The Future This Week: CRISPR, Cryonics, and the Transhumanist Party
In The Future This Week, Serious Wonder teleoperates a robot in search of this week’s headlines of the future, from monkeys learning how to transcribe Shakespeare to researchers learning how to regenerate bone tissue. This week we’re given a glimpse of the future where we’re able to control long-distanced robots from the comfort of our homes to near-perfect universal translators being developed thanks to artificial intelligence (A.I.).
Whether we’re creating intelligence within machines or enhancing intelligence within other living species, our quest is clear: the future proliferation of intelligence is at the forefront of everything we do in both scientific research and technological innovation. We’re at the cusp of remarkable change beyond that which we can currently fathom. We’re developing a future that is so hard to believe, but continues proving our skepticism wrong by each new week. Which raises the question: are we even ready for the pace of change? Welcome to the future!
Knowledge Transference
Scientists at Stanford University were able to implant a multi-electrode array into the brains of monkeys, which allowed them to transcribe segments of Shakespeare’s Hamlet at a rate of 12 words per minute. SOURCE
Universal Translation
Bone Regeneration
Researchers from California had recently discovered a naturally occurring molecule which, when injected into bone tissue, causes pluripotent stem cells to regenerate. SOURCE
Teleoperated Robots
D-Wave Systems co-founder Geordie Rose has become CEO of startup company Kindred Systems, of which is aiming to develop advanced teleoperated and autonomous robots. SOURCE
About the author
B.J. Murphy is the Editor and Social Media Manager of Serious Wonder. He is a futurist, philosopher, activist, author and poet. B.J. is an Affiliate Scholar for the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET) and an Ambassador for the robotics company Humai.
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