Tag: terrorism

Computers can now recognize faces…

…more accurately than humans can.

Become a science fiction writer…

…and help save civilization: Looking to prevent the next terrorist attack, the Homeland Security Department is tapping into the wild imaginations of a group of self-described “deviant” thinkers: science-fiction writers. As I like to say, science fiction is a vaccine against future shock.

Rise of the robots…

Next stop, the Terminator? Singapore is launching a contest to build “urban warrior robots.”

The arts and September 11, 2001

How should the arts respond to the events of September 11? This question is being asked from Broadway to Hollywood, from the studios of artists to the rehearsal halls of theatres to the offices of authors. It’s even being asked by practitioners of my own art form, written science fiction. After all, in many ways, …

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