The Future This Week: CRISPR, Cryonics, and the Transhumanist Party
In The Future This Week, Serious Wonder casts away to Mars in search of this week’s headlines of the future, from drones delivering pizzas in New Zealand to computers defeating humans in the method of communication via mobile devices. This week we’re given a glimpse of the future where Elon Musk will soon be unveiling his plan on colonizing Mars, We’re also given a present day gift with a new collection of short stories written by sci-fi author Andy Weir.
Whether we’re delivering pizzas via drone or transporting sections of our species to other planets, the future is on our side. We’re aiming for a world of which will transform how and where we live. There’ll surely be bumps and bruises along the way, but the future isn’t for the fainthearted. It’s for wanderers and risk takers. Welcome to the future!
Deep Speech 2
According a new study conducted by Stanford University, the University of Washington, and Chinese Internet giant Baidu, voice recognition software has finally defeated humans at typing, thanks to Baidu’s program Deep Speech 2. SOURCE
Principles of Uncertainty
Pizza Delivery Drones
Domino’s Pizza has plans to disrupt the pizza delivery industry by introducing test flights of drones delivering pizzas throughout the country of New Zealand. If all goes well, the first drone delivery service could begin by the end of this year. SOURCE
Mars Colonization
Recently SpaceX founder, CEO, and lead designer Elon Musk made an announcement that he and the company will be unveiling their humans-to-Mars plan at next month’s 67th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Guadalajara, Mexico. 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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