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Will ChatGPT change the world? Lessons from previous waves of automation software
Will ChatGPT change the world? To answer that we need to look at the adoption of previous generations of automation technology. How fast have they been adopted? And by whom?
What would you do if you could clone yourself? Meet my personal AI.
A digital life after death
Microsoft has filed a patent to turn someone's digital personality into a chatbot. Is this our first attempt at resurrection?
A race between the four horsemen
Four horsemen of disaster are vying to define our next three decades. Which one lands its blows first will determine our future.
Robots are companions, not carers
Robots cannot completely replace humans in a care setting, but they can augment them, and offer digital companionship that feels very real
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- Future of Humanity 22
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Archive Note
The archive of posts on this site has been somewhat condensed and edited, not always deliberately. This blog started all the way back in 2006 when working full time as a futurist was still a distant dream, and at one point numbered nearly 700 posts. There have been attempts to reduce replication, trim out some weaker posts, and tell more complete stories, but also some losses through multiple site moves - It has been hosted on Blogger, Wordpress, Medium, and now SquareSpace. The result is that dates and metadata on all the posts may not be accurate and many may be missing their original images.
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