ThinkArtificial.org is a blog written by Hrafn Th. Thórisson — a student of computer science living in Reykjavik, Iceland. He generally writes about the world we are creating from a semi-technical perspective. The focus being mostly thinking machines, machine interfaces, artificial intelligence and design. Feel free to peruse the featured content to get a feel for the site, or see more about Hrafn below.

A fresh supply of thoughts about sciences of the artificial and artificial things that think.

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(Hrafn Thorri Thórisson (Author))

I’m yours truly, a student from the colds of Iceland. I’m interested in everything new and anything that could materialize in the future. I enjoy writing and do so here on Think Artificial, in magazines and most recently I took up writing science fiction in my spare time.

Alongside my CS studies I do research on artificial intelligence at CADIA (Reykjavik University’s AI lab). My focus is largely on artificial creativity, complex systems and emergence and I’ve published some papers on those topics. But I recently felt an urge to gain a broader experience and started working on Humanoid Agents in Social Game Environments, a collaborative project between CADIA and CCP Games - developers of EVE Online MMOG.

My Icelandic name Hrafn literally means raven.
(See more facts about me here).

(Q&A)

• Q: Is your brain viewable online?

A: Why yes, yes it is. See my brain in 3D here.

• Q: Are you getting paid to write?

A: I don’t get paid for writing articles and quality dictates coverage here — not cash. But I do have ads on the front page which I get pocket change for to pay hosting and domain fees.

• Q: Can I download the site’s theme somewhere?

A: No. I designed the site’s theme specifically for the site and all icons and images are copyrighted. But there’s more to it that you can read in the public announcement.

You can read more about me here, or catch up with me around the web: Twine, Chawlk or Twitter (RSS), Last.fm, Freebase, Friendfeed, Shared items from Google Reader.

(The Shape of Things)

Our creations are becoming increasingly intertwined with computer science, and technology dictates the zeitgeist. The figure represents a part of the artificial spectrum; the background circles are super-categories, living things at the core — biological or not — distinguishable from the environment by their intellectual prowess.

Intelligence is explored through artificial intelligence and computation, because creating an intelligent entity equates understanding intelligence. We create complex machinery and through it understand our own.