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Will the Writer survive the AI revolution?
(Image Wordpress) I meant the profession, not me as an individual! “This is not a race against the machines. “If we race against them, we...
Peter McAllister
Jul 9, 20211 min read


ET - just phoning it in?
(Source YouTube) The recent Pentagon report into UFO’s came with basically the same findings as project Bluebook in the 1970’s (the USAF...
Peter McAllister
Jun 23, 20212 min read


Would you like to hear the plans AI have for us?
(Image Source Cbc.ca) I will take is easy this time - here is an opinion piece written by an AI for the Guardian late last year. I will...
Peter McAllister
Jun 5, 20211 min read


How far away is the future?
(Source - Reddit) Ever watched an old piece of black and white news from way back and thought to yourself, “How primitive! We are so much...
Peter McAllister
May 22, 20212 min read


Background: What is AI?
JAKARIN2521/ISTOCK.COM Artificial Intelligence is a branch of computer science that endeavours to replicate or simulate human...
Peter McAllister
May 8, 20213 min read


What has green blood, multiple hearts, a huge brain and can pass cognitive tests for humans?
Getty images Of course the answer is obvious – the cuttlefish - the cephalopod that lives in oceans around the world, whose body parts...
Peter McAllister
Apr 25, 20212 min read


Does Science Fiction predict the future?
Image for the Movie 2001: Space Oddesy (1968) Well, the answer is yes and no, and it depends on your version of predictor and the future....
Peter McAllister
Apr 10, 20213 min read


Artificial intelligence - is a “Mind” alone enough?
We do it all the time, break systems and problems down into small components (that fit in our heads), understand them – often in...
Peter McAllister
Mar 27, 20212 min read


Can AI pass the test?
(image source) The Turning test was proposed 70 years ago to determine if a computer had Artificial Intelligence, based on its ability to...
Peter McAllister
Mar 13, 20212 min read


The Nanobots are here...
The idea of swarms of tiny robots, this size of abacteria or virus, that we can program to attack cancer cells, or clean up toxic waste...
Peter McAllister
Feb 27, 20211 min read


The real cats of science fiction!
(source- Facebook and Pintrest - various) Jones the cat from Alien could be the most famous cat in Sci Fi, except perhaps for the Cat...
Peter McAllister
Feb 13, 20211 min read


The car costs us around a million lives a year.
In the early 1890’s some states in the East coast of America (and in the UK) had the Red Flag Act. With those laws, you were allowed to...
Peter McAllister
Feb 9, 20212 min read


A playlist for a Sci Fi novel?
My aim with “The Code” was not an unusual one – to question a point of view via a story, a story with characters you could relate to. ...
Peter McAllister
Jan 26, 20211 min read


Do the 3 Laws of Robotics need an update?
About 80 years ago Isaac Asimov proposed the now famous Three Laws of Robotics, which have influence in science and technology circles to...
Peter McAllister
Jan 20, 20212 min read
Mining space – why bother?
The answers may come from what is out there and what we plan to do with it. What is out there is easy – everything and in abundance....
Peter McAllister
Jan 6, 20212 min read
Empathy and its role in AI “sanity” Part 2
The last blog talked about how we are writing emotions into the genetics of AI DNA – it’s code. But disorders often have an environmental...
Peter McAllister
Dec 19, 20202 min read
Empathy and its role in AI “sanity” Part 1
So in the journey through the top 10 AI’s and robots, there was a recurring theme – the inability to connect to emotion. Some tried to...
Peter McAllister
Dec 5, 20201 min read
My Top 10 AI's from film, TV and literature - Part 4
In the run to the finish line we have a bit of a mix again Number 3 is Holly from Red Dwarf (1988 - 2020). The 10th Generation AI...
Peter McAllister
Nov 28, 20201 min read
My Top 10 AI's from film, TV and literature - Part 3
Welcome to the third part of the list – this one is a mixed up group of tech you wouldn’t want to meet in a dark alley. Coming in at...
Peter McAllister
Nov 21, 20202 min read
My Top 10 AI's from film, TV and literature - Part 2
Welcome to the continuing romp through some of the best AI’s and we have made up so far. Number 8 in my top 10 of AI’s and Robots...
Peter McAllister
Nov 13, 20201 min read
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