When I was young I was massively into the predictions of Nostradamus. Sadly most of them were shite. I was about 11 or 12 and also loved things like the mysteries of the crystal skulls, yetis, abominable snowmen, ghosts, the occult, and so on. I think it is a phase young atheists go through when…
I am not trying to be controversial or complacent about AI here as I am talking purely from a personal perspective. I have written before about the race for AI supremacy and even how they might be of benefit, but the concern for most people is simply that an Artificial Intelligence will steal their jobs….
Humans Need Not Apply basically states and explains that most jobs will be replaced by technology. It is pretty much inevitable and there is nothing us meat-sack humans can do about it.
The idea the plane boffins have had is to get rid of all the windows and turn the walls into massive screens. This has the benefit of reducing weight (apparently) and making the whole fuselage more structurally sound. Another big benefit is that it looks fucking awesome. Essentially, cameras will film the outside and then project the images on the inside.
Arthur C. Clarke predicted a ton of stuff like satellites, fully immersive VR games, sexily voiced computers and space elevators and and so on.