The reality of our science future
Most of the predictions of the future have been done by science fiction writers, Hollywood screen writers, and social critics, who either paint
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Future Studies
Quest for Immortality: De Grey, Bostrom and Sandberg
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Iran, US: Prospects for a ‘hot war’
In the first of a two-part series, ISN Security Watch examines the chances of military conflict between Iran and the US, which some
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“Postsingular” by Rudy Rucker
Cover page from www.rudyrucker.com In Postsingular, a mad scientist creates a race of nants — nanites — that digest the planet and turn
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Forecasts for the Next 25 Years
The Futurist has published forcasts on global change the coming 25 years in their recent newsletter (“Forcasts for the Next 25 Years“). Compared to more
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Public meeting will re-examine future of artificial intelligence
For decades, scientists and writers have imagined a future with walking, talking robots that could do everything from cooking your eggs to enslaving
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The 11th Hour Time Capsule
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Artificial Life Likely In 3 To 10 Years
Around the world, a handful of scientists are trying to create life from scratch and they’re getting closer. Experts expect an announcement within
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Our Lives, Controlled From Some Guy’s Couch
Until I talked to Nick Bostrom, a philosopher at Oxford University, it never occurred to me that our universe might be somebody else’s
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William Gibson on the Past and Future
Oddly, Gibson, a former English major, knows little about computers or technology of any kind. And he has always insisted that his fiction
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