Exploring technology, PC gaming, the web, the world and the possible future - mixed with a tasteful dash of humour. Written by tech columnist & multimedia journo Galen Schultz
When people consider their future dream home many may think of a four-bedroom, two-bathroom, double-story house with a great view — somewhere in the mountains. I think of a house under the sea — one that has a huge window looking out into the ocean and one that is fully connected to the outside world … and which cleans itself.
IT was predicted that in the year 2010 planes would consist of a single pilot and a dog. The job of the pilot would be to feed the dog; the reason for the dog is to bite the pilot if he or she touches anything. Many people have developed a genuine fear that artificial intelligence could one day take over the world if it got too advanced and somehow became self-aware.
Imagine living in a house that is permanently dust free, driving a car that automatically repairs itself, traveling at two thousand miles an hour in absolute comfort, and having the chances of getting ill significantly reduced by living in a city that self regulates it’s air and water by design. These idealistic-sounding goals are more possible than you might imagine.
What incentive would people have to work in a moneyless society whereby machines replaced servitude?
A world without money, laws, unemployment, pollution, crime and unnecessary human suffering …
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