The Times they are a Changin'....

[Footy Chick]

Just got this via email , it does make one think....

We live in a Brave New World

Just a few things for us all to ponder, especially the younger ones amongst us

> Did you think back in 1998 that 3 years later you would never take pictures on film again?

> In 1998 Kodak had 170,000 employees and sold 85 % photo paper worldwide. Within just a few years their business model disappeared and they went bankrupt. What happened to Kodak will happen in a lot of industries in the next 10 years and, most people won't see it coming.

> Yet digital cameras were invented in 1975. The first ones only had 10,000 pixels, but followed Moore's law. So as with all exponential technologies, it was a disappointment for a time, before it became way superior and became mainstream in only a few short years. It will now happen again with Artificial Intelligence, health, autonomous and electric cars, education, 3D printing, agriculture and jobs. Welcome to the 4th Industrial Revolution. Welcome to the Exponential Age.

> Software will disrupt most traditional industries in the next 5-10 years.

> Uber is just a software tool, they don't own any cars, and are now the biggest taxi company in the world.

> Airbnb is now the biggest hotel company in the world, although they don't own any properties.

> Artificial Intelligence: Computers become exponentially better in understanding the world. This year, a computer beat the best Go-player in the world, 10 years earlier than expected.

> In the US , young lawyers already don't get jobs. Because of IBM's Watson you can get legal advice (so far for more or less basic stuff) within seconds. With 90% accuracy compared with 70% accuracy when done by humans.

> So if you study law, stop immediately. There will be 90 % less lawyers in the future. Only specialists will remain.

> Watson already helps nurses diagnosing cancer, which is 4 times more accurate than human nurses.

> Facebook now has a pattern recognition software that can recognize faces better than humans. In 2030 computers will become more intelligent than humans. (NEVER says Albert)

> Autonomous cars: In 2018 the first self driving cars will appear for the public. Around 2020 the complete industry will start to be disrupted. You won't want to own a car anymore. You will call a car with your phone, it will show up at your location and drive you to your destination. You will not need to park it, you only pay for the driven distance and can be productive while being driven.

> Our kids will never get a driver's licence and will never own a car.

> It will change the cities, because we will need 90-95% less cars for that. We can transform former parking spaces into parks.

> 1.2 million people die each year in car accidents worldwide. We now have one accident every 60,000 miles ( 100,000 km), with autonomous driving that will drop to 1 accident in 6 million miles (10 million km). That will save a million lives each year.

> Most car companies will probably become bankrupt. Traditional car companies try the evolutionary approach and just build a better car, while tech companies like Tesla, Apple, Google will do the revolutionary approach and build a computer on wheels.

> Many engineers from Volkswagen and Audi are completely terrified of Tesla.

> Insurance companies will have massive trouble because without accidents, the insurance will become 100x cheaper. Their car insurance business model will disappear.

> Real Estate will change. Because if you can work while you commute, people will move further away to live in a more beautiful neighbourhood.

> Electric cars will become mainstream about 2020. Cities will be less noisy because all new cars will run on electricity.

> Electricity will become incredibly cheap and clean. Solar production has been on an exponential curve for 30 years, but you can now see the burgeoning impact.

> Last year, more solar energy was installed worldwide than fossil. Energy companies are desperately trying to limit access to the grid to prevent competition from home solar installations, but that can't last. Technology will take care of that strategy.

> With cheap electricity comes cheap and abundant water. Desalination of salt water now only needs 2k Wh per cubic meter at 0.25 cents). We don't have scarce water in most places, we only have scarce drinking water. Imagine what will be possible if anyone can have as much clean water as he wants, for nearly no cost.

> Health: The Tricorder X price will be announced this year. There are companies who will build a medical device (called the " Tricorder " from Star Trek) that works with your phone, which takes your retina scan, your blood sample and you simply breath into it.

> It then analyses 54 bio-markers that will identify nearly any disease. It will be cheap, so in a few years everyone on this planet will have access to world class medical analysis, nearly for free. Goodbye medical establishments.

> 3 D printing: The price of the cheapest 3D printer came down from $18,000 to $400 within 10 years. In the same time, it became 100 times faster. All major shoe companies have already started 3D printing shoes.

> Some spare airplane parts are already 3D printed in remote airports. The space station now has a printer that eliminates the need for the large amount of spare parts they used to have in the past.

> At the end of this year, new smart phones will have 3D scanning possibilities. You can then 3D scan your feet and print your perfect shoe at home.

> In China they have already 3D printed and built a complete 6 storey office building. By 2027 10% of everything that's being produced will be 3D printed.

> Business Opportunities: If you think of a niche you want to go in, first ask yourself, "In the future, do I think we will have that?" If the answer is yes, how can you make that happen sooner? If it doesn't work with your phone, forget the idea. And any idea designed for success in the 20th century is doomed to failure in the 21st century.

> Work: 70-80 % of jobs will disappear in the next 20 years. There will be a lot of new jobs, but it is not clear if there will be enough new jobs in such a short time. This will require a rethink on wealth distribution.

> Agriculture: There will be a $100 agricultural robot in the future. Farmers in 3rd world countries can then become managers of their field instead of working all day on their fields.

> Aeroponics: Will need much less water. The first Petri dish produced veal, is now available and will be cheaper than cow produced veal in 2018. Right now, 30 % of all agricultural surfaces is used for cows. Imagine if we don't need that space anymore.

> The Times They Are A Changing!

[bennymacca]

Now more than ever it means people and companies have to learn to adapt

Kodak is held up as a classic example of a company that failed because they didnt change with the times. With their brand recognition they easily could have made the switch to digital technologies and still been a market leader - look at canon or sony for example

[The Bedge]

Whilst i tend to agree with a lot of that, i wonder how much is used to create fear of the future, and how much actually will come to fruition.

[HH3]

I got to the lawyer part and stopped.

We will still need lawyers to represent us. Who's gonna get automated legal advice then represent themselves?

Most of the list is a huge guess.

[Footy Chick]

Now more than ever it means people and companies have to learn to adapt

Kodak is held up as a classic example of a company that failed because they didnt change with the times. With their brand recognition they easily could have made the switch to digital technologies and still been a market leader - look at canon or sony for example

Nokia almost another good example of not keeping up with the times...

[Booney]

NZ MP Maurice Williamson does an excellent talk on "The acceleration of world change". I'll see if I can dig it up from my archives. Very interesting.

[Wedgie]

Lost me at "Just"

[heater31]

Phew nothing about the building game......you suckers still need a roof over your head

[bennymacca]

Now more than ever it means people and companies have to learn to adapt

Kodak is held up as a classic example of a company that failed because they didnt change with the times. With their brand recognition they easily could have made the switch to digital technologies and still been a market leader - look at canon or sony for example

Nokia almost another good example of not keeping up with the times...

yep, they doggedly kept going with the dodgy Symbian OS for way too long

[Magellan]

I got to the lawyer part and stopped.

We will still need lawyers to represent us. Who's gonna get automated legal advice then represent themselves?

Spot on.

There's plenty of ways you can find the particular law on a certain topic electronically nowadays, if that's what is considered 'legal advice'. But there's more to it than that. No way can a computer can properly advise on the subjective human aspects in litigation, for example, where there are uniquely human elements such as juries and judges with inherent prejudices and opinions on the evidence that is proved to them in a trial that have to be managed on an evolving, day to day basis.

Clients also want a human to deal with, particularly in sensitive criminal issues. The bedside manner is critical in gaining trust in order to gather evidence, for example.

It'd be nice to think the tortuous process of going to court or making legislation could be efficiently streamlined by technology, and to an extent it can be, but the law is ultimately made by people and not robots.

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Phew nothing about the building game......you suckers still need a roof over your head

Looks like we're rooted getting our gear & deliveries to a site though.

[Q.]

Lol'd at '$100 agricultural robot' for being the most ambiguous statement of the year

[Lightning McQueen]

Soon they'll try and tell us that cigarettes are bad for us.

[HH3]

The 3D printed buildings a bit stupid too.

They still had to put a frame up and assemble it on site. So really, they just 3D printed shit instead of using precast.

The structures are then assembled on-site, complete with steel reinforcements and insulation in order to comply with official building standards.

[HH3]

All this talk of the sci-fi future stuffs made me want to watch Timecop....which is set in 2004 by the way.

[Lightning McQueen]

The 3D printed buildings a bit stupid too.

They still had to put a frame up and assemble it on site. So really, they just 3D printed shit instead of using precast.

The structures are then assembled on-site, complete with steel reinforcements and insulation in order to comply with official building standards.

Dude at work was raving on about some 3D porn that he watched LOL

[HH3]

The 3D printed buildings a bit stupid too.

They still had to put a frame up and assemble it on site. So really, they just 3D printed shit instead of using precast.

The structures are then assembled on-site, complete with steel reinforcements and insulation in order to comply with official building standards.

Dude at work was raving on about some 3D porn that he watched LOL

I've seen VR porn, but it's weird not being able to see if the Mrs is coming down the hallway. You're effectively whipping it while blind and deaf to the real world. Adds a bit of risk though

[bennymacca]

The 3D printed buildings a bit stupid too.

They still had to put a frame up and assemble it on site. So really, they just 3D printed shit instead of using precast.

The structures are then assembled on-site, complete with steel reinforcements and insulation in order to comply with official building standards.

3D Printers will be revolutionary when they are cheap enough that everyone can build them.

Firstly, you wont need to precast anything as you can just do it on site - that saves a lot of money right there.

You also dont need multiple casts - you can build whatever shape you want right then and there. so you can adapt each building to suit the requirements of the block etc.

[Booney]

Here's a little something I 3D printed on our little machine at work. ( Pen for scale )

[Lightning McQueen]

I've seen VR porn, but it's weird not being able to see if the Mrs is coming down the hallway. You're effectively whipping it while blind and deaf to the real world. Adds a bit of risk though

You'll have to be careful that you're not coming down the hallway.