[FRIAM] A pretty cellular automata video

[Gary Schiltz]

I frankly can't imagine our "species" (Homo faber) surviving our own short
sightedness long enough to make it to posthumanism. I suspect that Homo
sapiens will survive the environmental apocalypse to come, but that the
majority of our highly interdependent society will quickly fall apart. IMHO.

On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 11:46 AM Steve Smith <sasmyth at swcp.com> wrote:

> We do have a robotic vacuum who we have personified somewhat...   the Cat
> ignores it, the Dog was constantly needing to nip at it, but backed off
> anytime it changed course when it was near her.   It is far from Rosie
> (Jetsons).  But I suppose I might upgrade to Astro.
>
> A friend made the observation not that long ago, that the legacy of Homo
> Faber has been to constantly create technology to replace ourselves.
> First it was a more robust/warmer skin cover, better cutting/rending items
> than our teeth and claws, augmentation of heavy labor, transportation,
> etc...  now we have machines we hope will think for us and make better
> decisions.   And by machines, I don't mean *just* mechanical devices, but
> also systems including human-facilitated bureaucracy/governing, etc.
>
> It seems like in the limit it makes posthumanism (human extinction) the
> ultimate outcome?
>
>
> "Bandwidth" sounds as if there are robots among us who are listening.
> Amazon offers now an "Astro" robot - a tablet attached to a vacuum cleaner
> body. What do you think of it, would you buy one? ZDNet says it costs about
> $1500
> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078NSDFSB
>
> -J.
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Jon Zingale <jonzingale at gmail.com> <jonzingale at gmail.com>
> Date: 9/30/21 01:04 (GMT+01:00)
> To: friam at redfish.com
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] A pretty cellular automata video
>
> "...but I won't waste anyone's bandwidth with my reflective rambling..."
>
>  Wait, no, please, more reflective rambling.
>
>
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