Artificial Culture
The influence of AI now goes far beyond daily transactions and into the construction of our daily lives and decisions. It is impacting culture. What could this mean for the species’ future?
Category: Augmented Human
A digital multiverse
The metaverse is increasingly becoming a frontier for tech companies to deploy the narrative that suits them. Even as AR and VR tease out the various possibilities, what could it all lead to?
Interfaces : body and beyond
About a year and a half ago, in An Ambient Future, I had written on how our interactions with the internet will move from switching it on (on specific devices) to an always on ambient version powered by objects beyond mobile devices (IoT) and inputs beyond touch. In the last few months, I have seen […]
The immortality of time
Thoughts on immortality and its implications on personal and societal aspects of life have long been a favourite subject here. It has also been an area of interest from a philosophical standpoint. For instance, if we could live forever, what would be the relevance of time? Would our current existential questions be rendered irrelevant? There […]
Natural Law
After a couple of years of Samsung, I bought a Moto X (2nd gen) phone, the Droid Turbo and Nexus 6 also being considerations. In the first few days of use, the automation that Moto’s Assist, Actions and Voice allows has impressed upon me the potential of such technologies and the dependency we could have on them. […]