Future is now
A collection about headlines, insights and stories than seem futuristic, but actually happening today. Follow along to get notified when they have new links.
Collection by Leo Lambertini
Top 10
Opinion | Twelve Million Phones, One Dataset, Zero Privacy
19m read · Paywall possible · 468 saves · 12/19/19 · What we learned from the spy in your pocket.
We’re not prepared for the end of Moore’s Law
7m read · 389 saves · Feb 24 · It has fueled prosperity of the last 50 years. But the end is now in sight.
35 years ago, Isaac Asimov was asked by the Star to predict the…
12m read · 338 saves · 12/27/18 · The famed science fiction writer was wrong about a world government, but pretty close on robots. On computers, though ...
The new dot com bubble is here: it’s called online advertising
21m read · Paywall possible · 307 saves · 11/06/19 · In 2018 $273bn was spent on digital ads globally. We delve into the world of clicks, banners and keywords to…
Facebook's '10 Year Challenge' Is Just a Harmless Meme—Right?
7m read · Paywall possible · 252 saves · 01/15/19 · Opinion: The 2009 vs. 2019 profile picture trend may or may not have been a data collection ruse to train…
Forget about artificial intelligence, extended intelligence is the future
4m read · 245 saves · 04/24/19 · We should challenge the cult of Singularity. AI won't take over the world
100,000 AI-Generated Faces
226 saves · 09/18/19 · Explore our free resource of 100k high-quality faces, each entirely generated by AI. Use them in your projects, mockups, or…
The Coders Programming Themselves Out of a Job
27m read · Paywall possible · 180 saves · 10/02/18 · Brian Merchant · When workers automate their own duties, who should reap the benefits?
Will Artificial Intelligence Enhance or Hack Humanity?
42m read · Paywall possible · 177 saves · 04/28/19 · Historian Yuval Noah Harari and computer scientist Fei-Fei Li discuss the promise and perils of the transformative technology with WIRED…