Robotics and Artifiical Intelligence (AI) - TFNS - Futurist Miss Metaverse
The Future Now Show
February 2015
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Computing power is growing exponentially, and technological advance is accelerating - maybe also exponentially. There is no obvious reason this will stop. Look far enough ahead - and given the nature of exponential growth that might not be so far - and our future offers artificial intelligences that make us look puny, the possibility of humans merging with said intelligences and wild ideas like uploading our consciousness into immortal machines that could head out to the stars, unfettered by the frailty of human bodies. But what is to stop an elite few from taking the spoils and leaving the rest of us behind? We keep losing jobs to machines and this won’t stop so why are working hours and the retirement age going up? A classic utopia vs dystopia discussion seems in order. Which way are we leaning?
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Moderator
Annegien Blokpoel, Founder & CEO, PerspeXo, the Netherlands
Thought Leaders
Karin Jironet, Co-founder of In Claritas, the Netherlands
Markus Petz, Head of Special Projects & Development, Experience Alternative, Tampere, Austria
Katie Aquino, aka “Miss Metaverse”, Futurista™, USA
Intro voices
Ferananda Ibarra, VillageLab, Mexico
Gunvanthi Balaram, freelance writer, editor, translator, India
Jack Gallagher, Artistic Director & Choreographer, Bodies Anonymous
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Mario de Vries, Media Specialist, Design
Paul Holister, Editor, Summary Text