A robot-driven world is often a mainstay of science fiction titles like Terminator and I, Robot. While that future may be far off, emulations — computers that scan and reproduce human brains — could be the first step into the age of robotics. Their society could evolve at the pace of software, not hardware or biology — allowing for radical transformations in less time than it takes humans to get their dry cleaning back. So what might an emulation-based society look like? How would emulation technology affect how humans live in the future? Joining Berin to discuss is Professor Robin Hanson of George Mason University, author of The Age of Em: Work, Love, and Life when Robots Rule the Earth. For more, see the book’s website.
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#203: Super Mathio? What We Learn From Video Games
#202: Artificial Intelligence
#201: Who Owns the Media?
#200: Bicentennial
#199: Telemedicine
#198: Social Media and Elections (w/ FEC Comm'r Lee Goodman)
#197: Technologiepolitik
#196: Online Voting
#195: Textalyzer
#194: Is the RAISE Act Sinking?
#193: NAFTA, Tech, and Trade
#192: Cyber Digest
#191: The Future of Online Music
#190: Thinking Outside the (X)Box
#189: Fighting Online Sex Trafficking
#188: Sex Offenders and Social Media
#187: Engaging Cuba
#186: Road to the Driverless Future Part 2 (Mass Transit)
#185: Law Enforcement Seeks Data Abroad
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