Net growth drives privacy update

Industrialised nations update privacy laws made obsolete by the increasing volume of data on the net.

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Beating congestion with mobiles

BBC Click travels to Italy to find out how research into real-time maps may solve Rome's traffic problems.

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iPhone creates stir on US launch

Apple sells 525,000 iPhones since its launch on Friday, according to press reports, but its shares fall.

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New e-waste recycling laws begin

A law making UK producers of electronic goods responsible for the recycling of their goods finally comes into force.

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Europe mulls human launch system

Industrial groups in Europe are about to look in detail at ideas for a new launch system to put humans in space.

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Zelda game named 'greatest ever'

Zelda: Ocarina of Time tops a poll of gamers and experts to find the top 100 games of all time.

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Gelernter says AI is Lost in the Woods

David
Gelernter has made a name for himself by being as pessimistic about
AI as researchers like Kurzweil are optimistic (the two debated each other last
year). He describes himself as an "anticognitivist" (presumably he's
only opposed to cognition in machine, not humans, however, so a label
like anti-machine-cognitivist might be more accurate). Gelernter's
latest rant against AI says AI researchers are missing the "most
important fact", something he calls a "cognitive continuum", something
that "connects the seemingly unconnected puzzle pieces of thinking".
Without this cognitive continuum, "AI is lost in the woods" according to
Gelernter. He goes on to bring up the usual anti-AI arguments like the
Searle's Chinese Room. Interestingly, considering yesterday's post on
definitions, he talks about consciousness, intelligence, and emotion
without offering any definitions.

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