Category: Futurist
Too late to explore the earth, too soon to explore the stars – let’s talk about what we can do to make things on earth more liveable and better for us and the generations to come.
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Call of the Commune
My friends and I often joke about packing up and leaving the city to buck the trend by pooling our resources for commune living. Our joke has even gone so far as to have people picking out their desired roles & responsibilities within our made up pseudo-society. This musing isn’t unique to us; there is…
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Writing in a Post ChatGPT World
From the outset it should be said that I use ChatGPT pretty much daily and think it is an amazing piece of technology set to change the course of human history (as if it hasn’t already done so). But now the act of putting thoughts to paper in my own often grammatically dubious and bumbling…
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AI & Automation Revolution
Artificial Intelligence vs. Machine Learning: Understanding the Differences Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are often used interchangeably, but they are not the same thing. AI refers to the broader concept of machines that can perform tasks that would typically require human intelligence, such as perception, reasoning, and learning. Machine learning, on the other…
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Solarpunk
What started as pure aesthetic has become social underground with books and manifestos building an optimistic ideological movement providing much needed hope for the future.
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Futurist
Assumptions & Definition After assuming the moniker of “futurist” I realised I didn’t really have a deep understanding of what the term means. I had a vague notion it meant someone who thinks about and envisions the future especially around how technology will affect society at large. The logic could follow just as a capitalist…
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Perfect Worker Drone
True sentience in artificial intelligence is the pinnacle but semi-autonomous non-sentient machines might be the key to our future.
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Reason Based Text Alignment Discovery Model
The hottest topic currently is fake news and the proliferation of disinformation. Though it would be counter to the wishes of corporations more interested in profits than human collective good, a system is sorely required to analyse text content that is shared as & undistinguishable from facts. Small statements with no backing and linking to…
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Knowledge is Power – Society is Weak
Never more true than today, knowledge is power. Or more aptly in today’s world the ability to provide & control the flow of knowledge is power. Recently there’s been several large course corrections occur, several years too late but hey, better late than never as the saying goes. This highlights one of the biggest and…
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Vacuous Social Data Sharing
It’s the not so secret, dirty secret of our modern lives. We live in a golden age of free services that make our lives interconnected on levels that our ancestors couldn’t even fathom. Instantaneous realtime interactive updates and vision of someone on the other side of the planet. For free!! We really do live the utopian…
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Our Robot Overlords
Artificial intelligence is often touted as the future demise of the human race. We’ve all heard it, the robots will either wipe us out or rule us with an iron fist, the last being quite literal. Call me a niave optimist, but truly intelligent artificial sentience won’t be like us. Our species is a by-product…
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