The illusion of self-awareness. Happy automatons, running on trivial programs. I'll bet you never guess. From the inside, how can you?

Politics may come and go, but Greed goes on forever.

I argue in this paper that we are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth.

But if the technological Singularity can happen, it will.

Life is a green madness just now, trying to squeeze the last bit of warmth from the season.

Effective translation of natural languages comes awfully close to requiring a sentient translator program.

I am suggesting that we recognize that in network and interface research there is something as profound (and potential wild) as Artificial Intelligence.