A few weeks back, a friend of mine, Nicola Higgins, directed me to an article about Google’s new neural net. Not only did she provide me with a damn interesting read, she also challenged me to write an article about the different types of robot brains. Well, Nicola, as Barny Stintson would say “Challenge Accepted!”And […]
A Tribute to Alan Turing
by storiesbywilliams on June 23, 2012 in Books, News, Series and tagged ACE (Automatic Computing Engine), alan turing, Alan Turing Bridge, Alan Turing Way, battle of the atlantic, bletchley park, Breaking the Code, Charles Babbage's Difference Engine, cryptanalysis, cryptography, Cryptonomicon, enigma code, enigma machine, galileo, Government Code and Cypher School (GCCS), ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay History of the World, National Physical Laboratory, oppenheimer, socrates, Tupac Shakur, turing machine, turing test, u-boats, world war II
Wouldn’t you know it? Today marks what would have been Alan Turing’s 100th birthday. This man was not only immensely influential in the development of computer science and cryptanalysis, he is also considered the father of Artificial Intelligence. In fact, words like “algorithm” and “computation” are traced to him, as was the development of the […]
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Robots, Androids and AI’s
by storiesbywilliams on April 23, 2012 in Movies, Sci-Fi, Series and tagged 300, AI, alan turing, android, aritificial human, Arnold Schwarzenegger, arny, artificial intelligence, artificial life form, ash, bender, bending unit, bishop, bite my shiny metal ass, c3p0, cameron, commander data, cortana, dalek, daleks, data, doctor who, droids, effeminate robots, elzar the chef, futurama, futurama robots, game of thrones, halo, halo universe, helmut spargle, iron chef, John Conner, killer robots, Kristanna Loken, Lance Henrikson, lena headey, master chief, newt, queen nefertiti, r2d2, Ripley, robot, sarah conner, sentient robot, skynet, spartan program, spock, Star Trek, Star Trek TNG, Star Wars, synthetic, t1000, t101, Terminator, terminator: the sarah conner chronicles, terminators, the halo devices, turing test, TX, UNSC, we're boned!, wisecracking alcoholic robot
Let’s talk artificial life forms, shall we? Lord knows they are a common enough feature in science fiction, aren’t they? In many cases, they take the form of cold, calculating machines that chill audiences to the bones with their “kill all humans” kind of vibe. In others, they were the solid-state beings with synthetic parts […]
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Cryptonomicon
by storiesbywilliams on February 25, 2012 in Books, Reviews and tagged science fiction, Sci-Fi, Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon, snow crash, world war II, anathem, baroque cycle, literary review, historical fiction, bobby shaftoe, lawrence waterhouse, randy waterhouse, douglas mcarthur, douglas mcarthur shaftoe, america amy shaftoe, data haven, kinakuta, philippines, detachment 2702, oss, nsa, diamond age, readme, van-eck phreaking, enigma, Rudy von Hacklheber, Arethusa, Gunter Bischoff, Hermann Goering, Karl Doenitz, Goto Dengo, Isokoru Yamamoto, Epiphyte, Pinoy-grams, Pinoy, Kriegsmarine, U-boat, alan turing, albert einstein, H.P. Lovecraft, Necronomicon, Qwghlm, Qwghlmian, wind talkers, navaho signal operators
Having covered Snow Crash and Diamond Age awhile back, I thought it was time to move on to the third installment in my Neal Stephenson series. Today, for consideration, the historic techno-thriller Cryptonomicon! This story took me close to a year to read, in part due to interruptions, but also because the book is pretty […]
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