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Extinction
At a museum: “Look, honey,” “This is what men and women looked like in ancient times.” “What happened to them?”, a mechanical child asks its mechanical mother.
By Alexandra Grantabout 18 hours ago in Futurism
Will AI be able to achieve self-awareness?
Artificial intelligence can be described as the creation of systems that are not human but have cognitive abilities similar to those of people, such as the use of language, perception and the ability to make decisions. This represents a very ambitious goal and raises extremely challenging questions about the essence of the human mind and its connection to the brain. Despite these challenges, it is a project that has clear and precise objectives, so it is possible to measure its progress and understand how far it is to reach those goals. At present, artificial intelligence is quite limited compared to human intelligence, but the achievements in certain fields are impressive. The extrapolation of these achievements indicates that the creation of systems with abilities equal to or superior to those of humans is only a matter of time.
By Ninfa Galeanoa day ago in Futurism
The Will of Life
While words are not all power+full, they can certainly exert much power. The stories we tell, often become the stories we live.
By We the PPUL8 days ago in Futurism
The Era of Agentic AI
For the past three years, we’ve been smitten with "prompt engineering." We’ve interacted with AI as we would an oracle in an "answer cave": we came before its text box, articulated a question thoughtfully, and then waited for an answer. However, as we find ourselves in 2026, so is the passing of the era of "static prompts." We are now in the "Age of Agentic AI."
By Artical Media24 days ago in Futurism
Star Crash
Star Crash is a wonky, bottom-feeder Star Wars rip-off from 1978, with an ensemble cast of cult movie icons, including Marjoe “Mausoleum” Gortner, Caroline Munro, Joe “Maniac” Spinell, Christopher Plummer, and—by God—the Hoff himself, David Hasselhoff, pre-"Knight Rider," pre-"Baywatch," but still every bit the sexy-bad muthafucka.
By Tom Baker2 months ago in Futurism
The Next Decade of Tech: What Will the World Look Like in 2035?
Introduction: Standing at the Edge of a Technological Turning Point Every decade brings innovation, but some decades reshape civilization itself. The period between now and 2035 is poised to be one of those defining eras. We are no longer talking about faster smartphones or smarter apps—we are talking about a world where technology becomes ambient, predictive, and deeply personal.
By noor ul amin2 months ago in Futurism
Blade Runner . Top Story - December 2025.
These days, androids might very well dream of electric sheep. In 1982, not so much. Blade Runner takes place six years in our past, as per the present timeline. Other timelines, we don't know. Perhaps there, Replicants rule the lives of meat sacks, and the Imperial Skinjobs are all as beautiful as Rutger Hauer or Daryl Hannah are in Blade Runner.
By Tom Baker2 months ago in Futurism
Star Trek: "The Tholian Web"
The Tholian Web is one of those classic episodes of TOS that transcend television. The ghostly image of a Kirk (William Shatner) caught between dimensions, waiting breathlessly (at the end literally so) for the transporter to beam him back to the ship, while the Tholian ship weaves a “Web” around the Enterprise, stranded in space as it is due to the fear of “disrupting” the dimensional shift, is one that sticks with the viewer like a good, heady shot of Saurian brandy. Oh, with such bold and breathtaking adventure awaiting, what’s an old spacer to do?
By Tom Baker2 months ago in Futurism
Power On!
"The world is in transition! When I am finished, it will be a model of mechanical perfection!" —Lord Dread Note: The fanfic is strong with this one.
By Tom Baker3 months ago in Futurism
Is AI Ruining Music?
In the last few weeks, a quiet revolution has been taking shape in the music world. More songs than ever are no longer written by human hands but generated entirely by artificial intelligence. A new report shows that nearly a third of daily music uploads on streaming platforms are AI-created, and most listeners cannot tell the difference. At the same time, the UK music industry reached a record contribution of eight billion pounds to the economy in 2025, but this growth is under pressure. The rise of AI in music is exciting, controversial, and full of challenges for musicians, producers, and listeners alike.
By Test3 months ago in Futurism
Tarot of The Holy Mountain (Part 1)
All pathways lead to the gate of initiation, at the foot of the Holy Mountain, the great, towering pinnacle of our hopes, dreams, and fears.
By Tom Baker3 months ago in Futurism
Wizards
Wizards is an animated film that is as old as I am. Mark Hamil lends his vocal skills, along with Richard Romanus, who was also in Heavy Metal (1981) as well as in Martin Scorcese's iconic American gangster pic Mean Streets *(1973), alongside Robert Deniro and Harvey Keitel. Before he died, Romanus, in other words, was in some classic films. Wizards is one of them, although we don't say it isn't a troubled ordeal fitting that term "classic" to it. Here's why.
By Tom Baker3 months ago in Futurism