven World
What will become of public education in a world where human beings no longer work for a living? The educational system we have in place...
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Scott Robinson
Jun 6, 20205 min read
Distributed Human Intelligence
In the world of Internet technology, big changes are taking place – many of them right under our noses. Everyday devices all around us,...
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Scott Robinson
May 31, 20209 min read
The Bullet in the Gun of Robert Ford
Westworld presents us with an unprecedented scenario for the evolution of artificial life: a crucible for its development that functions...
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Scott Robinson
May 31, 20207 min read
The Emotional Baggage of Androids
This is like That, Hofstadter demonstrated, is the core of we call intelligence – the acquisition and application of knowledge....
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Scott Robinson
May 31, 20206 min read
We Don't Have Time for This Sh*t
As South America burns, as recession looms over the US, as the Senate Majority Leader continues to ensure that no legislation happens in...
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