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 […]
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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 […]