by Bruce Baker | Aug 8, 2019 | Contributing Editor
Coders play a glorified role in our society. They are makers-of-worlds. To see your code spring to life is a wonderful, exhilarating experience. Coders know what this feels like. This creative power inspires altruism in the hacker ethic. It also contributes to...
by Bruce Baker | Jul 19, 2019 | Contributing Editor
“I like to think (and the sooner the better!) of a cybernetic meadow where mammals and computers live together in mutually programming harmony like pure water touching clear sky.” — Richard Brautigan In his 1967 poem, “All Watched Over By Machines of Loving...
by Bruce Baker | Jul 16, 2019 | Contributing Editor
“It’s never going to go to zero.” So says Mike Schroepfer, Facebook’s chief technology officer, in a New York Times interview. “It” is the on-going stream of hate, malicious messaging and bad behavior that Facebook’s platform promulgates. Schroepfer is simply being...
by Bruce Baker | Nov 27, 2018 | Recommended Links
Facebook recently invited journalists into their “War Room”. As perhaps the world’s largest purveyor of fake news, the company has come under heavy criticism, and their stock has taken a beating since peaking in mid-summer. No doubt they hoped to confront both...
by Bruce Baker | Nov 27, 2018 | Recommended Links
Robot Dog: Servant, Pet, or Friend? Can a robot dog be “man’s best friend”? Answer that question and you have come close to solving the riddle of what it means to be to be a friend. Robot dogs have something to teach us about what it means to be human. Sony released a...
