27 years ago! On June 24, 1986, I publicly billed myself as the ‘World’s First Robotic Psychiatrist®’. I always thought that ‘Robotic Psychiatry’ for my lifetime, would be informing and educating the masses in a humorous and entertaining manner while slowly readying them for the more serious issues and implications of a robotic society. I also thought that someday Robotic Psychiatry (as Asimov envisioned it) would be a real field of study. Perhaps this would occur when I was no longer alive (posthumously), but now I’m realizing that it will be within my lifetime (or at least post-Singularity). Imagine that
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Fastraking: The tolls for thee
I was having a discussion with a friend of mine who had flown in for the day from LA and was heading back to the airport via the Golden Gate Bridge (GG). The GG, as of recent, is now 100% electronic tolling; one can prepay via FasTrak, Pay-by-Plate, or wait until a bill is sent to the registered owner via the picture that is taken of the license plate as the car proceeds through the toll. What is the visitor/tourist supposed to do who has no previous knowledge of this? In my friend’s case, the rental company will get the
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