So where do we go from here

Billions of cell phones...
A billion internet users...
Billions of cars...
I have a client that has the phone closet from hell. Systems and wiring that go back to the 50's and interconnects that can not be traced. This is not The exception, it is the rule. Extrapolate that to the internet with the hyper-complexity that already exists in the curcits of the "providers" and is it any wonnder that AI doesn't exist? If it doesn't, it will, and soon. And the most frightening part is that it will be in the image of its creator.

Technopagans and Technoshamans

Technopagans and Technoshamans

While I have not made a study of this subject, I posess some degree of tangential familiarity. (I have not posted in some time by reason of income,, the need for...but my mind has continued so forgive the apparent discontinuity). I have, for some time subscribed to an e-zine called ctheory and would like to call your attention to the fact that just 10 years ago most of you reading this would not be as you had no connection with, involvement with, or awareness of, the internet and technology. 5 years prior to that and the WWW didn't exist. Am I the only one that is shocked and compelled by the fact that in just 15 years technology has not only become the center of society, economy and communication but is now becoming the focus of religion and philosophy too?
I think that this renders the efforts of Law firms to control fundamental patents, telecommunications companies to control access to, and software companies the means of enabling the internet and technology in general in a much more drastic light.