Exploring AI's impact on humanity: A conversation with author, philosopher, and futurist Gary F. Bengier
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Predicting the Future of Technology and Fiction Writing
The speaker's 30-year career in Silicon Valley gave insights into various technologies and how they might converge over the next century. The speaker believes many science fiction writers get the future wrong due to their limited exposure to technology. Predicting the future accurately is difficult as seen in the unpredictable events like the invasion of Ukraine. While it's hard to predict short-term AI and LLM advancements, the speaker is confident in making informed long-term technological trend predictions. This confidence led the speaker to place their book in the 'near future' of 2161, aiming to shed light on the major challenges for humankind in the next century and beyond.
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