1. The Unexpected Demise of Humanity
Courtney Cauthorn ENG December 2014
image: videohive.net

2. In the past…

3. But now…
comfortable

4. THIS IS THE PROBLEM!

5. Define “artificial intelligence”
“the science and engineering of machines that act intelligently1” ?
1 Norving, Peter. “Artificial Intelligence.” New Scientist 3 Nov Web. 23 Nov

6. We’re getting closer…

7. Statistics2
FIELD
2010
2020
LOSS
Clerical/Data Entry
350,000
320,900
29,100
Agriculture
1,202,500
1,106,400
96,100
Postal Service
524,300
385,500
138,800
2 Lockard, Brett C., and Michael Wolf. “Occupational employment projections to 2020.” US Department of Labor Monthly Labor Review (2012): Web. 23 Nov

8. “It’s important to understand that, due to exponential growth, as powerful as computers are today, they will be a billion times more powerful…in 25 years…”3
-Ray Kurzweil, Director of Engineering at Google
3"Merging with the Machines: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, And The Law Of Exponential Growth." World Future Review (World Future Society) 2.1 (2010): Web. 22 Nov

9. Government Solutions

10. Any other Solutions?

12. What can YOU do?
How?

13. Solve problems instead of performing tasks.
Ask questions instead of answering them.
Be aware of technology’s presence.