Where will humanity be in the next 10 years?

[NickNitro]

and thats what I was posting about in the 300 yr thread. The Technological Singularity Kevan.

It pretty much states that we'll be evolving technologically soo fast that it'll come to a point where it will be instantaneous our developments and achievements. You should go look at the youtube video I posted about it

 

[KevanG]

These threads are confusing me. I have to keep checking which one I'm in.

 

[MrMaooz]

Holographic screens will be awesome

Minority Report.

 

[Superwoman Prime]

The End and I spoke about the technological singularity only yesterday, in private. I'm writing an article on the topic that may take me a few weeks to finish.

 

[NickNitro]

An article for who?

 

[The End]

Strange coincidence. I've been interviewing an actual rocket scientist; a leading rocket scientist. Not just about rockets but all sorts of things.

It's given me pause to be more skeptical of Mars One than I was before.

 

[Teelie]

I'm skeptical of Mars One too. But not the end result, just this particular attempt.

 

[Superwoman Prime]

An article for who?

SHH. It'll probably need its own thread here on the Community Forum.

 

[Superwoman Prime]

Strange coincidence. I've been interviewing an actual rocket scientist; a leading rocket scientist. Not just about rockets but all sorts of things.

It's given me pause to be more skeptical of Mars One than I was before.

May I ask from where your new skepticism is derived?

 

[NickNitro]

SHH. It'll probably need its own thread here on the Community Forum.

Cool can't wait to read it. Good luck.

 

[The End]

May I ask from where your new skepticism is derived?

Specifically because the person with whom I've been talking is an expert within the field of space exploration with decades of experience and he doesn't believe people will be able to get to Mars until the 2030s.

 

[Thundercrack85]

Strange coincidence. I've been interviewing an actual rocket scientist; a leading rocket scientist. Not just about rockets but all sorts of things.

It's given me pause to be more skeptical of Mars One than I was before.

What are we? Chopped liver?

 

[Doctor Evo]

Regarding Moore's Law and technological advancement:

While it's true that computing power is increasing at a fantastic rate, it doesn't necessarily mean that the application of that power and technology will advance at a similar rate. In some cases you may have ideas and technologies that are hindered at some point in time by a lack of computing power (or some similar factor), but in others that computing power is increasing faster than we can actually handle. Thus, while something like Moore's Law may be an approximate indicator of technological advancement, it needs to be taken with a large grain of salt, especially within the context of the application of technological advances.

A perfect example is next-generation sequencing as a means of producing massive quantities of genetic data. We are now able to quickly and cheaply produce genome-scale data, but we haven't actually figured out how to use it to effectively address questions pertaining to evolution and evolutionary processes. In other words, our ability to generate genetic data on a genomic scale has far surpassed our ability to actually use that data in any effective (and possibly statistically valid) manner.

 

[Thundercrack85]

I wish batteries had a Moore's law of their own.

Seems like I've been stuck with the same amount of battery life forever.

Meanwhile I went from a 80 GB hard drive to a 2 TB hard drive in 10 years.

 

[Teelie]

The problems with batteries are they are a chemical reaction and it doesn't work the same way. There's only so much energy you can squeeze out them and we're near that limit now.

 

[Thundercrack85]

Well, obviously. But they haven't made any breakthroughs in a long time.

I recall reading that the performance of lithium-ion batteries has only improved 5% in a decade.

How are robots supposed to take over the world if they can't go two hours without recharging?

 

[The End]

What Will You Do With Watson?

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IBM Watson is defining a new era of cognitive technology. This generation of problem solvers is going to learn much faster with IBM Watson. And Watson, in turn, will learn much faster with us. Developers will solve new problems. Business leaders will ask bigger questions. And together, we'll do things generations before couldn't dream of. Learn more at ibmwatson.com. Join the conversation at #IBMWatson.

Watson is the computer that won Jeopardy.

 

[NickNitro]

Bill Gates: There will be no poor countries by 2035


http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bill-gates-no-poor-countries-141938178.html

 

[Thundercrack85]

Bill Gates: There will be no poor countries by 2035


http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bill-gates-no-poor-countries-141938178.html

Yeah, and Microsoft Office will be free.

 

[Teelie]

There will always be poor countries in comparison to other countries. Unless every country achieves the same economic, social, cultural, etc. levels of wealth that is. And I doubt that'll happen in 20 years.

 

[The End]

In comparison to other countries, sure, but I think he means in terms of nations being able to feed, cloth, house, and educate their people they won't be poor in the terms that it means today.