Would buying stocks in robotics make you wealthy or render you 'jobless'? Or both?

Perhaps if you buy stocks in corporations that specialize in robotics, nanotechnology and other cutting edge technologies that will change industries you may not have a long term career in the sector, but you may become wealthy in the process and then be able to invest in even more  robotics surveillance and military drones, automated prisons and nanomaterials for bullet proof and riot proof gear, etc., This is what many wealthy investors are doing now. You can start now, when you're young and decide where to put your money later on and choose which side you can work with during the....

ROBOT-HUMAN REVOLUTION OF THE YEAR 20____!

Investors always steer the ship to whatever they deem profitable, no matter what the long term costs are...nevertheless, you can always make money now and decide where to put your chips (or your nanobot secret army later.) LOL

-Paul von Dubrovnik

Check out one money man's thoughts on the subject below:

http://wealthyretirement.com/the-robot-revolution/

Are we headed into an 'Age of Organic Lemon Powered Nanobots'?

The Pomegranate, whose biblical proportions inspired so much before, may be the inspiration for your next car battery and more. And if that wasn't biomimicry enough for you, the Chinese scientists who need a cheaper source of silicon nanoparticles may even use 'un-consumable' rice husks for the task. We may be headed into to an 'age of organic lemon-powered nanobots.' The next task for all things nanotek is: can we 'make' them Kosher? Only a few will be able to tell before it is known by all.

-Paul von Dubrovnik

http://phys.org/news/2014-02-pomegranate-inspired-problems-lithium-ion-batteries.html#ajTabs

photo courtesy 'phys.org'

Oy vey! Get your hands off your fluidic channel and learn some nanotechnology already.

The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology is offering a free online course from the online open learning platform at 'Coursera.' It is a 10 week long course and is offered in Arabic or English and is described below (taken from their website.) The course is called Nanotechnology and Nanosensors. So....book March 3rd, 2014 as the day you decided to use 'the internet' for some free education from a well respected institute and institutionalize your self. At the very least, you'll know if you prefer synthesizing metal oxide structures by dry methods or wet methods. Who knows, maybe that would explain why you prefer 'wetter' Bindi Masala or the dryer version. (I'm a wet man myself.)                   So stop playing with your 'fluidic channel' and popping those plastic bubbles from the left over plastic blister pack from that Star Wars toy you ordered from e-Bay and learn about 'Blown Bubble Film' instead- and make mama and pappa happy :) GET INTO IT! 

  Anyhow....here's the  English version link and course description in their own words:

Learn about novel sensing tools that make use of nanotechnology to screen, detect and monitor various events in personal or professional life. Together, we will lay the groundwork for infinite innovative applications, starting from diagnosis and treatments of diseases, continuing with quality control of goods and environmental aspects, and ending with monitoring security issues.

Free course available here >>> https://www.coursera.org/course/nanosensors

Are Asimov's Laws able to function in a world based on greed?

Even with Asimov's Laws, would robots be hack proof? Or, what if someone hacks them, turning them into what the hackers or secret agencies want to do with them, and then make these new changes hack proof? Can we handle robots in a society that engages in war and harmful medical procedures and food systems and environmental behavior? Can robots and other technologies co-exist in a society based on greed? Will people who only care about XBOXs and McDonald's hamburgers really care about these things? If we can't follow the Golden Rule do we invent artificial beings that can? Will a publicly traded company based on profit, like Google or Microsoft save us? Will these encroaching scenarios drive a deeper wedge between God and man? Regarding the tin robots, it may be recommended to remove the 3rd Law...too much could go wrong. As of now, robots- as well as corporations- should not have the same rights as human beings. People should not be able to hide behind robots or corporations. Unfortunately, with respect to corporations, people are essentially hiding behind corporations and are able to get away with many nefarious deeds. If current corporate law and manufacturers warranties, liabilities and the like are seen as precedent, then unfortunately we will be at the mercy of not only of de-facto automatons of corporations, but automatons of corporations' who control robots, all subject to the mercy of the global marketplace which is only designed to run on human greed, needs and wants, running essentially on auto-pilot, conquering those attempting to mitigate or reduce their powers and machinations. Corporations and human technology is becoming like a giant manufactured zombie-like hammer, running amuck throughout the world where people are given the choice: work for the hammer, run from the hammer, fight the hammer, destroy the hammer, attempt to be a part of controlling the hammer, ignore the hammer and so on. This may explain why so many people are getting 'hammered'.... in it's myriad of meanings. Put on your full armor.

-Paul von Dubrovnik

see Asimov's Laws of Robotics below. You may also be interested in the following link about Google's robotics interests here:  http://www.geek.com/apps/google-could-be-the-first-company-to-implement-asimovs-three-laws-1583203/

"My Name is Robo Joe". A Video Poem about the meaning of love according to a synthetic creature.

Artist and technology ethicist Paul von Dubrovnik's short movie poem about a robot contemplating 'love' by lamenting its own being by tugging at the heartstrings of its creators in the language that its creators may understand.

My Name is Robo Joe....(Enjoy the show below):

-Paul von Dubrovnik

Google's Quest for Artificial Intelligence and Robots. Will it be good? Or will it be Cyberdine? Laughing Uncomfortably Out Loud :)

Google's quest for everything cutting edge, starting with the cyber realm in the beginning and branching off to the outside world, most recently with military based companies in robotics and also hiring big ticket artificial intelligence researchers, like Ray Kurzweil, definitely smacks of a de-facto monopoly and is eerily reminiscent of the rise of 'Cyberdine Systems' in the Terminator series. If there is to be a de-facto meme or hyper-intelligence mind/brain complex that becomes autonomous, it's desire  control region would most likely be Google, gobbling up other little dreamer types with Microsoft trying to not become a hard, fibrous lump left over. The rest of the brain complex, such as people and governments and churches and so on, who used to act as the impulse control centres? They could be seen as being damaged or absorbed by this hyper-tech google dominated realm.

The truth is, Google (and yes, many others in the mainly computer and communications realm) are every intelligence agency and military blocks wet-dream, and with recent whistleblowing by Edward Snowden and Mr. Assange (who got the ball rolling) illustrates this.

The question becomes: will these former 20 and 30 somethings -call them the kids- and their legion of their original followers and users (call them their 'friends')  take on the evil and nosy spy agencies and war machines, or will the kids become evil and join the spies and militaries and become the 'evil' they always bitched about? Will that force (more and more?) people onto a Darknet/Darkweb, dark alleys, up-state New York or Canada or Timbuktu. etc., because of lack of money, power, access, paranoia, political assylum, the need for privacy, and more- 'forced' to 'live' (i.e., operate their modern lives)  in places where 'real evil' people hang out, like 'axe-murderers' and pedophiles, rapists?

Or, regardless, will simply the fact that the hyper-rapid rise or spread/adoption of these 'potentially wicked' technologies and abilities simply outsource 'everything/everybody' rendering most of us useless and collapsing the economy? And if that happens, will Google Save us? After all, their 'unofficial' tag line was, "Don't Be Evil."

Because, after all....(if you live in the developed-ish world and have decent access to technology), you can just google it...or just Bing it, if Bill Gates makes a 'comeback' for the masses.


Remember: Apple and Google and many others started up in garages. But, if the economy in those free-enterprise areas collapse from the weight and hyper-rise and outsourcing/making most jobs irrelevant from the very guys who got rich from out of those garages, will people be able to making anything out of their garages at all...and the ones who do, will they become 'button-down oxford psychos' to quote 'Fight Club', and if so should we worry? And if we worry, will the Military order in some Google Attack Drones. 


For now, here's a great robot learning and buying site. Make sure you program these robots according to the Golden Rule...but then again, who really follows that one anyways?  So, maybe you should start building lots of robots and computer software for yourself....and your friends.

Laughing Uncomfortably Out Loud

-Paul von Dubrovnik

http://www.robotshop.com/blog/en/personal-artificial-intelligence-12651

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_be_evil

Google's Atlas Robot, "Shouldering the Weight of the World, or what?"
Courtesy (for now): Google

Nanoparticles and Bee Venom Team up to KIll HIV

For centuries, bee venom has been used to cure and prevent diseases, as well as their honey and propolis and more. Now, researchers have a used a modern twist to bee venom- they have infused nanoparticles with bee venom. For now, the researchers hope to use the technology to make a vaginal gel for use in prevention of HIV. The new technology could also be used in various other diseases, such as some forms of hepatitis. It could also be used as a spermicide. This nanotechnological approach could be the ultimate weapon against sexual disease and overpopulation. The form of a convenient gel for prevention and cures of this nature truly illustrates the marvelous potential of nanotech, common sense and ethical wisdom.

However, if this technology is misused or only given to certain demographics- as much of our past practices has sadly proven-  it may become profitable for some (often the few) to hoard, twist or use it for monetary gain or otherwise.

To get the full scoop on the melding of this particular ancient cure and the novel nanoparticles, check out the link below.

http://io9.com/5989525/nanoparticles-made-from-bee-venom-can-kill-hiv

-Paul von Dubrovnik

Coming Soon: Robot Land in South Korea. You may want to pack your bags for 2016. But could we instead "TORRENT OUR TALENTS AND MONEY and ELIMINATE POVERTY?"

Robot Land, a theme park showcasing robots promises to be open in South Korea for 2016. In Jurassic Park, criminals stole dinosaur eggs. Could hackers attempt to hack Robot Land, from the inside or out? These will be some of the potentials in a world becoming more interconnected, in world of the 'internet of things.' For your security, human rights and freedom may be reduced. Let's give the robots some space, lol. Who will have more value: Billion dollar robot theme parks, or large swaths of human populations on the African continent? Robots can be fun to play with, that's for sure. But providing fresh water and irrigation and land to poverty stricken areas is not always so fun. I think we must pool more resources and human power, using simple and traditional techniques at first, in order to achieve these basic human living conditions, before we proceed with these other adventurous projects. We have enough extra talent and money to do this. Imagine a 3 or 5 year period where companies and people and countries, with the army and doctors and holistic practitioners and multi-lingual speakers and wealthy people, all pool together in order to provide fresh water, cleaning up toxic dumps and so on, in an Olympic type fashion, broken up into circles a-la Google circle style. We can't afford to move towards a Matt Damon 'Elysium' style system. It must be a future where people who eat herbs and fresh food are not considered enemies of people who design pills. Large companies could form the company mergers and provide the logistics and money, and offering stock IPOs in their new units. It is not a Herculean Effort when hundreds of thousands are involved. That is why we must look to the ants as examples, and apply that paradigm towards the problem.

We could have theme parks and Olympic type villages throughout the world where people and corporate sponsors co-operate in authentic help in providing clean land and food and water and shelter. Everything else would fall into place. If no one is willing to sacrifice any profit or greed from those who have it, then we may be headed down a very dark road towards total systemic collapse.

We could co-operate in the same way as we torrent files.

http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/diy/south-korea-promises-robot-land-opening-in-2016/?utm_source=roboticsnews&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=020414

ROBOT ETHICS CRASH COURSE AVAILABLE FOR FREE. WHAT WOULD "YOU" DO WITH C3P0 IF YOU HAD ONE?

Stanford Law School's Center For Internet and Society is offering a limited time crash course on 'Robot Ethics', free of charge. Topics range from security to sex, privacy, social impact and more. It's well worth a crash course, as many people in the near future will be attempting to navigate what's socially acceptable. We can't have a society where Luke Skywalker* is doing 'nasty things' to C3P0....or can we?

We're certainly moving beyond battery operated sex toys, internet porn and Smart Phone   (mis) etiquette. People have cars and iPhones and Furniture and Clothing to define             themselves and their social status. Will having an Android Mistress (or Mistresses) or          Personal Robot Companion(s) or Automated Lawn Mowers or a RoboPet or two or three, be the new Vogue? The Jones' have 2 Robopets, a RoboMower and a RoboSnowBlower  and I hear Mister Jones,                                                                                                        
a RoboCompanion Salesman himself, has a couple of Android Mistresses on the side. No wonder his wife is always seen with her Harlequin Romance RoboCompanion all the time. The Jones' are rarely ever seen together nowadays, and the neighbours have often seen     their son bringing home his best friend's RoboTutor Wonderwoman Edition. He must  be struggling with his grades. I'm sure he's learning sooo much. I'm sure she's jailbroken  by now. Can you blame the Jones'?                                                                                    

We (the people who create, invent, design and market)  our toys and technology which ultimately changes our laws or behaviour. Our ethics have been timeless but our technology, its temptations and availability over the demographics of populations, can over rule our morals, making us into blind servants of our common self-induced de-humanization. When your toaster can link up with your hormones and more (through official design or unofficial hacking) no one will have the desire to fix the toaster. We will have been pre-occupied and distracted, unable to deal with systemic problems. It seems to have been heading that way for some time, in my view.

Ultimately, 'society' 'self-decides'....nevertheless, the following crash courses may help prepare us for what may come to pass. Like in the original movie, 'Total Recall' we may have to "get ready for a nice surprise!" See links below:

Robot Ethics Crash Course Paper.

Robots and Privacy   (Click download and then you may choose option: "Download anonymously," simply because it's easier.)



-Paul von Dubrovnik


*Any brand names are used as
artistic license only.

 

Move Over Tesla Electric Sports Car. A Sexier, Faster, Sleeker Croatian Electric Sports Car is Making Headway- BIG TIME!

Meet the million dollar electric car....

By the way, Nikola Tesla, the famous inventor specializing in all things electric, was born in Croatia. The California electric car company, Tesla Motors, was named after him. The Rimac Concept One electric sports car was named after another Croatian-born inventor, Mate Rimac. He invented the world's fastest electric car. And for around a million dollars, you can get your daddy to buy you one. Check out the video below. Ladies and Gentlemen : start your engines!!!

Also check out more details and links of this fine electric company on Wikipedia here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rimac_Automobili

World's Best Astronauts.No Space Suit Necessary. Sorry, Neil Armstrong.

Tardigrades.....gotta luv'em. Will they compete with cockroaches and mushrooms after the collapse of the ecosystem?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrade