At the World Futurist Convention this year in Boston, one of my favorite speeches touched on topics from artificial intelligence to Asian men and pillow lovers. You can read more about that awesome presentation here, or read Part 1 of my report on the convention, about sustainable, green technologies.
“What do you think the first conscious machine would say to us?” was how Dr. Stephen Thaler began his speech on thalamocortical algorithms in space. Dr. Thaler has worked more than 30 [...]

Students and enthusiasts attending the World Futurist Convention this year in Boston were at once shocked, overwhelmed and intrigued. Diverse teachers from all over gave lectures on subjects with only one thing in common: the future. Being one of the youngest people attending, I was personally invested in how the older generations predict the globe will unravel for my generation and that of my 14-year-old brother. To my amusement, the world is “supposed” to be extremely well off and advanced in [...]