Science fiction affects popular perceptions of technology, especially when it comes to artificial intelligence. Research shows that attitudes in the west towards a futuristic technology mostly just comes from a few science fiction films. But japan has a very different relationship with robots and i was really curious about how their attitudes have been impacted. Ach pineers often take ideas from science fiction writers, but that their warnings what did you mean by that? I think it's really interesting the disconnect that i found talking to writers and then looking at what is being said in the real business world by business leaders. There is a sense of a kind of warning about the direction under which we're moving as humanity. You know, none of
US financial conditions are near the most accommodative on record even as the Federal Reserve has begun stepping up its exit from coronavirus crisis-era stimulus measures, and soaring US stock markets are masking a strong tide that is pulling down the share prices of hundreds of companies, and the FT’s European technology correspondent, Madhumita Murgia, discusses science fiction’s influence on technology and social attitudes towards technology, particularly artificial intelligence.
US financial conditions remain easy even as Fed pulls back on stimulus
The clips from the Metaverse story were from the 1984 movie The Terminator, the 1968 movie called 2001: A Space Odyssey, and the Japanese cartoon Astro Boy.
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