A Visual Timeline of AI Predictions in Science Fiction
As anyone who’s started a company knows, choosing a name is no easy task. There are many considerations, such as: Are the social handles and domain name available?Is there a competitor already using a similar name?Can people spell, pronounce, and remember the name?Are there cultural or symbolic interpretations that could be problematic? The list goes on. Facebook (the parent company, not the social network) has changed its name to Meta, and we’ll examine some probable reasons for the rebrand. Social Pressure Societal perceptions can change fast, and companies do their best to anticipate these changes in advance. As time goes on, companies with more overt negative externalities have come under pressure—particularly in the era of ESG investing. In some cases, the reason why companies change their name is more subtle. Hitting the Reset Button Brands can become unpopular over time because of scandals, a decline in quality, or countless other reasons. We Do More The Start-Up Name Pivot
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Human intelligence is being vastly amplified by AI Ubiquitous, large-scale automation has led to vast swathes of human employees being replaced by virtual or robotic counterparts. Strong AI now occupies almost every level of business, government, the military, manufacturing and service sectors. Rather than being separate entities, these AI programs are often merged with human minds, greatly extending the latter's capability. For instance, knowledge and skills on any subject can now be downloaded and stored directly within the brain. As well as basic information and data, this includes physical abilities. The world has been transformed by this fusion of people and machines. The benefits of this human-AI merger require the extensive use of implants, however – something which a significant minority of the population still refuses to accept. Nomadic floating cities are roaming the oceans Credit: Vincent Callebaut architects Seasteading in general has exploded in recent decades.
It’s a sci-fi trope, but are “beings of pure energy” really possible?
If you've experienced science fiction in any of its many forms, chances are you’ve encountered "energy beings." Unlike the other aliens in sci-fi, they have no ‘physical’ bodies but rather exist as beings of pure energy. They’re usually able to flit about the Universe at will and often demonstrate great abilities befitting their advanced, ultra-evolved state. They are also typically portrayed as more powerful, more enlightened, and possessing a deeper understanding of the universe. It's almost a given in most science fiction that sufficiently advanced civilizations will eventually develop this way. Converting themselves into beings of pure energy seems like the ultimate stage in the development of any civilization. Why is this idea so common? To get answers, Ars spoke to Professor Saurabh Jha, an astrophysicist at Rutgers University. So far, energy beings have been science fiction’s "best guess" at a future so remote and so alien that it’s nearly impossible to guess at.
10 Great Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Novels
Books It’s a classic theme of science fiction: something really, really bad happens, and mankind is knocked back to the Stone Age. Of course, with the dropping of atomic bombs by the U.S. to end World War II, people came to realize that for the first time Man himself possessed the power to bring about a global cataclysm. And science fiction wasted no time in examining the possible effects (there were speculative stories in print well before the Manhattan Project was even conceived). But nuclear holocaust isn’t the only way Man’s thin veneer of civilization can be stripped by catastrophe. Shouldn’t stop us from thinking about the possibilities, however. Lucifer’s Hammer Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle This best-selling 1997 novel details the approach and aftermath of a comet striking earth with disastrous results. Buy the book at Amazon: Lucifer’s Hammer On The Beach Nevil Shute Probably the earliest (1957) post-apocalyptic science fiction novel to truly achieve mass distribution. Earth Abides
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Copyright 1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004 by Magic Dragon Multimedia. All rights reserved Worldwide. May not be reproduced without permission. May be posted electronically provided that it is transmitted unaltered, in its entirety, and without charge. Why was the 17th Century the Dawn of Science Fiction? There are 3 hotlinks here to authors, magazines, films, or television items elsewhere in the Ultimate Science Fiction Web Guide or beyond. Most recently updated: 24 December 2003 Over 141 Kilobytes of text. This web page draws heavily on FACTS as listed in "The Timetables of Science", by Alexander Hellemans and Bryan Bunch [New York: Simon & Schuster, 1988]. Executive Summary of the 17th Century "During the seventeenth century the world became a machine" [see below for explanation]. "the World Became a Machine" "During the seventeenth century the world became a machine, and mechanics became the mathematical science of motion. Inventions and Discoveries 17th Century Theatre
What I Learned About the Future by Reading 100 Science Fiction Books | High Existence
Over the past two years I’ve read 100 sci-fi novels, averaging about one per week. See the full list here, with my favorites. I started reading sci-fi to pass the time. I had good memories of reading Jurassic Park as a kid. I started noticing I had different ideas, ideas you can’t find by reading the same TechCrunch articles, Medium posts, and Hacker News digests as everyone else. As futurist Jason Silva says: “Imagination allows us to conceive of delightful future possibilities, pick the most amazing one, and pull the present forward to meet it.”Tweet This I believe reading these books has helped me both in the conceiving and the pulling. Every good sci-fi story is, at its core, a thought experiment. What if these books represented a fair guess at what the future will be like? It’s not so far-fetched. So without further ado, here is the future we are headed for as predicted by history’s greatest sci-fi writers… Read: 10 Ways the Next 10 Years Are Going To Be Mind-Blowing 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
25 of the greatest Sci-Fi books ever written
Kurd Lasswitz
Kurd Lasswitz (German: Kurd Laßwitz, IPA: [ˈkʊʁt ˈlasvɪt͡s]; 20 April 1848 – 17 October 1910) was a German author, scientist, and philosopher. He has been called "the father of German science fiction".[1] He sometimes used the pseudonym Velatus. Biography[edit] Lasswitz studied mathematics and physics at the University of Breslau and the University of Berlin, and earned his doctorate in 1873. Works[edit] His first published science fiction story wasBis zum Nullpunkt des Seins ("To the Zero Point of Existence", 1871), depicting life in 2371, but he earned his reputation with his 1897 novel Auf zwei Planeten, which describes an encounter between humans and a Martian civilization that is older and more advanced. His last book was Sternentau: die Pflanze vom Neptunsmond ("Star Dew: the Plant of Neptune's Moon", 1909). A crater on Mars was named in his honour, as was the asteroid 46514 Lasswitz. References[edit] External links[edit]
