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Exploring the future of science today, while looking back on the achievements from yesterday. Science fiction is science future.
AI and I
Writing about AI here on Vocal feels a bit too easy a choice for this challenge, but there's a reason I decided to go ahead with this piece. Frankly, I was a bit surprised when I considered how I feel about it these days. I've developed a love/hate relationship with the technology. (There I go, personifying it already, and that's one of the things I hate about it.)
By Dana Crandellabout a month ago in Futurism
Cassandra Complex
"Some people say a man is made out of mud. A poor man's made out of muscle and blood. Muscle and blood and skin and bone. A mind that's weak and a back that's strong. You load sixteen tons, and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt. Saint Peter don't you call me, 'cause I can't go I owe my soul to the company store."
By Alexander McEvoyabout a month ago in Futurism
The Notes App. Runner-Up in Already Here Challenge.
The notes app for a lot of people is forgotten on their phone or they only open it up when they are trying to scan a document for the first time or to jot down a order number. To me, that in itself is insane that I can scan anything I want but in reality I keep my brain in my pocket in the notes app.
By Brooke Moranabout a month ago in Futurism
The Beep That Spends Your Money
There was a time when buying something required evidence that you could afford it. You counted out paper money, separated coins, opened a checkbook, or watched a cashier count what you had placed on the counter. Money had a physical presence, and spending it meant watching part of what you owned leave your possession. Now I can walk into a store, select what I need, hold a phone near a payment terminal, hear a beep, and walk away with a bag of groceries while the money itself remains completely invisible.
By Tim Carmichaelabout a month ago in Futurism
Archiving Childhood. Runner-Up in Already Here Challenge.
Photography is an everyday habit now, with our phones being an extension of ourselves and the camera app being an extra set of eyes. We don’t just take photos to capture a beautiful moment. We snap photos to remember confirmation numbers, parking sign details, or even an interesting book we want to look up later. Not things we need to remember forever, but they’ll still get backed up to the cloud, just in case.
By Polite Adjacentabout a month ago in Futurism
55 Pickups A Day
As a child, there was no thing cooler than the little phones that slid or flipped or folded. Texting on tiny buttons and shortening words to make it easier. Navigating a small screen to use just a few apps. You can text your mom to pick you up early from school, you can spend the night with a friend without your parent losing access to you, you can call and coordinate outfits with your best friend.
By Raine Nealabout a month 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 Grayabout a month ago in Futurism
