The Future is Now!

With the filming of the 4th Terminator film going on right now, I thought it was about time to bring up the fact that we are living in the very early stages of a future where a Skynet like wireless information system exists, robots are waging war, artificial intelligence is making decisions and suggestions for humans, robots are doing every day choirs, the information cloud is taking shape, and so on.

Google is in the midst of building the largest wireless network in the world. They are opening another main campus in NYC where they will start this expansion. With their interest in the 700 Mhx auction by the FCC a few months ago, and their stipulations of an open network being established with the spectrum, it is only a matter of time before the company does establish their own open wireless broadband speed network. They are in the business of advertising and search, the more people that are online the more money they make. So offering free internet service to *everyone* would only mean more money for them. Freaking awesome news for everyone involved. Once this wireless Skynet is operational there will be nowhere that the worlds information, communication, and whatever other wonders the internet has in store for us, will be inaccessible. Once you can access the internet anywhere you can access tech and software that can potentially turn your lights on before you get home, check surveillance cameras anywhere in the world, start the oven and check the fridge for certain ingredients, send messages to anyone anywhere who can than read and respond instantly since they also have unlimited internet access, check Wikipedia or Google for anything possible, there will be no more lapses in memory or intelligence because all the world information is in your pocket. The possibilities are unlimited.

Japan is the leader in robotic development world wide. They have robots that make facial expressions, do every day choirs, act like animals, instruct mall goers on where certain stores are and so much more. By 2010 they claim they will have robots as janitors, child care, and security. By 2020 they want robots to be every day companions of humans. They are also going to be the first nation in the world with an official robotics ministry. While America attempts to design AI for military reasons, Japan has no military and is interested in creating these machines as human counterparts. Once robots are widely accepted as capable of doing menial jobs that many people don't even want to do we will have either a great opportunity or a great disaster. With robots doing the tough tasks we as a civilization can advance and start putting our effort in to peace, technology, art, intelligence, philosophy, and other noble endeavors, or we can slip in to poverty, despair, war and mistrust of each other. It is only a matter of time now before robots become part of every day life.

We have to adapt and be aware of the kinds of changes that are going to be caused by this invasion of artificial intelligence. We should not fear it, we should not blame it for any change that happens due to it's inception. Get ready because the future is now.

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5:55 PM
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Could you imagine if Google wanted to be on NASA property because they had plans of launching a satellite in to orbit?! The world is a crazy place.