28th January 2015.
'Views on the co-evolution of human and machine'.
Paul Granjon starts his seminar with the history of the co-evolution of humans and technology ref: Research Seminars (Dr Stephen Thompson).November 26, 2014 : working his way briskly to the present day. Granjon then played a video of a robot called 'wildcat' which was built by Boston Dynamics. This robot has a humorous look in its movements ref: Virtual exodus. Granjon continues by talking about the debate for and against technological advancement and its movement towards the AI. This debate consists of some people thinking that we are losing our primal instincts and abilities and perhaps some extremists who think that the advance of technology is moving towards our destruction. On the other hand some think we are moving towards ref: neo evolution, and technology could create a point of transcendence, essentially humans will evolve through the advancement of technology ref: Transcendence movie 2014.
Paul Grajon himself uses many scientific movies and books as references , for example the movie 'AI' and books such a 'The singularity is near' , 'Life in the Woods' and 'The Amped' by Daniel H. Wilson. Granjon continued with talking about the fact that when we type something into our computers that this information is owned by what is termed as 'server farms' and Granjon then talked about the control in society and online.