What if your co-worker or boss is a robot? No, this isn’t the premise for a dated sci-fi flick, it’s actually happening. A New York Times piece explains how robotics are used to ‘beam’ corporate heads to meetings halfway across the world in a process called ‘telepresence’. And yes, it is scary.
The New York Times seems to be having a field day with predictions and cutting-edge technology reports. Another article documents the shrinking size of the microprocessor—the future of computing, the article reads, is invisible. Technology and computers will, in the near future, be imbedded in everyday objects. So robots and invisible computers—it’s a sci-fi pulp writer’s wet dream.