Thomas the Tank Engine and all his engine friends are not examples of AI, but rather human minds uploaded to machine bodies for some nefarious experiment involving whole brain emulation. My reaction to the recent Forbes piece by Alex Knapp “The Baffling Economics of the Island of Sodor.”… Read More Sodor’s Childish Engines are Human Minds Uploaded to Machines
So the first season ended and all the shows are up on bittorrent servers everywhere, and I have YET to see a single episode. Because, well I’m too lazy to download anything but comics. (See I’ve been catching up on all the series I never actually got to see to the end dude to lack… Read More Heroes: TV and Comics
No deep thoughts here, just a random sampling of my brain detritus.… Read More Update in Random Sentences
I finally watched an episode of Fear Factor where the contestants were not only polite to one another, they were openly supportive of each other. No trash talking, no loudmouthed ego-bashing.… Read More Polite Competitors on Fear Factor?
Just this week, someone from ANC 21 (ABS-CBN News Channel) called me inviting me to be a guest in GET REAL WITH CES DRILON, a 30 minute daily talkshow. I was invited because of the article I wrote for Preview magazine a month or so ago: “Are You Ready to Live Alone?”… Read More My TV Guesting on Get Real with Ces Drilon
For a first world country, the programs on regular over-the-air television are woeful excuses for entertainment. Soap operas with amnesiac millionaires. Talk shows with women saying their lover is an alien. The never-ending infomercials. Old sitcom reruns. And then, once in a while, the odd old movie. Home entertainment without cable TV here is dismal.… Read More TV Woes in SFO
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