US Steel Portfolio of Possibilities - the future through the eyes of the 60s
(flickr.com)
A look at the future through the eyes of the 1960s.
A look at the future through the eyes of the 1960s.
An Age of Extinction Is Coming
(nytimes.com)
Every great technological change has a destructive shadow, whose depths swallow ways of life the new order renders obsolete.
Every great technological change has a destructive shadow, whose depths swallow ways of life the new order renders obsolete.
Ask HN: I feel pessimistic about the future – advice?
(ycombinator.com)
I’m having a hard time moving with the new pace and developments in the world.
I’m having a hard time moving with the new pace and developments in the world.
Tech Billionaires Need to Stop Trying to Make the Sci-Fi They Grew Up on Real
(scientificamerican.com)
Science fiction (SF) influences everything in this day and age, from the design of everyday artifacts to how we—including the current crop of 50-something Silicon Valley billionaires—work. And that’s a bad thing: it leaves us facing a future we were all warned about, courtesy of dystopian novels mistaken for instruction manuals.
Science fiction (SF) influences everything in this day and age, from the design of everyday artifacts to how we—including the current crop of 50-something Silicon Valley billionaires—work. And that’s a bad thing: it leaves us facing a future we were all warned about, courtesy of dystopian novels mistaken for instruction manuals.
Black Mirror's pessimism porn won't lead us to a better future
(theguardian.com)
Black Mirror is more than science fiction – its stories about modernity have become akin to science folklore, shaping our collective view of technology and the future.
Black Mirror is more than science fiction – its stories about modernity have become akin to science folklore, shaping our collective view of technology and the future.
Captured: How Silicon Valley is building a future we never chose
(codastory.com)
AI’s prophets speak of the technology with religious fervor. And they expect us all to become believers.
AI’s prophets speak of the technology with religious fervor. And they expect us all to become believers.
AI 2027
(ai-2027.com)
We predict that the impact of superhuman AI over the next decade will be enormous, exceeding that of the Industrial Revolution.
We predict that the impact of superhuman AI over the next decade will be enormous, exceeding that of the Industrial Revolution.
I just saw the future. It was not in America
(nytimes.com)
I had a choice the other day in Shanghai: Which Tomorrowland to visit? Should I check out the fake, American-designed Tomorrowland at Shanghai Disneyland, or should I visit the real Tomorrowland — the massive new research center, roughly the size of 225 football fields, built by the Chinese technology giant Huawei? I went to Huawei’s.
I had a choice the other day in Shanghai: Which Tomorrowland to visit? Should I check out the fake, American-designed Tomorrowland at Shanghai Disneyland, or should I visit the real Tomorrowland — the massive new research center, roughly the size of 225 football fields, built by the Chinese technology giant Huawei? I went to Huawei’s.
Post Apocalyptic Computing
(thomashunter.name)
In a world increasingly dominated by planned obsolescence and disposable technology, the idea of a general-purpose computing machine designed to last a century feels both radical and necessary.
In a world increasingly dominated by planned obsolescence and disposable technology, the idea of a general-purpose computing machine designed to last a century feels both radical and necessary.
Wind turbine remains may be 'most surprising' fossils for far future generations
(phys.org)
Many of today's everyday items are destined to become fossils after millions of years, but scientists have suggested that some of the most surprising of them might be wind turbine blades.
Many of today's everyday items are destined to become fossils after millions of years, but scientists have suggested that some of the most surprising of them might be wind turbine blades.
"I need to rethink my future": Tech workers on coping with shifting immigration
(restofworld.org)
Tech professionals around the world are on the edge as President Donald Trump and his administration impose a series of radical immigration measures.
Tech professionals around the world are on the edge as President Donald Trump and his administration impose a series of radical immigration measures.
Post-quantum cryptography apocalypse will be televised in 10 years: UK's NCSC
(theregister.com)
The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) today started the post-quantum cryptography (PQC) countdown clock by claiming organizations have ten years to migrate to a safer future.
The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) today started the post-quantum cryptography (PQC) countdown clock by claiming organizations have ten years to migrate to a safer future.
Why Has Sci-Fi TV Stopped Imagining Our Future?
(denofgeek.com)
Once, shows like Star Trek predicted new tech and a boldly going future; now, Severance, Silo and even Trek are looking to the past.
Once, shows like Star Trek predicted new tech and a boldly going future; now, Severance, Silo and even Trek are looking to the past.
Preparing for the Intelligence Explosion
(forethought.org)
AI that can accelerate research could drive a century of technological progress over just a few years. During such a period, new technological or political developments will raise consequential and hard-to-reverse decisions, in rapid succession. We call these developments grand challenges.
AI that can accelerate research could drive a century of technological progress over just a few years. During such a period, new technological or political developments will raise consequential and hard-to-reverse decisions, in rapid succession. We call these developments grand challenges.
Common Lisp in 2055 (Satire)
(medium.com)
The year is 2055. AI automation has made 99.7% of all jobs obsolete — a human barista is now a rare novelty.
The year is 2055. AI automation has made 99.7% of all jobs obsolete — a human barista is now a rare novelty.
The Government Knows AGI Is Coming
(nytimes.com)
For the last couple of months, I have had this strange experience: Person after person — from artificial intelligence labs, from government — has been coming to me saying: It’s really about to happen. We’re about to get to artificial general intelligence.
For the last couple of months, I have had this strange experience: Person after person — from artificial intelligence labs, from government — has been coming to me saying: It’s really about to happen. We’re about to get to artificial general intelligence.
The Evil Vector
(scottaaronson.blog)
Last week something world-shaking happened, something that could change the whole trajectory of humanity’s future. No, not that—we’ll get to that later.
Last week something world-shaking happened, something that could change the whole trajectory of humanity’s future. No, not that—we’ll get to that later.
Solarpunk
(wikipedia.org)
Solarpunk is a literary and artistic movement, close to the hopepunk movement,[3] that envisions and works toward actualizing a sustainable future interconnected with nature and community.[4][5][6] The "solar" represents solar energy as a renewable energy source and an optimistic vision of the future that rejects climate doomerism,[7] while the "punk" refers to do it yourself and the countercultural, post-capitalist, and sometimes decolonial aspects of creating such a future.[8]
Solarpunk is a literary and artistic movement, close to the hopepunk movement,[3] that envisions and works toward actualizing a sustainable future interconnected with nature and community.[4][5][6] The "solar" represents solar energy as a renewable energy source and an optimistic vision of the future that rejects climate doomerism,[7] while the "punk" refers to do it yourself and the countercultural, post-capitalist, and sometimes decolonial aspects of creating such a future.[8]
How long before the machines print their own Terminators?
(ycombinator.com)
How long before the machines print their own Terminators?
How long before the machines print their own Terminators?
The Death of the Web (2024)
(garry.net)
When I was in school, in the mid 90s, I got on the internet for the first time.
When I was in school, in the mid 90s, I got on the internet for the first time.
AI Takeover Might Happen in 2 Years
(lesswrong.com)
I’m not a natural “doomsayer.” But unfortunately, part of my job as an AI safety researcher is to think about the more troubling scenarios.
I’m not a natural “doomsayer.” But unfortunately, part of my job as an AI safety researcher is to think about the more troubling scenarios.
Nobody's Thinking Enough About AI
(loeber.substack.com)
A very strange thing is happening. Technology is getting wildly better, faster than ever before. And while people are excited about the new AI products in the headlines, almost nobody is willing to look a few years into the future and ask seriously what this means.
A very strange thing is happening. Technology is getting wildly better, faster than ever before. And while people are excited about the new AI products in the headlines, almost nobody is willing to look a few years into the future and ask seriously what this means.