Micro-Cyborgs and Artificial General Intelligence, Best of the World Transformed

[This show first aired 10/29/2007.]

Michael and Stephen started the show talking about the latest meeting of the Boulder Future Salon. Both Michael and Phil attended that meeting and reported back (here and here) at The Speculist. Is the Turing Test the best way to test for artificial general intelligence?

Michael mentioned the storm botnet worm. He and Stephen agreed that this botnet represents a new paradigm in malware.

Michael and Stephen discuss Stephen Wolfram's simple Turing Machine. Stephen Wolfram published a book entitled A New Kind of Science, in which he proposed that the simplest possible Universal Turing Machine would be 2 states, 3 colors.

Michael and Stephen also covered the artery-clearing micro-cyborgs. They're robots, but they're powered by heart muscle. Will these be the first in-body autonomous bots? Will this have a negative impact on our privacy?

We finished up with further discussion on Moore's Law.