Emergence - IEET New for August 30, 2009

Mike Treder: This is Your Brain on Neurotechnology (Aug 24, 2009)
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/treder20090824/
An Interview with Zack Lynch, author of The Neuro Revolution.

David Brin: How to Feel Safe with AI (Aug 24, 2009)
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/dvorsky20090824/
Bruce Sterling has lately raised this perennial issue, as did Mike Treder in an excellent piece suggesting that our initial attitudes toward such creatures may color the entire outcome of a purported "technological singularity." Now I'd like to offer this rumination on giving rights to artificial intelligences.

Mike Treder: Uncanny Robotic Dexterity (Aug 23, 2009)
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/treder20090823/
Robots are making remarkable progress, mechanically, but until they can be connected with a smart animal level artificial brain, they won't be anything close to really revolutionary.