The Intelligence Revolution

[Jska]

A pretty awesome watch... for those of you working on future civilizations and concepts, this will give you a good idea of what kind of technology will be possible in your lifetime :) (Mind boggling to think what could happen beyond that!)

From Google Video:
Visions of the Future: The Intelligence Revolution. 1st part of 3 part miniseries on the BBC hosted by Michio Kaku. In this new three-part series, leading theoretical physicist and futurist Dr Michio Kaku explores the cutting edge science of today, tomorrow, and beyond. He argues that humankind is at a turning point in history. In this century, we are going to make the historic transition from the 'Age of Discovery' to the 'Age of Mastery', a period in which we will move from being passive observers of nature to its active choreographers. This will give us not only unparalleled possibilities but also great responsibilities.

Link is here (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=80785608139596344&q=the+intelligence+revolution&ei=epQ3SM2bDKDk4AL5473bAw)

(I couldn't find a good youtube vid)

Apologies if this has been posted already!

[HunterKiller_]

'Age of Mastery'...? Ooh, I dunno, I think we've still got 'Age of Fighting for Crude Oil', and 'Age of Destroying Our Environment' to get through.

[Justin.]

That was awesome! Thanks for sharing! Now we just have to make sure there are great designers in that future to make everything look bad ass...

[0kelvin]

Awesome, thanks!

I definitely recommend Michio Kaku's latest book, Physics of the Impossible. It describes how common science fiction concepts like teleportation or force fields could work (or not work) within the laws of physics as we know them. Super fascinating, and full of all sorts of great ideas.

Edit: The best part of these kinds of movies is that in a decade or two they become even more entertaining when we see how far off the mark they were. In fact, the older they are, the funnier they get.


Eric

[Jska]

I love Michio Kaku :) I've seen him in a few specials, like Stephen Hawking's Universe... maybe a few others. The way he explains things is accessible to most people, which is nice. He seems like a cool guy to hang out with haha.

I'll have to check out that book!

I also like that science fiction has a tendency to almost predict advancements in science, I guess because it states what could (or could not) be possible.

Justin: that's our job as concept artists right? :)

I'm glad you guys like the vid!

[Justin.]

In many cases, sci-fi actually dictates advancements in science/tech... there was a (discovery channel?) docu with William shatner, and a really good segment about how some of the pioneers of the cell-phone industry were inspired by the Star trek communicators. It gave them something to aspire to.

[Jska]

I'll have to look that up... I love Shatner! (And his music albums. They are just... ...indescribable.)

[Earendil]

I read his book "Hyperspace" it was pretty interesting. I like how he classified civilizations into levels. For instance, a civilization which had successfully harnessed the power of the sun for their energy would be a Type 2 or somesuch.

[archipelago]

i love that guy

[yoitisi]

Hmm funny movie, although it didn't show a lot of mindboggling new stuff for me. Also, it's all a bit too happy and positive to actually be true. Haven't heard much of the drawbacks/negative side of all these gadgets in it.

Still, kind of inspiring :)

[Costau D]

Hmm funny movie, although it didn't show a lot of mindboggling new stuff for me. Also, it's all a bit too happy and positive to actually be true. Haven't heard much of the drawbacks/negative side of all these gadgets in it.

Still, kind of inspiring :)

if you want to see where they talk about the negatives. Watch a similar documentary called 2052 that also has the same guy do some commentary on it.

[Brun]

No offence, but even though this all sounds amazing and really could have a great impact on some things in live, it just all sounds like one big brother world in the future... I find it rather scary (though i would love some of the ideas though)

[Blue]

'Age of Mastery'...? Ooh, I dunno, I think we've still got 'Age of Fighting for Crude Oil', and 'Age of Destroying Our Environment' to get through.

No matter what time in human history there will always be war and tyranny. 500 years ago, and 500 years from now... today is not "special"..

This depresses me to say, however. :(

[Izi]

Cool video, but i'll never get into virtual worlds, It's just going deeper into Maya...and she's not really my type....

:geekg:

I'd ditch CA forever for a real commune of artists like this one ;)

[Shmaba]

I honestly don't know what to think of all this. It's all too glorified to take seriously.



I'd ditch CA forever for a real commune of artists like this one ;)

we all know Jason is working on buying San Fran to make it a CA arts community. (...I wish)

[Yng]

I think it's important that people are aware of the things described in this program, so thank you for the link, Jska. I'll be sending it around to my friends.

I'm looking forward to seeing what has happened 20 years from now. I think some people are being a little optimistic, but science keeps surprising us, so lets hope they're right.

[DeadlyFreeze]

ugh second life, I couldn't watch anymore at that point. If second life is any glimpse of the future we are screwed. Unless you happen to be a furry, then things are looking good. :xpld:

[Mr.Delicious]

I just wanna be able to kill myself as a clone, that'd be insane

[Izi]

I honestly don't know what to think of all this. It's all too glorified to take seriously.





we all know Jason is working on buying San Fran to make it a CA arts community. (...I wish)

We can move into the bay with our DEEP industrial designs. :geekg:

[Jska]

Yeah well the Second Life thing kind of... well I'd just say that real human interaction is way better to me, so that part of the vid is kinda weird heh. But you should watch beyond that though, just some interesting ideas.

From an artist's standpoint anyway, the idea that you might influence the future with your imagery and ideas is inspiring...

The idea of completely losing privacy is not something I would enjoy though. But, I can also see future generations somehow caring less and less about that, the more the technology is absorbed into our daily lives. Its like having a myspace only... a hundred times worse :P

[Blue]

I've already pre-ordered my neuro implanted Wacom. Over 1 trillion pressure levels and it comes with a laser. A LASER. Comes with Painter XXVI and the latest Photoshop with 4th Dimension layering and rendering.

Totally worth it imho.

[Helioth]

thanks for posting, interesting watch

[Serpian]

@ Blue: a LASER? for REALS??

[Mon Chat]

Sorry, I missed it... I was too busy being stupid...

great program!, but i think maybe its a little bit like those 1910 predictions... (living on mars yadayada)

believable :)