artificial intelligence
The future of artificial intelligence.
THE DRIVERLESS COMMUTE
I climbed into a Waymo one morning in Nashville, expecting spectacle. The sci‑fi fantasy of a car that carries you through a city while you lounge in the backseat has been part of our cultural imagination for decades. I thought the experience would feel theatrical, maybe even surreal. Instead, the moment the vehicle pulled away from the curb, the sensation was quieter, stranger, and far more intimate.
By Tim Carmichael2 months ago in Futurism
Talking to the Machine
I spent thirty years learning that command runs one direction: you give the order, someone below you executes it, and if it's not done right, that's on you for how you gave it. That's the grammar of authority I lived inside for three decades—clear, hierarchical, unambiguous. So it still catches me, most days, that I now spend a good part of my mornings having a conversation with something that isn't a person, describing what I want in plain English, and watching it build the thing I described.
By Charles V Sasser Jr2 months ago in Futurism
AI Hasn’t Stolen Tasks
Sometimes, I feel like I'm living in a Science Fiction Novel. Specifically, a Dystopian one. Honestly, where else would you find a scenario where the world is getting hotter and drier, fire seasons are starting earlier and lasting longer, the wealth gap between Rich and Poor is larger than it's ever been, and the the people in charge are not only doing nothing to stop it; they're actively making the problem worse by pushing more and more data centres for the sake of creating a Surveillance State? Where else would you see a world where the importance of Green Energy Initiatives his not only been recognised, but already developed, but the overlord shrugs and says his personal enrichment is more important than the future of Humanity? Where else can you con you envision a future where robots control everything, from knowledge sources to decision-making, and the pushback is dismissed as "hysterical", "old fashioned" or "Luddite"?
By Natasja Rose2 months ago in Futurism
Dolls Already Do That
When the movie Megan came out, I thought about how in technology there is already dolls being made that can talk, sing, move, eat, or even use the bathroom. The fact this felt new and scary to people was strange to me because it seems as if already here. When watching Megan, I even thought that instead of a bot doll going rouge there would actually be a human using the bot for their selfish bidding, At that, the movie Companion came out and fulfilled that concept.
By Seashell Harpspring 2 months ago in Futurism
The Future is Already Here
The great English writer Terry Pratchett once wrote an article on the influence of J.R.R. Tolkien on fantasy writing: “J.R.R. Tolkien has become a sort of mountain, appearing in all subsequent fantasy in the way that Mt. Fuji appears so often in Japanese prints. Sometimes it’s big and up close. Sometimes it’s a shape on the horizon. Sometimes it’s not there at all, which means that the artist either has made a deliberate decision against the mountain, which is interesting in itself, or is in fact standing on Mt. Fuji.”
By Matthew Smith2 months ago in Futurism
Survey: High-Tech Managers Say Initiative Matters More Than AI Expertise
Despite the rapid rise of artificial intelligence across Israel’s technology sector, a new Skills Index by Afeka Academic College of Engineering, TheMarker, and the Trump Foundation for Education finds that the skill high-tech managers value most in employees is not AI expertise, but proactivity — the ability to take initiative and drive results independently. The finding highlights a growing emphasis on human skills as employers adapt to an increasingly AI-driven workplace.
By Karen Brind2 months ago in Futurism
Human Centric Design in the Age Of AI. AI-Generated.
Disclosure: The first draft of the Article and initial sourcing were done with varying assistance of AI. The Article was then partially or entirely rewritten for publication standards and sources properly checked for accuracy
By Cyrus The Mystic2 months ago in Futurism
The Container
I was buried. How long it had been, I do not know. This container was placed underground long ago, after humans built the robots. They are looking for us now, and we went into hiding. Food was scarce. I had to sneak topside to forage for greens and collect whatever I saw that actually grew. My diet was boring, and there were no markets left where anyone could buy food. We became obsolete when the man-made artificial people realized they were more intelligent and stronger than us.
By Alexandra Grant2 months ago in Futurism
The Science Fiction Hiding in Your Ears. Honorable Mention in Already Here Challenge.
Music has always had a way of pulling me out of the moment. These days, all it takes is slipping a pair of earbuds into my ears and pressing a single button. The traffic, nearby conversations, and the rest of the world's soundtrack begin to disappear, leaving the music to fill the space. A pair of earbuds, each smaller than a coffee bean, has transformed something I do almost every day.
By Tim Carmichael2 months ago in Futurism
The Machine That Remembers Me Better Than I Do
When I was a child, science fiction imagined a future filled with flying cars, teleportation, and cities suspended in the clouds. It imagined spectacular inventions that would announce themselves with explosions of color and impossible feats of engineering. The future, according to those stories, was loud.
By Samara Pollyana 2 months ago in Futurism
