P.K. House

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— a.i. - v.r. - games —

The lifelike Illusions of A.I.

The New Yorker

"We know that, in principle, inanimate ejecta from the big bang can be converted into thinking, living matter."

I, Language Robot

L.A.R.B.

"The worst outcome was clear in my mind: two copies of the exact same short story, each only a single printed page in length..."

Werner Herzog Talks Virtual Reality

The New Yorker

"Is there such a thing as a non-virtual-reality story?"

There's Something About These Dolphins

L.A.R.B.

"If you wake from a nap in VR, you wake up not to where your body is, but to where your mind is."

Again, Again, Again

L.A.R.B.

"According to Albert Einstein (or maybe it was Al-Anon), the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."

the reassuring future of humans and machines

The New Yorker

"He gave the example that each side’s Go pieces, called stones, are all physically the same, unlike the specialized and dynamic pieces of chess, where even a pawn can become queen. "

The electronic Holy war

The New Yorker

"The first computer Go attempts were based on what can only be described as computational exegesis..."


— brains —

What is Elegance in Science?

The New Yorker

"The edges of some linguistic categories, like the edges of clouds, seem to disappear as you get closer."

The Brighter side of rabies

The New Yorker

"The rabies virus belongs, not coincidentally, to a group of viruses named for the Greek goddess of frenzy and rage."

What people cured of blindness See

The New Yorker

"Among the congenitally blind, however, the imagined typewriter—a composite of experiences of touch and sound alone—is the same size at all distances."

The FINE LINE BETWEEN LIFE AND NOT-LIFE

Nautilus

"To build up a charge, a gradient, or natural selection, there needs to be some kind of a border, but physics and biology draw their borders differently."

The misuse of 'schizophrenic'

Slate

"But metaphors invite their logical extensions, and these entailments can seamlessly influence thought."


— profiles —

Summoning Captain Planet

The New Yorker

"It was, of course, impossible to calculate how art might change minds that change the world."

The Twice-Forbidden Fruit

The New Yorker

"Davis, who is sixty-three, stands on an aluminum peg leg fitted with a rubber stopper that was meant, originally, for a laboratory flask."


— parasites —

The Scent of a Cat Woman

Slate

"As a company, Chanel marks its territory like a cat does its palm fronds."

Landon Donovan Should Get a Cat

Slate

"What if I told you that last week I predicted all eight winners of a round of the World Cup?"


— etc. —

How to Win the New Yorker Caption Contest

Slate

"You are not trying to submit the funniest caption; you are trying to win The New Yorker’s caption contest."


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