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xplain. In his “Parable of the Sentient Puddle,” Douglas Adams describes a puddle that wakes up in the mor
s on the steering committee for the Berkeley AI Research (BAIR) Lab and is a co-principal investigator in Berkeley’s Center for Human-Compatible AI. George Dyson is a historian of science and technology and the author of Baidarka: the Kayak, Darwin Among the Machines, Project Orion, and Turing ’s Cathedral. P
ul in all walks of life, and the dangers they incur of the carnal sins of pride and of lust for power.” This jeremiad did not go well for Wiener. As Dyson puts it: These alarms were discounted at the time, not because Wiener was wrong about digital computing but because larger threats were looming as h
xplain. In his “Parable of the Sentient Puddle,” Douglas Adams describes a puddle that wakes up in the mor
s on the steering committee for the Berkeley AI Research (BAIR) Lab and is a co-principal investigator in Berkeley’s Center for Human-Compatible AI. George Dyson is a historian of science and technology and the author of Baidarka: the Kayak, Darwin Among the Machines, Project Orion, and Turing ’s Cathedral. P
ul in all walks of life, and the dangers they incur of the carnal sins of pride and of lust for power.” This jeremiad did not go well for Wiener. As Dyson puts it: These alarms were discounted at the time, not because Wiener was wrong about digital computing but because larger threats were looming as h
e might call the "digerati" - the Clay Shuicys. Douglas Couplands and Howard Rheingolds of this world.
are a lot of what one might call the "digerati" - the Clay Shuicys. Douglas Couplands and Howard Rheingolds of this world. Two generations of the Dyson clan arc represented - the great physicist Freeman and his two kids, Esther and George. Edge seems biased towards the Anglo-Saxon world: at any r
ho think deeply about such matters participated: Douglas Rushkoff, Marc D. Hauser, Stewart Brand, Jim O'Do
deeply about such matters participated: Douglas Rushkoff, Marc D. Hauser, Stewart Brand, Jim O'Donnell, Jaron Lanier, Bruce Sterling, Roger Schank, George Dyson, Howard Gardner, Seymour Papert, Freeman Dyson, Esther Dyson, Kai Krause, ans Pamela McCorduck. In 2005, George Dyson noted in his prescient EDGE e
ho think deeply about such matters participated: Douglas Rushkoff, Marc D. Hauser, Stewart Brand, Jim O'Do
deeply about such matters participated: Douglas Rushkoff, Marc D. Hauser, Stewart Brand, Jim O'Donnell, Jaron Lanier, Bruce Sterling, Roger Schank, George Dyson, Howard Gardner, Seymour Papert, Freeman Dyson, Esther Dyson, Kai Krause, ans Pamela McCorduck. In 2005, George Dyson noted in his prescient EDGE e
ker, David Pescovitz, Steven Pinker, Martin Rees, Douglas Rushkoff, Terrence Sejnowski, Michael Shermer, C
erry Coyne, Paul Davies, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, David Deutsch, Peter Diamandis, Jared Diamond, Cory Doctorow, Esther Dyson, Freeman Dyson, George Dyson, Brian Eno, Jeffrey Epstein, Tony Fadell, Bill GateDavid Gelernter, Niel Gershenfeld, Gerd Gigerenzer, Anthony Grayling, Brian Greene, Alan Guth, J
ker, David Pescovitz, Steven Pinker, Martin Rees, Douglas Rushkoff, Terrence Sejnowski, Michael Shermer, C
erry Coyne, Paul Davies, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, David Deutsch, Peter Diamandis, Jared Diamond, Cory Doctorow, Esther Dyson, Freeman Dyson, George Dyson, Brian Eno, Jeffrey Epstein, Tony Fadell, Bill GateDavid Gelemter, Niel Gershenfeld, Gerd Gigerenzer, Anthony Grayling, Brian Greene, Alan Guth, Jon
cientist, CA Merritt Ruhlen, Linguist, Stanford Douglas Rushkoff, Media Analyst, New York Scott Sampson,
ients include Chris Anderson (Wired), Stewart Brand, Rodney Brooks, Nicholas Carr, George Church, Richard Dawkins, Daniel C. Dennett, Jared Diamond, George Dyson, Gerald Edelman, Michael Gazzaniga, Murray Gell- Mann, Neil Gershenfeld, Daniel Gilbert, Daniel Goleman, Brian Greene, Alan Guth, W. Daniel Hillis, D
leman, Max Tegmark, Gary Marcus, Roger =ighfield, Douglas Rushkoff, Michael Shermer, David Christian, Juan
the =editorial marching orders" before sitting down to write). URL: http://edge.org/annual-question/q2013 User: Edge_Question PW: 2013 [To date:] George Dyson, Daniel Goleman, Max Tegmark, Gary Marcus, Roger =ighfield, Douglas Rushkoff, Michael Shermer, David Christian, Juan =nriquez, Peter Woit, Nicholas
e might call the "digerati" - the Clay Shirkys, Douglas Couplands and Howard Rheingolds of this world.
arc a lot of what one might call the "digerati" - the Clay Shirkys, Douglas Couplands and Howard Rheingolds of this world. Two generations of the Dyson clan are represented - the great physicist Freeman and his two kids, Esther and George. Edge seems biased towards the Anglo-Saxon world; at any r
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