SINGULARITY-PROOF
YOURSELF
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2029
2030s
2045
– Turing Test
– Connected
Neocortex
– Superintelligence
Ray Kurzweil
Futurist
2029
2030s
2045
– Turing Test
– Connected
Neocortex
– Superintelligence
11 years
12-21 years
27 years
DOOM && GLOOM
“Goodbye, anthill.”
“An immortal dictator from
which we can never escape"
“We’re summoning the demon.”
Does machine
SUPERINTELLIGENCE
equal human
OBSOLESCENCE?
For now, we are in control
“I’m
sorry,
I didn’t
get that.”
AI will take over incrementally
1. Mundane/repetitive basic tasks
1. Mundane/repetitive basic tasks
2. Physically difficult/strenuous/intricate tasks
Media by Grendelkhan.
da Vinci Surgery
1. Mundane/repetitive basic tasks
2. Physically difficult/strenuous/intricate tasks
3. Data-driven decisions about us and our world
MIT Technology
Review
Geek.com
Welcome our AI overlords
1. Mundane/repetitive basic tasks
2. Physically difficult/strenuous/intricate tasks
3. Data-driven decisions about us and our world
4. Everything else
So what’s left
for us?
THEN:
What can
machines do
that we can’t?
NOW:
What can we do
that machines
can’t?
What’s the human niche?
What’s
the
human
niche?
“as intelligent” !=
“intelligent in
the same ways”
DOOM && GLOOM
Utopian Singularity
Harmonious,
peaceful
coexistence
Anger, Jealousy, Greed
are human flaws
AI could
save us
from
ourselves
Singularity
minus one day
Three classes of top-tier Beings
Operate and
optimize our
world(s)
Jobs that use
big data +
compassion
Preserving
creativity
and compassion
2030s
Art by Martin420
Connecting and Assimilating
Discover the impact of
human-machine fusion
Big advancements
Majority of the world
online in virtuality
2030s Emerging Careers
• AI Assimilator
• AI Navigator
• Bioenhancement
Counsellor
• Memory Digitizer
• Digital Identity
Designer
• Digital Avatar Publicist
• Virtual Sherpa
• Compassion Coach
• Recentralization
Specialist
2020s
All careers are
tech careers!
DECENTRALIZATION
QUANTUM
COMPUTING
MIXED REALITY
Emerging Careers 2020
More Technical
• Blockchain developer
• Virtual architect
• Portal coordinator
• Quantum programmer
• Blockchain & quantum
dev tool developers
• AI developer
• Haptic engineer
Less Technical
• Decentralization
strategist
• Cryptography advisors
• World designer
• Conversation designer
• Hologram sculptor
• Cyber ethicist
• Bias detective
Skills to Learn Now
More Code
• Decentralization tech
• Ethereum, Quorum, IOTA,
Hyperledger
• Quantum programming
• Q#
• V/A/MR dev
• Unity, C#, Unreal, WebVR
• AI, ML, DL
Less Code
• Assessing (de)centralization
• Designing for immersion
• Designing for conversation &
storytelling
• Ethical analysis
• Identifying and removing
bias
#1 important skill of the
future:
adaptability
65% of
today’s
preschool
kids will
have careers
that don’t
exist yet
Those careers
will require
fundamentally
different
skills
We can no longer afford to be
temporary learners
involve
yourself
Ethics
Regulation
Availability
Diverse perspectives
We’ll have
no one to blame
but ourselves.
Sophia, Hanson Robotics Ltd., speaking at
the AI for GOOD Global Summit, ITU,
Geneva, Switzerland
Be ethical
Be involved
Be human
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