Tag: Technology History
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Nature is (not opposed to) Technology
There is an undercurrent in contemporary culture that plots nature in opposition to technology. According to this view, nature is pure, morally superior and in any way preferable, while technology is dirty, poluted, morally suspect and something to be approached only with apprehension. This is worrying and in effect a false dichotomy that may not…
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The six waves of AI in the 21st century
AI as a technology is more than 70 years old and has gone through ups and downs. The downs have been called AI winters and there have been a few of them. Until the 21st century, AI was used mainly in niche areas: Jim Simmons is thought to have been a pioneer investor using Machine…