“Rational thoughts never drive people’s creativity the way emotions do.”–Neil deGrasse Tyson This special edition of the Seeking Delphi™ podcast provides a summary overview of the first Emotion AI Summit, conducted by Affectiva, Inc.. at the MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA, on September 13, 2017. Interviews with participants were recorded on site, ...…

“If pregnancy were a book, they’d cut the last two chapters.”–Nora Ephron It seems that every other person is wearing a fitness tracker these days. I am one of them. But wearable bio-medical devices aren’t just for normal activity. They are being developed, marketed, and used to monitor a variety of health conditions, seemingly for just about e ...…

“Space exploration is a force of nature unto itself that no other force in society can rival.”–Neil deGrasse Tyson http://www.anderetoons.com After exploring the health of the planet and it’s people on day 1, The Association of Professional Futurists turned toward the heavens on day 2. Recorded live at the Boeing Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA, ...…

“Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.”–Albert Schweitzer http://www.andertoons.com Today’s sessions at the Association of Professional Futurist’s annual meeting in Seattle, Washington, consisted of morning sessions on efforts to improve human health in the third world. It included talks from Brian Arbogast of the Bill an ...…

http://www.andertoons.com The most common question that I get asked, when I tell somebody I’m a futurist, is “what is a futurist?” From now on, I’ll tell them to listen to this podcast. From the Association of Professional Futurists annual meeting, Seattle, Washington, July 27, 2017. A reminder that Seeking Delphi is available on iTunes, Player ...…

“The real problem is not whether machines think, but whether men do.”–B.F. Skinner http://www.andertoons.com Researchers at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada have unveiled an ambitious project. They are attempting to develop a 3D printer that can make copies of itself. A replicating machine. Why would anyone do something like that? In a wor ...…

“All cities are mad, but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful, but the beauty is grim.”–Christopher Morley A Jetsons future? Where will you live in 2050? What will the cities of the future look like? Tomorrowland? The Jetsons? Waterworld? Maybe they will look pretty much the same, but feel very much different. To sort out some of th ...…

“Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you.”–Roger Ebert In episode #11, futurist Ian Pearson spoke to his assertion that artificial intelligence will create jobs. One of the main reasons for this, he believes, will be the need to provide an emotional human interface between A.I. and its intended beneficiaries, be ...…

“By far, the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it.”–Eliezer Yudkowsky One of the hottest topics in foresight today is artificial intelligence. And while many of the most visible forward thinkers have been stressing over potential existential threats to all of humanity, there is a m ...…

“Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.”–Charlie Chaplin http://www.savagechickens.com How wrong could Charlie Chaplin have been, over 100 years ago, when he made that statement? He was in the nascent stages of a film career that would make him one of the most iconic figures in the history of cinematic arts. Yet, ...…