#technological-predictions

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Science
fromBig Think
2 weeks ago

How to be as innovative as the Wright brothers - no computers required

Confusing low probability with impossibility causes dismissal of feasible innovations, as shown by Lord Kelvin's incorrect declaration that heavier-than-air flight was impossible.
Arts
fromianVisits
3 months ago

Whale buses, rocket ships and flying cars: The Cartoon Museum looks at yesterday's tomorrow

Cartoonists' historical visions of the future vary from utopian optimism to dystopian warnings, often wrong on specifics but prescient about communication technologies.
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
7 months ago

Sam Altman says he was largely right in predicting how quickly AI would develop - but not how people would react

OpenAI's AI development predictions were accurate, but societal transformation is slower than anticipated, according to CEO Sam Altman.
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