quinta-feira, 22 de novembro de 2007

Recortes

"What's something that totally surprised you? That there's important science and technology to be found just by searching the abstract computational universe of possible, simple programs." Stephen Wolfram (Mathematika) entrevistado para a edição especial da Forbes dedicada ao futuro.

So, what’s the deal with the mind? What is mind really? A function of the mind or a nonmaterial form of being? How are such questions treated in popular culture? How does technology approach these issues? And what does all of this have to do with robots? Cory Doctorow a abrir o apetite para uma comunicação que irá apresentar num simpósio sobre robótica em Viena.