… continue into post-pandemic recovery efforts and has created a huge demand for advanced analytics, predictive modeling, and machine learning.

With much of our attention focused the rise of advanced artificial intelligence, few consider the potential for radically amplified human intelligence (IA). It's an open question as to which will come first, but a technologically boosted brain could be just as powerful -- and just as dangerous – as AI. What will happen in the days after the birth of the first true artificial intelligence? As a species, we've been amplifying our brains for millennia. Or at least we've tried to.

We live in an era of accelerating change, when scientific and technological advancements are arriving rapidly. As a result, we are developing a new language to describe our civilization as it evolves. Here are 20 terms and concepts that you'll need to navigate our future. Back in 2007 I put together a list of terms every self-respecting futurist should be familiar with. I reached out to several futurists, asking them which terms or phrases have emerged or gained relevance since that time. These forward-looking thinkers provided me with some fascinating and provocative suggestions -- some familiar to me, others completely new, and some a refinement of earlier conceptions.

With much of our attention focused the rise of advanced artificial intelligence, few consider the potential for radically amplified human intelligence (IA). It's an open question as to which will come first, but a technologically boosted brain could be just as powerful -- and just as dangerous – as AI. As a species, we've been amplifying our brains for millennia. Or at least we've tried to. Looking to overcome our cognitive limitations, humans have employed everything from writing, language, and meditative techniques straight through to today's nootropics.

With much of our attention focused the rise of advanced artificial intelligence, few consider the potential for radically amplified human intelligence (IA). It's an open question as to which will come first, but a technologically boosted brain could be just as powerful -- and just as dangerous – as AI. What will happen in the days after the birth of the first true artificial intelligence? As a species, we've been amplifying our brains for millennia. Or at least we've tried to.