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Creating the future

Creating the future. Thomas Abraham . The most interesting stories are about the future…and the future that is being created now. . http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120518-reaching-for-the-stars http ://www.darpa.mil/. Michio Kaku’s vision.

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Creating the future

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  1. Creating the future Thomas Abraham

  2. The most interesting stories are about the future…and the future that is being created now.

  3. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120518-reaching-for-the-starshttp://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120518-reaching-for-the-stars • http://www.darpa.mil/

  4. Michio Kaku’s vision • “By 2100 our destiny is to become like the gods we once worshipped and feared.” • The tools: computers, nanotechnologies, artificial intelligence, biotechnology; quantum theory

  5. MichioKaku’s predictions • We will be able to manipulate objects with the power of our minds • With bio-tech, we will create perfect bodies and extend our life spans; We will create life forms • With nano-technology we will create something out of nothing • We will ride in vehicles that will soar with no fuel—harness the power of the stars

  6. Some of this is already happening • http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18087949

  7. 1950s-Vacuum tubes: room sized computers • 1960s: Transistors: Mainframe computers for businesses • 1970s: Integrated circuit boards- desk sized • 1980s:silicon chips and pcs • 1990s-Internet connects computers • 2000s- chips freed from computers • By 2020- the word computer would have vanished?

  8. Vision of the future based on ever cheaper computing power • Moore’s Law: Number of transistors in a chip will double every two years. • Expected to end by around 2020, when technological and physical barriers will be reached

  9. The future of artificial intelligence • http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/ray_kurzweil_announces_singularity_university.html • http://singinst.org/ • http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-14574747 • http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/business_analytics/article/cognitive_computing.html

  10. Some technological possibilities • Computers “smarter” than humans with AI; who controls who? • Hardware, software and wetware Human brains networked into computers? computers implanted into human brains? • Does any of this make life better, or people happier? • Perhaps we have survived because we are cavemen and women

  11. Following the AI story • http://ailab.ifi.uzh.ch/ • http://singinst.org/ • http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/business_analytics/article/cognitive_computing.html • Read Nature, Science and science news for tip offs

  12. http://jmsc6089.edublogs.org/

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