Sampling Julia Morgan's work at Asilomar Aug 31, 2009
The largest collection of Morgan's buildings graces Asilomar Conference Grounds, part of the state park system. I knew that, but always assumed I'd have to stay at Asilomar to see the interiors. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Weekend News Roundup (7/27/09) Jul 28, 2009
Scientists Worry About Super-Intelligent Robots A group of researchers comprised of scientists, artificial intelligence researchers and roboticists who got together at the Asilomar Conference Grounds have voiced their concerns that superintelligent A.I. may pose a grave threat to the human race, and that robots that can kill autonomously either exist already or will in the near future. The group is currently debating on whether or not there should be limits on research that could potentially... (IGN Gear)
NYT: Will intelligent machines outsmart us? Jul 26, 2009
The researchers leading computer scientists, artificial intelligence researchers and roboticists who met at the Asilomar Conference Grounds on Monterey Bay in California generally discounted the possibility of highly centralized superintelligences and the idea that intelligence might spring spontaneously from the Internet. But they agreed that robots that can kill autonomously are either already here or will be soon. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Pacific Grove Feb 8, 2009
(The town's best-known property still is the Asilomar Conference Grounds, now part of the state park system. . (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
