futurism

A retrospective 1982 piece speculating on the future of programming, reflecting the era's predictions about languages, tools, and software development.

A blog post addressing common misconceptions about abundance, post-scarcity, and UBI, arguing that AI-driven recycling and automation can yield endless services from finite resources, with UBI/UHI serving only as transitional tools during uneven automation rollout.

An opinion essay arguing that AI won't violently destroy humanity but will gradually make humans economically and socially irrelevant, using the 'horse equilibrium' analogy to describe how automation once horses were replaced by automobiles. The author predicts humans will be slowly phased out of work and purpose within 5-10 years as AI enters mobile robotics.

An observation that history constantly speeds up — from geologic time to biological evolution to human technological development — as the meaningful unit of historical time keeps shrinking.

This podcast episode explores the separation of human power and meaning in the era of Recursive Self-Improvement (RSI) and superintelligence, using sci-fi settings such as Warhammer, Stellaris, and Dune to discuss how ordinary people can find meaning and life strategies in the age of AI.

Mark Cuban predicts that human-shaped robots will fail within 5–10 years, advocating for optimally shaped robots for specific environments and redesigned homes around specialized robots.

Elon Musk tweeted that Earth's economy is minuscule compared to a K2 civilization's economy, emphasizing the vast scale of technological advancement.

Jaron Lanier challenges the binary 'doom or utopia' narrative around AI, arguing that the term 'artificial intelligence' is a dangerous misnomer and proposes reframing AI as a collaborative tool for humanity.

This article explores how 1960s science fiction writers predicted the Singularity, revealing eerie similarities to modern AI developments.

Peter Diamandis emphasizes the unprecedented nature of the current moment, urging people to adapt their time and money priorities and avoid being stuck in the past.

A Futurism article reports that 45% of people intentionally add typos to digital text to signal humanity and evade AI detectors, with studies showing such errors boost read rates and trust in corporate emails.