[syndicate] cyber horoscopes

[anna balint]

Dear Arie van Schutterhoef,
problem is, that in the moment when engines, synthetic celebs, 
artificial nature, robots, computers, computer games dominate our attention and imagination,
advertisments, spams 'predate the human consciousness' by pushing universalities as nn says -
and we are not completeley aware of the qualities of the medium, of the software, and ourselves,
machines already took over.
greetings,
anna

>-Adaptation has always been synonymous to humans and to life
> in general. And all our techno-gurus predict the downfall
> of humankind by machines. Since early 1930's science-fiction
> stories nothing has chnaged. Computers are bloody stupid
> as they have ever been. I remember when Negroponte of
> MIT-fame, told us that within 15 years computer would
> outsmart us... As long as a car loaded with sensory
> equipment and computer can't find it's way on a
> parking place, before calculating a the options,
> I don't think there is any reason for being
> scared.
>
>AvS
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