The Smartware Transformation :: UXmatters

Despite our more rapid advances in machine learning, we are still far from developing a species of sentient machines or a confluence of technologies that would let each of us enjoy digital immortality. One of the most advanced artificially intelligent, humanoid robots to date is Hanson Robotics' Sophia, shown in Figure 1, which spoke at the AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, Switzerland in June 2017. While, in recent years, the media have focused largely on computer-related technologies, we are entering what author and futurist Dr. Michio Kaku calls "the golden age of neuroscience." In his Wall Street Journal article on this topic, he acknowledges, "We have learned more about the thinking brain in the past 10 to 15 years than in all of previous human history." Genomics is another example of astonishing scientific advancement.