Seeing and Believing
John Ruskin, in Modern Painters (1843), defined the “pathetic fallacy” this way: “false appearances …...
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All the lonely people — where do they all belong?
Scientific American reports that a project known as Robot Companions, “which will develop soft-bodied...
The Blending of Humans and Robots
David Gelernter has written a characteristically thought-provoking essay about what guidance might be gleaned from...
Day 2 at H+ Summit: George Dvorsky gets serious
The 2010 H+ Summit is back underway here at Harvard, running even later than yesterday. After the first couple of...
Heather Knight and the real boy
[Continuing coverage of the 2010 H+ Summit at Harvard.] Heather Knight (bio) had the first presentation after lunch....