Future Tech And Foresight

This trend of ever cheaper content creation tools has continued, are we are potentially on the brink of a new era where Artificial Intelligence could cause a surge in both the quantity and quality of fan-made content?  Intro Right now, if you're a fan of a certain non-fiction universe or brand, you pretty much have to rely on big studios and organizations to create your beloved content. They u...

With the advent of ChatGPT and the start of a new AI arms race, futurists, philosophers and tech enthusiasts are starting to think where will all this technology lead us. Some claim that AI will bring about a new renaissance, others our doom, while some think it is the beginning of a technological singularity. The singularity is an idea that I’ve discussed only a few times on the podcast, but as t...

I'm building a strategic foresight consultancy, and while digging into new AI tools and ChatGPT will try to make it as autonomous as possible over the next few months. How is this possible, and what benefits can be experienced by this? TimeCodes: 00:00:32 - Podcast Starts 00:01:08 - My new strategic foresight business 00:02:25 - Context of building an autonomous organization 00:04:49 - How Cha...

What is a futurist, how can we best think about the future, and how do we overcome our collective sense of future shock? My guest Richard Watson and I dive into a detailed megatrends map that Richard put together as a way of helping to navigate the current and coming disruptions that will impact all of us. Richard's Tools for thinking about the future: https://nowandnext.com/thinking-tools/ Ti...

What is AutoGPT and how can it and other AI agents be used? What impact will they have in the future and why is regulation so important now with these new tools? TimeCodes: 00:00:32 - Episode begins 00:02:14 - What is AutoGPT and Baby AGI 00:04:59 - Applications of AutoGPT 00:08:00 - Impact of AutoGPT 00:12:59 - Why regulation is needed now more than ever 00:19:52 - Limitations of AI agents

Over the last few months now the excitement and fear of generative AI has been part of most technology discussions. Whether you think we should go full speed ahead and unleash the potential of ChatGPT and its future versions for the benefits we can reap, or you think we have opened Pandora’s box and should now try to contain it as much as we can, AI, the future of work, and technology’s impacts ha...

If you’ve ever wanted an overview of what the fusion industry currently is dealing with, beyond the complex technological aspects, my guest and I clearly lay out a number of the challenges and opportunities, as well as giving a much more positive outlook than what the intro clip alludes to. About The Episode So this week’s intro was a clip pulled from the sci-fi show The man who fell to earth, whe...

There’s an entire other side of Neurotech that isn’t invasive, where you simply put on a wearable device to get the benefits of neurofeedback. But what kind of benefits can be obtained? And what kind of devices are out there? Dr. Cody Rall come onto the podcast to give more of an insight into what this technology can do, what benefits it can provide, and how it may be used in the future. About The...

This episode will give a bird's eye view on how this arms race came about, what’s happening in the race today, who the main players are, what the technologies can be applied to, and give some thoughts on where we might be headed with this undeniably powerful and exciting technology….and yes…much of this will have been written or at least influenced by ChatGPT. Check out the shownotes on the we...

An introduction to many, but a comprehensive overview of what Animal-Human Chimeras are, what their applications might be, what are the ethical complications that arise from their existence, and what is the future of this technology. Today's topic is something that I think most of us have only ever come across in science fiction media. Animal-Human Chimeras. I still remember the first time I s...

In this podcast’s previous incarnation, VR and AR were discussed numerous times, especially as the podcast ran through the entire pandemic period and remote work and the future of collaboration was top of mind for many. In late 2021 however, with Facebook’s rebrand to Meta and their new focus shifting to more emerging horizons, The Metaverse became front and centre for many discussions. Most appar...

Brain-Machine-Interface, also known more generally as Neurotech. Popularized by Elon Musk's Neuralink, and one of the most influential technologies that led to the podcast’s rebranding and re-focus on a more general set of emerging and future technologies is what we’ll be looking at today. What is it, what can it do, and what are it's applications and impacts? Both current and future.  About...

A wrap up of the last 100 episodes that have explored technological unemployment and what the future of automation means for us and our society.

A Robot Tax is the idea is to tax businesses that implement robots that take human jobs, as those human employees can no longer be taxed resulting in tax revenue loss for a national government.

The idea of a fully automated business, where no human interaction is required for the entire enterprise to function. We are starting to see the initial examples of this, in the tangible physical world, but only in part.

What are the current and future projects in the New Space Industry that will generate more jobs and careers?

Is automated insect cultivation the solution to the growing discourse and debate surrounding food security and nutrient for the future

Looking at the growing hype surrounding autonomous trucks, what are the challenges and benefits to adopting them?

Did the Canadian government's reaction to the trucker protests bring to light why Bitcoin and decentralized transactions are necessary?

If Sexbots are to become mainstream what kind of disruptions would follow, what kind of ethical implications will they bring, and how will the impact relationships in general?

How have emerging technologies been used during the pandemic and how will surveillance tech be used in the future?

A look back at the main automation trends and news events that happened in 2021

Automation, and digital tools offer us such tremendous benefits it might be hard to think that more problems might arise than the benefits they bring due to cybersecurity concerns.

Will automated vertical farming be the future of agriculture? If we can grow tall plants how will this change the industry overall?

What kind of benefits can an AI therapist bring to people, and will we have human therapists in the future?