This week in Business English fluency and speaking classes: The Augmented Era
Maurice Conti explains why he thinks we already are cyborgs and why he believes the next major era in human development is the Augmented Age. He will speak about the future and intuitive inventions of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Listen to his experience, perspective and ideas and see what it stirs up inside of you so we can discuss some of the potential and actual technologies coming our way.
Listen once then again with subtitles if you need and the second time around listen for these key points.
1:33 What’s his argument for us being augmented cyborgs already?
1:56 What type of tools have we been using to date?
3:00 What type of tools do we have now with algorithms?
3:58 What does the drone body look like that was generative designed by computer?
4:45 What does it take for tools to become Intuitive?
6:03 DeepMind / AlphaGo did what?
6:46 What’s the difference of Spock and Kirk?
7:35 What are the positive aspects of his vision of the future?
9:00 Human vs. Robot is good at:
11:30, 12:25 Why does he give the Barbie analogy, what does he want to improve?
14:15 Where does he see us headed and do you agree?
Here’s a hint: Fabricated to Farmed, Constructed to Grown, Isolated to Connected, Extraction to Aggregation, Obedience to Autonomy, More Beauty in the Shape of Things to come.
