Comments on: Make sure you are not a computer http://rushkoff.com/2010/03/07/make-sure-you-are-not-a-computer/ Technology, Media, and Popular Culture Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:19:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tom http://rushkoff.com/2010/03/07/make-sure-you-are-not-a-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-4348 Tom Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:49:54 +0000 http://rushkoff.com/2010/03/07/make-sure-you-are-not-a-computer/#comment-4348 You have to laugh at those anti spam questions. I was trying to get onto a science forum the other day and there questions related to particle physics which only a very small % of people would be able to answer! You have to laugh at those anti spam questions. I was trying to get onto a science forum the other day and there questions related to particle physics which only a very small % of people would be able to answer!

]]> By: Douglas http://rushkoff.com/2010/03/07/make-sure-you-are-not-a-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-3981 Douglas Thu, 06 May 2010 14:26:10 +0000 http://rushkoff.com/2010/03/07/make-sure-you-are-not-a-computer/#comment-3981 Beautiful idea! I must try this. It's a great title for a book, too.... Beautiful idea! I must try this. It’s a great title for a book, too….

]]> By: Marie-Lynn Richard http://rushkoff.com/2010/03/07/make-sure-you-are-not-a-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-3950 Marie-Lynn Richard Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:42:08 +0000 http://rushkoff.com/2010/03/07/make-sure-you-are-not-a-computer/#comment-3950 I am currently seeing how people around me react by throwing 'Exception errors' (with constructive explanation) left and right. So far it's been exceptionally efficient at identifying human who run on legacy software (and pissing off those who are infected with a modern virus.) Your book, Life Inc., which I finished yesterday, is encouraging me to try to influence things for the better in my job (personal life is already pretty awesome.) I am currently seeing how people around me react by throwing ‘Exception errors’ (with constructive explanation) left and right. So far it’s been exceptionally efficient at identifying human who run on legacy software (and pissing off those who are infected with a modern virus.) Your book, Life Inc., which I finished yesterday, is encouraging me to try to influence things for the better in my job (personal life is already pretty awesome.)

]]> By: Eddie http://rushkoff.com/2010/03/07/make-sure-you-are-not-a-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-3743 Eddie Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:12:11 +0000 http://rushkoff.com/2010/03/07/make-sure-you-are-not-a-computer/#comment-3743 We are all programmed by News Corp. All it's really testing is whether or not your OCR is advanced enough to pretend to be human. We are all programmed by News Corp. All it’s really testing is whether or not your OCR is advanced enough to pretend to be human.

]]> By: Cyberian http://rushkoff.com/2010/03/07/make-sure-you-are-not-a-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-3737 Cyberian Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:40:57 +0000 http://rushkoff.com/2010/03/07/make-sure-you-are-not-a-computer/#comment-3737 Doug, You need to write a follow up book to Cyberia! Find out what alot of the people you introduced us to are doing now. Doug, You need to write a follow up book to Cyberia! Find out what alot of the people you introduced us to are doing now.

]]> By: mason http://rushkoff.com/2010/03/07/make-sure-you-are-not-a-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-3726 mason Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:21:06 +0000 http://rushkoff.com/2010/03/07/make-sure-you-are-not-a-computer/#comment-3726 As recent as this morning i considered the possibility that some zen associates on twitter might imagine i'd accepted some bad programming. I believe the perception is possible in this Quantum thought experiment. Regular humans watch a regular human observing that visual riddle the enterprise crew inserted into the Borg consciousness. Only the regular human is trying to experience how it works.... -mason As recent as this morning i considered the possibility that some zen associates on twitter might imagine i’d accepted some bad programming. I believe the perception is possible in this Quantum thought experiment. Regular humans watch a regular human observing that visual riddle the enterprise crew inserted into the Borg consciousness. Only the regular human is trying to experience how it works….

-mason

]]> By: Ivo Quartiroli http://rushkoff.com/2010/03/07/make-sure-you-are-not-a-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-3725 Ivo Quartiroli Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:15:38 +0000 http://rushkoff.com/2010/03/07/make-sure-you-are-not-a-computer/#comment-3725 Even computers have their own Turing test. If a computer can be fooled in thinking there's another computer on the other side, then human beings became servomechanisms of computers. Amazon Mechanical Turk and similar projects are on the forefront toward such evolutionary transformation. Even computers have their own Turing test. If a computer can be fooled in thinking there’s another computer on the other side, then human beings became servomechanisms of computers. Amazon Mechanical Turk and similar projects are on the forefront toward such evolutionary transformation.

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