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TODO: The Three Types of Future Visions in Emerging Trends
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TODO: The Three Types of Future Visions in Emerging Trends
In Theme 1: What The Future Holds, we’re going to talk about how the three types of future visions (Utopian, Incremental, and Dystopian) show up in people’s responses to emerging trends. For example, in the area of Artificial Intelligence (AI), there are those who think AI will create a paradise for humans where we don’t have to work with machines solve our problems (Utopian). On the other hand, there are those who think the machines will rise up and enslaves us, and the time to stop them is now before they can make a move (Dystopian). There’s also a group somewhere in the middle who believes if humans kind find a way to work with AI, it will solves some problems while creating others (Incremental).
Pick two emerging trends from the list below or your come up with your own:
- AI
- Bioengineering
- Transhumanism
- Climate Change
- Income Inequality
- The Challenge to/Decline of American Global Dominance
- For each trend you choose, find a leader or influencer for each of the three types of future visions: 1 utopian, 1 incremental, 1 dystopian.
- Write a brief description about each leader/influencer and their view. This should include their name, the work they do, and they’re future vision. Consider including a quote that expresses their view.
- Link to video talks, articles, books, or websites were others could discover more.
Post the results of your research as a reply to this thread.
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i went for Bio-engineering and AI the first person for Bio-engineering is Paul Root Wolpe is an American sociologist and bio-ethicist. the second is Dr. Megan Palmer. Dr. Megan J. Palmer is the Executive Director of Bio Policy & Leadership Initiatives at Stanford University. the third is Tim lu Associate Professor of Biological Engineering and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. for AI the first is Elon Musk Company; co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI he is very famous in the dreaming. the second is Andrew Ng. Andrew Yan-Tak Ng is a British-born American computer scientist and technology entrepreneur focusing on machine learning and AI. the last Janelle Shane. Janelle Shane is an optics research scientist and artificial intelligence researcher. i have some extra entertainment AlphaGo the full documentary
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This reply was modified 1 year, 10 months ago by BlackoutKnight.
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This reply was modified 1 year, 10 months ago by BlackoutKnight.
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AI
Utopian: Once again Utopian views on AI elude me.
Incremental: An opinion piece made by Andres Oppenheimer talks about how the ChatGPT is largely a good AI chat bot but it has problems with checking it’s own facts, it makes an interesting read and I recommend it. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/andres-oppenheimer/article270870107.html
Dystopian: Ms. Sarah Anderson is a cartoonist and illustrator of the comic strip Sarah’s scribbles, she feels violated that an AI can mimic her art so well, and is angry about it. Read the article yourself:https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/31/opinion/sarah-andersen-how-algorithim-took-my-work.html
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Utopian: Nigel Topping holds what might be seen as a utopian worldview as he seems to think we can get carbon emissions close to net zero by the 2040s which might be optimistic or maybe it’s possible. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/09/net-zero-possible-in-2040s-says-outgoing-uk-climate-business-expert-nigel-topping
Incremental: This article made by Georgine Gonalez is an incremental approach to this problem as it shows that we can conquer climate change with the right tools. https://www.kcra.com/article/the-best-technologies-to-stop-climate-change/42418301
Dystopian: Can’t find a lot on this.
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DeepMind’s CEO Demis Hassabis could definitely be a candidate for the utopian view of AI.
See this podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdeY-MrXD74
Hassabis and DeepMind are pursuing AGI — “Artificial General Intelligence” — the ability of machines to learn any task like a human or better without having to be specifically programmed for that task. One the way, they created some compelling demonstrators of AI and machine-learning capabilities, including AlphaGo, a program that defeated world champion Lee Sedol in the complex strategy game of Go.
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Is see now @BlackoutKnight referenced AlphaGo — the documentary — in his research above.
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See Hassabis’ quote here: https://youtu.be/J6Mdq3n6kgk?t=523
By the way, though this video has a sensationalist dystopian title, it actually does present two if not three of the visions of the future.
Would anyone care to type out the quote for future use?
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