Finally, the moment I have been waiting for. No need to have emotional attachment to a real person, who might react back in ways I don’t understand, like, or want. I can spend my time in what will be considered productive and income earning activities, assuming of course that I have some. So “sad” that I will no longer need people. By 2028, people will enter into relationships with Robots, who will take over elder care, personal hygiene and…
Today we have about 100,000 airline flights crossing the US each day. We can add 10 million daily drone flights by 2024, placing packages on rooftops, using robots to pick these up and deliver them. Oil and gas support almost 10 million employees plus over 2 million more in unconventional oil and gas value chain and chemicals activities. A few more years for you guys. Coal and gas will renter their declining years, as solar and wind power become economically…
This year, emotional Artificial Intelligence will be programmed into conversational interfaces.Instead of shouting at your spouse, child, friend, the driver that hit you, or the person that spilled your coffee, you can scream angrily at your phone, car, Alexa, who might answer with a “Oh, that hurt my feelings. Please don’t shout at me.” By “looking” at our faces, Artificial Intelligence is already well able to differentiate faked emotions from real ones and can recognize characteristics such as sexual orientation…
Get up, go to work. Wave my hand at the car, which unlocks the door and starts the engine. Off to the office, wave at the entry door, which opens and lets me in. Walk to Starbucks, push Venti Chai Latte, wave again, triggering electronic payment, and wait for my Latte. It’s 2018. 200 employees at Epicenter in Sweden have had a microchip injected into the flesh beside their thumb. So do 50 of Three Square Market’s employees in River…