Technology is
determining our future
Paul Epping, Chapter lead
March 15th
Chapter SU Dubai presentation
Who or what will be
thinking for me?
#SUChapterDubai
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When you change the
way you look at things,
the things you look at
will change
Wayne Dyre
Driver of exponential
growth of
technology
Geological
Clock
6
12
3
1
9
2
Proterozoic
? Multicellar
Animals
Landplants
Mammals
Humans
4.5 billion years
First tools
Extermination of big mammals
On the move
Extension of our stomach
Fire
The last 10 seconds
14
Exponential technological growth
at reduced cost for performance
Bandwidth
Storage Cost
Computing Cost
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
$	per	gB	per	Sec.
$	per	1M	transistors
$	per	gB
1992 Today
$
Time
Video conferencing
Digital camera
GPS
Scanning
Calculator
Cloud storage
Digital dictaphone
Music player
Video player
Etc.
Software solutions for free
A gap that we usually don’t conceive as a gap
Examples of exponential technologies
Cognitivecomputing Nano technology Digital biology Genomics
Energy
3D printing
Digitization
Robotics
The law of acceleration returns will be seen at the intersections of exponential technologies
Credit: Frank Diana
Intersections
Effect that we see, experience
All technology that will digitize, add information to itDigitize
1
Stages of innovation to understand that disruption is just one phase
The 6 D’s according to P. Diamandis
In the early stage small doublings => once it hits the knee
you’re 10 doublings away from a thousand, twenty doublings to
reach a million; thirty doublings to get to a billion
Deceptive
2
Any innovation that creates a new market and disrupts an
existing one
Disruptive
3
You don’t have separated solutions (flashlight, GPS or
camera,….) Instead => apps on your smartphone
Dematerializatio
n
5
You can reach very quickly very large groups of peopleDemocratization
6
An existing product or service will available for free or way
cheaper (Uber, Airbnb, FB, Skype, Whatsapp, etc)
Demonetizatio
n
4
ReshapedourworldRevolutionizeour
world
Examples of results
on the intersections
Bob Radocy at Cybathlon
Ultrasound in your pocket
Philips Minicare
Develop and demonstratehow humanscan collaborate with powerful AI
technologies to tackle the world’s grand challenges
xPrize: 21 medical conditions (10 required, 5 elective) including diabetes
anemia, sleep apnea, atrial fibrillation, RR (should weight < 5 pounds)
Mercy Virtual
36
Safe	watch	(2006);	Telestroke;	Virtual	Hospitalists;	Home	Monitoring	(3800	patients)
A look inside
24/7 Connectivity: The Internet of Medical Things
38
Always-on	personalized	connected	health	services	at	the	point	of	care
Population health management
Perceived Benefits and Negative Consequences of 12 Emerging Technologies (WEF’17)
75 % will affect
HC!
Now Tomorrow
Interne
t
Now we can make the “math”
ourselves
Artificial intelligence
The neocortex as differentiator
100 million modules built for pattern recognition
Dendrites generate nearly 10 times more electrochemical spikes than neuron
cell bodies
Computational power
bigger than thought
AI start ups in the US, 2016 =>160
Since 2012 => 648
Smoldering fires underground
Three forms of Artificial Intelligence
1. Artificial Narrow Intelligence
2. Artificial General Intelligence
3. Artificial Super Intelligence
These three
are often
lumped
together as
AI
This
confuses
the
discussion
about AI
Professor Stephen Hawking (Photo Credit: NASA/Paul Alers)
www.gizmag.com
Our brains are getting augmented, but socially we
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Steve Jobs and Bill Gates 1991
By 2030-2050 millions of
people could become
augmented geniuses, and
what could they create?
Do “they” really understand….??
Brains are in!Our future Hybrid Synthetic
Brain?
AI will dominate us… and now?
R
L
Merge typical human values
like love, liberty, democracy,
compassion, tolerance
with AI.
This inheritance will be an
opportunity for a better world.
Asilomar AI principles
Research
Issues
Goal
Funding
Culture
Race
avoidance
Science
Politics
link
Non-
subversion
Ethics &
Values
AI Arms
race
Shared
prosperity
Liberty &
Privacy
Human
values
Responsi
bility
Safety
Human
control
Shared
benefit
Personal
privacy
Value
alignment
Judicial
transpare
ncy
Failure
transpare
ncy
Longer term
Issues
Recursive
Self-
improvem
ent
Common
good
Risks
Import
ance
Capability
caution
Singularity?
Singularity?
The 6 Epochs:
Evolution works through
indirection: it creates a
capability and then uses
that capability to evolve
the next stage.
16-03-17 63
My key learnings
• Change yourself or you will be changed
• Exponential growth of technology will force us to change gears
• Unprecedented confluence of disruptive technologies (synthetic biology, AI, nano, sensors, robots,
etc.) will improve our physical health
• Machines will surpass human intelligence soon and cross an irreversible point
• No future for diseases: genomics – nano - AI- digital biology
• Merging human values with AI for co-existential sustainability
• Lost of millions of jobs < 10 years, but are we ready to focus on opportunities (education)?
• By 2020 we have 2 billion new minds joining the internet, 2 billion inventors…
• Many organizations build their strategies on linear foundations whereas the exponential world is
around the corner. New business models are needed
• There will be a world of abundance, but who will benefit from that?
• Technology encourages superficiality (millenniums)
Influential books (must reads … if you have time)
In the end it’s all about ideas
……. let ideas meet each other
.Thank
You
.
© 2017 Singularity University
Paul Epping
PaulEpping
PaulEpping

15/3 -17 impact exponential technologies

  • 1.
    Technology is determining ourfuture Paul Epping, Chapter lead March 15th Chapter SU Dubai presentation
  • 2.
    Who or whatwill be thinking for me? #SUChapterDubai
  • 5.
  • 8.
    When you changethe way you look at things, the things you look at will change Wayne Dyre
  • 9.
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  • 12.
    Extermination of bigmammals On the move Extension of our stomach Fire
  • 13.
    The last 10seconds
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  • 15.
    Exponential technological growth atreduced cost for performance Bandwidth Storage Cost Computing Cost 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 $ per gB per Sec. $ per 1M transistors $ per gB 1992 Today $ Time Video conferencing Digital camera GPS Scanning Calculator Cloud storage Digital dictaphone Music player Video player Etc. Software solutions for free
  • 16.
    A gap thatwe usually don’t conceive as a gap
  • 17.
    Examples of exponentialtechnologies Cognitivecomputing Nano technology Digital biology Genomics Energy 3D printing Digitization Robotics
  • 18.
    The law ofacceleration returns will be seen at the intersections of exponential technologies
  • 19.
  • 20.
    Effect that wesee, experience All technology that will digitize, add information to itDigitize 1 Stages of innovation to understand that disruption is just one phase The 6 D’s according to P. Diamandis In the early stage small doublings => once it hits the knee you’re 10 doublings away from a thousand, twenty doublings to reach a million; thirty doublings to get to a billion Deceptive 2 Any innovation that creates a new market and disrupts an existing one Disruptive 3 You don’t have separated solutions (flashlight, GPS or camera,….) Instead => apps on your smartphone Dematerializatio n 5 You can reach very quickly very large groups of peopleDemocratization 6 An existing product or service will available for free or way cheaper (Uber, Airbnb, FB, Skype, Whatsapp, etc) Demonetizatio n 4 ReshapedourworldRevolutionizeour world
  • 21.
    Examples of results onthe intersections
  • 29.
    Bob Radocy atCybathlon
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  • 33.
  • 34.
    Develop and demonstratehowhumanscan collaborate with powerful AI technologies to tackle the world’s grand challenges
  • 35.
    xPrize: 21 medicalconditions (10 required, 5 elective) including diabetes anemia, sleep apnea, atrial fibrillation, RR (should weight < 5 pounds)
  • 36.
  • 37.
  • 38.
    24/7 Connectivity: TheInternet of Medical Things 38 Always-on personalized connected health services at the point of care Population health management
  • 39.
    Perceived Benefits andNegative Consequences of 12 Emerging Technologies (WEF’17) 75 % will affect HC!
  • 40.
    Now Tomorrow Interne t Now wecan make the “math” ourselves
  • 41.
  • 42.
    The neocortex asdifferentiator 100 million modules built for pattern recognition
  • 43.
    Dendrites generate nearly10 times more electrochemical spikes than neuron cell bodies Computational power bigger than thought
  • 45.
    AI start upsin the US, 2016 =>160 Since 2012 => 648
  • 47.
  • 48.
    Three forms ofArtificial Intelligence 1. Artificial Narrow Intelligence 2. Artificial General Intelligence 3. Artificial Super Intelligence These three are often lumped together as AI This confuses the discussion about AI
  • 49.
    Professor Stephen Hawking(Photo Credit: NASA/Paul Alers) www.gizmag.com
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  • 53.
    Steve Jobs andBill Gates 1991 By 2030-2050 millions of people could become augmented geniuses, and what could they create?
  • 56.
    Do “they” reallyunderstand….??
  • 58.
    Brains are in!Ourfuture Hybrid Synthetic Brain?
  • 59.
    AI will dominateus… and now? R L Merge typical human values like love, liberty, democracy, compassion, tolerance with AI. This inheritance will be an opportunity for a better world.
  • 60.
    Asilomar AI principles Research Issues Goal Funding Culture Race avoidance Science Politics link Non- subversion Ethics& Values AI Arms race Shared prosperity Liberty & Privacy Human values Responsi bility Safety Human control Shared benefit Personal privacy Value alignment Judicial transpare ncy Failure transpare ncy Longer term Issues Recursive Self- improvem ent Common good Risks Import ance Capability caution
  • 61.
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    The 6 Epochs: Evolutionworks through indirection: it creates a capability and then uses that capability to evolve the next stage. 16-03-17 63
  • 64.
    My key learnings •Change yourself or you will be changed • Exponential growth of technology will force us to change gears • Unprecedented confluence of disruptive technologies (synthetic biology, AI, nano, sensors, robots, etc.) will improve our physical health • Machines will surpass human intelligence soon and cross an irreversible point • No future for diseases: genomics – nano - AI- digital biology • Merging human values with AI for co-existential sustainability • Lost of millions of jobs < 10 years, but are we ready to focus on opportunities (education)? • By 2020 we have 2 billion new minds joining the internet, 2 billion inventors… • Many organizations build their strategies on linear foundations whereas the exponential world is around the corner. New business models are needed • There will be a world of abundance, but who will benefit from that? • Technology encourages superficiality (millenniums)
  • 65.
    Influential books (mustreads … if you have time)
  • 66.
    In the endit’s all about ideas ……. let ideas meet each other
  • 67.
    .Thank You . © 2017 SingularityUniversity Paul Epping PaulEpping PaulEpping