1. Creating the future Thomas Abraham

4. The most interesting stories are about the future…and the future that is being created now.

5. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120518 -reaching-for-the-stars http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120518 -reaching-for-the-stars http://www.darpa.mil/

7. Michio Kaku’s vision “By 2100 our destiny is to become like the gods we once worshipped and feared.” The tools: computers, nanotechnologies, artificial intelligence, biotechnology; quantum theory

8. MichioKaku’s predictions We will be able to manipulate objects with the power of our minds With bio-tech, we will create perfect bodies and extend our life spans; We will create life forms With nano-technology we will create something out of nothing We will ride in vehicles that will soar with no fuel—harness the power of the stars

9. Some of this is already happening http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health- 18087949 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health- 18087949

11. 1950s-Vacuum tubes: room sized computers 1960s: Transistors: Mainframe computers for businesses 1970s: Integrated circuit boards- desk sized 1980s:silicon chips and pcs 1990s-Internet connects computers 2000s- chips freed from computers By 2020- the word computer would have vanished?

12. Vision of the future based on ever cheaper computing power Moore’s Law: Number of transistors in a chip will double every two years. Expected to end by around 2020, when technological and physical barriers will be reached

13. The future of artificial intelligence http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/ray_kurz weil_announces_singularity_university.html http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/ray_kurz weil_announces_singularity_university.html http://singinst.org/ http://www.bbc.com/news/technology- 14574747 http://www.bbc.com/news/technology- 14574747 http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/ business_analytics/article/cognitive_comput ing.html http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/ business_analytics/article/cognitive_comput ing.html

14. Some technological possibilities Computers “smarter” than humans with AI; who controls who? Hardware, software and wetware Human brains networked into computers? computers implanted into human brains? Does any of this make life better, or people happier? Perhaps we have survived because we are cavemen and women

15. Following the AI story http://ailab.ifi.uzh.ch/ http://singinst.org/ http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/ business_analytics/article/cognitive_comput ing.html http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/ business_analytics/article/cognitive_comput ing.html Read Nature, Science and science news for tip offs

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