michael.carroll

Michael Carroll is the author of the acclaimed Quantum Prophecy novels and many other books and comics, including Judge Dredd for 2000AD. He lives in Dublin, Ireland. He is married and has no children: their names are Nathaniel and Clementine. Find out more at michaelowencarroll.com

Entertainment

Michael Carroll’s 95% spoiler free review of The Avengers

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Judge Dredd author for 2000 AD, Michael Carroll, reviews Marvel's The Avengers (Avengers Assemble). Don't worry-it's 90% spoiler free!

Gaming

1982 > go to 2012. Happy Birthday Sinclair ZX Spectrum – Part Two

michael.carroll9 years ago

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In 1982 the Sinclair ZX Spectrum brought affordable home computing to the masses, and – as mentioned in part 1 – hundreds of new software companies were formed.

Gaming

1982 > go to 2012. Happy Birthday Sinclair ZX Spectrum – Part One

michael.carroll9 years ago

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The Sinclair ZX Spectrum home computer was launched in the UK on April 23rd 1982, thirty years ago.

Entertainment

Anticipating The Avengers

michael.carroll9 years ago

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Michael Carroll takes a look at Marval's Avengers film & tells us of his love for the comics & why we should never call it Avengers Assemble!

Meme

Somewhat App-rehensive

michael.carroll9 years ago

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Michael Carroll, author of the acclaimed Quantum Prophecy novels, & comics - including Judge Dredd for 2000AD, takes a wry look at the iPad

Brains Byte Back

The weekly podcast looking at how our brains, psychology, and society are impacted by the ever-evolving technology that surrounds us. Every Monday we bring you the best stories and guests from around the world relating to technology, psychology, and society.

In July 2020, speaking via video at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, Elon Musk stated that “I’m extremely confident that level five – or essentially complete autonomy – will happen and I think will happen very quickly.”

While this is exciting, we still don’t have a clear idea of how or when AI vehicles will become a normal part of our everyday lives.

In this episode, we look to explore how far away a future of fully autonomous vehicles really is, where we will see this transition first, and what it will take for us to arrive there. We also debate whether we could live in a future where humans will no longer be allowed to drive and AI-operated vehicles become legally mandatory.

To do this we invited a number of experts on the show to share their thoughts on this topic.

In this episode, we are joined by Jason Torchinsky, the Senior Editor for the automotive technology site Jalopnik, and the author of Robot, Take the Wheel: The Road to Autonomous Cars and the Lost Art of Driving. Torchinsky breaks down the five different levels of autonomous vehicles, Elon Musk’s comments at last year’s World Artificial Intelligence Conference, and he explains how far he really thinks Tesla, and other companies, are from full autonomy.

We are also joined by Carl Anthony, the Detroit-based managing editor of Automoblog and AutoVision News. Anthony joins us to highlight what countries are leading the way for autonomous vehicle technology, and how consumer psychology stands to influence the production of autonomous vehicles.

And lastly, we are joined by Melanie Musson, an autonomous vehicle and insurance specialist that produces written content for the auto insurance comparison site AutoInsurance.org.

She explains how autonomous vehicles might make certain personal details irrelevant for car insurance companies, why manual driving could become unaffordable for the majority of drivers, and how car insurance companies stand to influence the psychology of consumers.