Robots, androids and intelligent machines – what next?

I wrote a blog with this same title back in September 2012, with the added caveat, ‘do we want them to look human’ rather than, ‘what next?’.  It seems that this is a subject that […]

What happens when robots and machines are smarter than us?

I’ve written a number of blogs that look at the issues around our (that is human) relationship with ever smarter machine intelligences and it continues to be a subject that fascinates me.  I think it […]

Space exploration and Scifi – why we need them both.

In the Saturday Times magazine of the 18th January I read the column by Caitlin Moran, as I usually do.  I like her irreverent somewhat sideways take on life.  It makes you smile, but also […]

What will we be doing in the future – (3)

So over the last few blogs I have agonised over the affect of increasing mechanisation, robots and computers taking over much of what we currently call ‘work’.  The bottom line as I see it is […]

What will we be doing in the future – part 2

In the last blog set out a case that with cleverer and cleverer machines there can only be increased mechanisation of ‘traditional’ jobs.  Also that these will not be restricted to basic manufacturing.  Now I […]