Tag Archives: Artificial Consciousness

Priorities for 2025 and beyond

Posted on 19 December, 2024 by David Wood

Dear Futurists, What should we do less in 2025, to allow ourselves more time and energy to increase our focus on other matters that we decide deserve more of our attention? Here, by the word “we”, I mean each of … Continue reading →

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AI needs philosophy

Posted on 6 February, 2024 by David Wood

Dear Futurists, To help us with AI, we need philosophy. That was one of the conclusions that emerged, time and again, during discussions at TransVision 2024 in Utrecht just over two weeks ago. To be clear, attendees did not expect … Continue reading →

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Anticipating combinations

Posted on 22 February, 2021 by David Wood

Dear Futurists, The future isn’t the outcome of a single trend, working in isolation. The biggest changes often occur when multiple trends combine, altering each other in the process. Consider how the spread of the COVID pandemic has led to … Continue reading →

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Shocking ideas: implants, money, consciousness…

Posted on 5 February, 2021 by David Wood

Dear Futurists I don’t write in order to shock. But I expect that at least one – maybe more – of the news items below may provoke some visceral reactions. We all have our intuitions about what sorts of ideas … Continue reading →

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