A talk for the American Association of University Women, Minneapolis Branch. http://www.aauwmpls.org/

1. Super Brains!
Science fiction or fact?
John Moravec, PhD
University of Minnesota
moravec@umn.edu

2. Danger!

3. Industrial Thinking

4. Industrial Thinking
John

5. Knowledge
Society

6. ICTs change how we
communicate

7. ICTs change how we
think
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8. ICTs change how we
learn

9. Citizen Scientists
L eapfro g Inst i t u t es

10. L eapfro g Inst i t u t es

11. The future is
already here –
it is just unevenly
distributed.
% of population with access
– William Gibson
Past Future

12. Three Trends
•Accelerating change
•Continuing globalization
•Innovation society fueled by
knowmads

13. Accelerating Change

14. The Technological
Singularity
J
Technological Singularity
Level of Advancement
Time

15. This Means...
•The amount of information available is
doubling at an exponential rate
•The half-life of useable knowledge is
decreasing exponentially

16. Also...
•It’s important that we expand our
capabilities to imagine and create
preferred futures
•We need to explore ways to upgrade
ourselves to adapt to an ever-changing
world

17. Globalization

18. L eapfro g Inst i t u t es

19. Nomads

20. Knowmads

22. Paradigm
Domain 1.0 2.0 3.0
Fundamental Complex creative
Simple Complex
relationships (teleological)
Conceptualization of Intentional, self-
Hierarchic Heterarchic
order organizing
Relationships of parts Mechanical Holographic Synergetic
Worldview Deterministic Indeterminate Design
Causality Linear Mutual Anticausal
Creative
Change process Assembly Morphogenic
destruction
Reality Objective Perspectival Contextual
Place Local Globalizing Globalized

23. the other
Moravec’s
Paradox

24. The mind of a machine

27. Are we getting
smarter?

28. Processing power per kg
Time
Meat

29. Processing power per kg
Time
Meat
Silicon

30. vs.

31. + =?

32. John
Moravec’s
Paradox

33. Get(er)
Smart

34. What...
are relevant skills and
competencies for the 21st century?

35. Formal Non-formal Informal Serendipitous
Invisible Learning

36. Mindware

37. dot nl

38. In lieu of conclusion...

39. We still don’t know
much about the
human brain.

40. What’s next?

41. Transhumans

42. Posthumans

43. Will
humans
dream of
electric
sheep?