Summary Absorbing the news on TV and the newspapers makes most people despondent about the world’s future, but bad news sells and we are flooded with it instantaneously. There was an encouraging opinion piece in the SMH on Wednesday, the 8th of January by Matt Wade, entitled “It’s OK, the world is not going to…
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Summary The uptake of AI, particularly ChatGPT has been the most rapid in history. It took ChatGPT just two months to reach 100 million users and it took the internet seven years. This was largely due to two things: 1. It was the first time the public got a chance to use AI and 2.…
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Summary ASI (Artificial Super Intelligence) is predicted to occur before 2030. (AI is a general term for all types, viz., AGI, ASI and the Singularity) Are we ready for ASI? The ramifications for the world are enormous and the general public is mainly oblivious! The video below deals mainly with AGI which is Artificial General…
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Summary Humans are concerned about any new technology. This is understandable as the fight or flight reaction in our genes makes us cautious about anything new. No technology is perfect on day one, so people seize on any deficiencies, but these are usually fixed quickly. Otherwise, the technology may not survive, causing a loss of…
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Subject This blog is for those who are retired or about to be. It concerns the rapid adoption of AI and how this can be used for your benefit. It can provide personalised healthcare, intelligent home assistance, fraud detection and virtual companionship to name a few. Whether we like it or not, AI is rapidly…
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Summary While AI is the fastest changing new technology, others are developing exponentially as well. This blog covers all these. The Singularity detailed under 1. below is either utopian or scary depending on your viewpoint. If utopian as is likely, there are huge considerations about the meaning of life for humans. There will have to…
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Summary Much quicker technology improvement, based on AI will change the world almost beyond recognition in the next 20 years. Humanoid robots will build themselves, cost $US0.10 per hour, and work 18 hour days. No strikes, no sick leave, no holidays. Existing workers must be upskilled and their future carefully considered. Humanoid robots will initially…
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Summary The pharmaceutical industry, a $ US trillion giant, has been notoriously slow and resistant to change. Developing a new drug used to take more than $US2.5 billion (sometimes up to $US12 billion) and took over 10 years to bring a new drug to market, with a high failure rate. 9 out of 10 drugs…
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Summary From an initial cost of $US2.7 billion, the cost of sequencing anyone’s genome dropped to $US100 million in 2001 and today costs less than $US500, rapidly approaching $US100 per person. This blog is about enabling anyone to live a normal life by fixing inherited diseases. There are about 6,000 diseases that are inherited. Eventually,…
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Summary Car travel across cities seems to get worse as populations increase and traffic jams become more prevalent. There are 2 solutions predicted and upcoming first in USA as usual, although China may push through regulations quickly. The proposals are: Robotaxis eVTOL Electric Vertical Take Off and Landing taxis Like all new technologies, many problems…
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