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WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Computer chips have been getting smaller and more powerful for decades – but what if they got bigger instead? …
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Control is an illusion, and historically the smartest species has always wiped out less capable species, so people are worried…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Children love animals, and zoo’s help children bond and empathise with animals, but huge moral questions about keeping animals in…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Genetic engineering is incredibly powerful, it can help cure thousands of uncuttable diseases and wipe out species, and until now…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Humans will increasingly be working with and alongside AI’s – and the military is no exception. Love the Exponential…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Being able to simulate immensely powerful and energetic explosions, from nuclear explosions to exploding stars, is more useful than you…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Legacy technologies are often incompatible with the latest technologies, but now AI’s that can build networks on the fly are…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Being able to accurately model and predict how proteins fold has revolutionary implications for how fast we can create everything…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Security and especially cyber security are all going to need new technologies to keep people and systems safe, and this…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The world is energy hungry, and the lithium-Ion battery, even though it’s more popular than ever, is showing its age….
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF With enough knowledge and the right tools we can arguably solve most problems – including ageing. Love the Exponential…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Our food and the way we produce it is changing – and it’s going to cause a massive societal shift…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF One day digital humans will be as life-like as real humans in the way they act, behave, and talk, this…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The cost of generating electricity from renewable energy sources is approaching zero, and fossil fuels can’t compete as they face…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Noone would take one of today’s robots for a human, so Disney’s development teams have been zeroing in on the…
THE FUTURE OF HEALTH AND WELLBEING We already have the technology to extend the human life span beyond 100 years and democratise healthcare in…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As Artificial Intelligence improves it’s going to be increasingly difficult to distinguish human made content from machine generated, or “fake”…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Early Moon colonists will need connectivity too, as well as their daily dose of internet cat sattire. Love the…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Human gamers have to be able to think on their feet to overcome the odds, and now the US military…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Training soldiers and individuals faster gives countries an advantage in business and on the battlefield, and they’re using sci-fi like…
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