artificial intelligence
The future of artificial intelligence.
Time Travel
The keys under my fingertips are raised—tapered white cubes that subtly resist being pressed before giving way with a satisfying click. Although new, they feel strangely familiar, like a dredged-up memory: sounds and sensations colliding under the fluorescent lights of my high school typing class, fingers fumbling to find the right letters beneath paper-covered keys.
By Emily Erickson27 days ago in Futurism
Smart Technology
Let me start by admitting right out that I do not have a smart house, nor do I live in a smart community. I own a smart watch, a smart phone, a smart television, and a mostly smart refrigerator (it won't tell me when I run out of almond milk or spinach, but it will tell me when filters need replacing). Never in my youth could I have predicted today's technology. It's pretty amazing.
By Julie Lacksonen28 days ago in Futurism
Skynet Is Here. Honorable Mention in Already Here Challenge.
Just the other day, I was wandering through my local Kroger. I hadn't a care in the world, apart from trying to remember everything on the grocery list I'd jotted down in my head. My mood was great: the sun was shining, I had Voiceplay blasting through my earbuds, and there was a sale on ice cream.
By Natalie Gray28 days ago in Futurism
Eufy to Eufena. Runner-Up in Already Here Challenge. Top Story - September 2026.
A few years back, my daughter gifted me a robot vacuum. No. Not a Roomba, so delete that thought. She is the brand Eufy, and that is her name. I love Eufy. She is a delight to me, and I saw no need to change her birth name!
By Andrea Corwin 29 days ago in Futurism
The Truth About Data Centers
Every time we send a message, stream a movie, ask an AI assistant a question, upload a photo, or buy something online, there is a good chance a data center is involved. Yet these enormous facilities are mostly invisible to us. They sit behind the scenes, quietly processing, storing, and moving the information that powers modern life.
By AnthonyBTV30 days ago in Futurism
Medicine Is Learning to See Tomorrow
The doctor used to be the person in the room who knew the most about your body. That arrangement is changing. The change can be hard to see because much of it has no visible machinery. A microphone sits somewhere in an examination room. Software listens to the conversation and prepares the medical note. A watch records a heartbeat during the day and sends its rhythm elsewhere. Blood tests, scans, genetic information and years of medical records can be fed into computer models that attempt to describe a person as a changing biological system.
By Nolan Reedabout a month ago in Futurism
Art and Writing
Everyone knows Bob Ross, but was he a good artist? It’s a sincere question. I have nothing against him or what he has achieved, I loved him as a child, but I can imagine the locker room talk. In my area growing up I watched him on TV and in the area I grew up in, there was a Bob Ross in every indoor mall flogging their art. [a very similar style] Keep in mind this was the seventies and even into the eighties when indoor malls were far and few between in Ontario, Canada.
By Gerry Thibeaultabout a month ago in Futurism
AI Friends
AI has become a major presence just about everywhere we look. From subtle unseen programs to the obvious RP apps and search engines it is nearly impossible not to come across it every single day. After a while of simply embracing it in the search engines and research tools I have noticed a very specific effect. The AI stops feeling like a research tool and starts feeling like a friend. While this can be a good thing, it should be approached with caution.
By Kaytlin Michelleabout a month ago in Futurism
