Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Launching ReflectiveRobot.com

I recently purchased the domain "ReflectiveRobot.com" so I can display my art and keep my friends, family and fans informed about my current art related activities online.

Until I have "ReflectiveRobot.com" up and running, I am using this blog (TheReflectiveRobot.blogspot.com).

In October, I started entering a weekly t-shirt design contest at Shirt.Woot.com. I plan to post the details of future contests here, along with my current designs, how to vote, etc.

Q: Why Reflective Robot?
A: Its relatively easy to remember and spell, so I can just tell someone in conversation, "I'll have the links on ReflectiveRobot.com". I will be creating a logo for the site, that features a robot that is both reflective in his body plates, as well as in his mind; reflecting on his own existence and the nature of the universe.

Part of the reason I chose this name, is that in the near future, I believe we will create an artificial intelligence that first equals the human mind, and then surpasses it. Its not a new idea. Science Fiction includes this idea all the time. I can just see it really happening very soon. Once we have intelligence greater than our own, we will rely on it as a tool.

Once human life no longer exists, the A.I. we have created will be our legacy in the universe. The first intersteller explorers are going to be A.I; not humans. They can survive the inhospitable stretches of space and time between stars. The Reflective Robot will continue where we left off; seeking answers to the questions we had yet to solve and representing mankind as our ambassador to other worlds.

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