Let's explore innovations in tech and longevity that prompt interesting questions.
Some scientists recently created a real life version of the animated Pixar lamp, and in doing so, have had to explore the some interesting questions around feelings. Can emotion be programmed? What does it mean to feel something? How do we know if a robot can "feel?" Does it matter if it is actually feeing an emotion or just convincing us that it is? How might this apply to caretaking industries?
A fun sequence of events, I have become part of a creative community for the latest manifestation of Andrew Schwab's heavy metal and hard rock entity formerly known as Project 86, now P86:OMNI.
The OMNI world imagines a centralized technocracy that has solved hunger, conflict, mental distress and energy through a series of technological innovations. Ultimately, OMNI promises a final piece of tech that will circumvent the natural limit on the human condition: mortality.
Now, while these types of societal benefits sound good on the surface, it would not make good music without a bit of tension. Each innovation has a cost, and so we are left to ask what is the price going to be for the ultimate reward?
While this all seems like dystopian sci-fi, these issues are grounded in real events and some manifestations are not to far away. There are strong parallels to the Black Mirror series in this regard.
This series will look at various aspects of the Omniverse and also our real world advances in tech and longevity. These are exciting and scary times and like any good actuary we have to try to distill how these things will shape our future.
