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2 ¿Qué es el futuro? ¡El futuro ya no es lo que era antes! Mafalda

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4 Carl Sagan: The Cosmic Calendar

5 Sir Arthur C. Clarke in Sri LankaSociedad Mundial del Futuro VENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro Sir Arthur C. Clarke in Sri Lanka

6 Las 3 Leyes de Arthur C. ClarkeSociedad Mundial del Futuro VENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro Las 3 Leyes de Arthur C. Clarke Primera Ley: Cuando un científico famoso dice que algo es posible, probablemente tiene razón. Pero cuando dice que es imposible, probablemente está equivocado. Segunda Ley: La única manera de conocer los límites de lo posible es aventurarse más allá de ellos y llegar hasta lo imposible. Tercera Ley: Cualquier tecnología suficiente- mente avanzada no se diferencia de la magia.

7 NBIC (Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno)Sociedad Mundial del Futuro VENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro NBIC (Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno) National Science Foundation Department of Commerce

8 Technological Convergence: NBICSociedad Mundial del Futuro VENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro Technological Convergence: NBIC Atoms Cells Bio Nano NBIC Cogno Info Bits Neurones

9 Gordon Moore (Co-founder of Intel)Sociedad Mundial del Futuro VENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro Moore’s Law (1965) Gordon Moore (Co-founder of Intel)              

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11 Accelerating towards a “Singularity”Sociedad Mundial del Futuro VENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro Accelerating towards a “Singularity”

12 Sociedad Mundial del FuturoVENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro Nano (NBIC)

13 Nanotechnology www.nano.govSociedad Mundial del Futuro VENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro Nanotechnology

14 Sociedad Mundial del FuturoVENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro Bio (NBIC)

15 Sociedad Mundial del FuturoVENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro The glow-fish

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17 Dolly: the clone José Luis Cordeiro Sociedad Mundial del FuturoVENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro Dolly: the clone

18 Singapore: 2010 José Luis Cordeiro Sociedad Mundial del FuturoVENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro Singapore: 2010

19 Sociedad Mundial del FuturoVENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro Russia: ???

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21 Guru Cordeiro meditating in India (Hinduism) and Sri Lanka (Buddhism)

22 The attack of the clonesSociedad Mundial del Futuro VENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro The attack of the clones

23 Sociedad Mundial del FuturoVENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro Info (NBIC)

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25 The laws of “Knowledge”Sociedad Mundial del Futuro VENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro The laws of “Knowledge” Nodes (N) Metcalfe (N x N) Reed (exp.N)

26 MIT: $100 Laptop

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30 Sociedad Mundial del FuturoVENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro Cogno (NBIC)

31 Riken Brain Institute www.brain.riken.go.jp

32 Riken Brain Institute www.brain.riken.go.jp

33 Paul Allen: www.BrainAtlas.orgSociedad Mundial del Futuro VENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro Paul Allen:

34 What is a brain? 1 brain 1011 neurones 1014 synapsis 1017 computationsSociedad Mundial del Futuro VENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro What is a brain? 1 brain 1011 neurones 1014 synapsis 1017 computations (per second) And the mind? And the spirit? And the soul?

35 Ray Kurzweil (MIT): The Singularity is NearSingularity.com Bill Gates

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39 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (Jesuit, 1881-1955)Sociedad Mundial del Futuro VENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (Jesuit, ) Geosphere (physics), Biosphere (biology), Noosphere (memetics)

40 Humans and machines! Humans or machines?Sociedad Mundial del Futuro VENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro Humans and machines! Humans or machines?

41 Human technology and technological humansSociedad Mundial del Futuro VENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro Human technology and technological humans Virtual reality Computer minds Computer Gods Simulations

42 Sociedad Mundial del FuturoVENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro Marvin Minsky (MIT) Will robots inherit the earth? Yes, but they will be our children!

43 Sociedad Mundial del FuturoVENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro Bart Kosko: Biology is not destiny. It was never more than tendency. It was just nature's first quick and dirty way to compute with meat. Chips are destiny.

44 Kevin Warwick: I, Cyborg www.KevinWarwick.orgSociedad Mundial del Futuro VENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro Kevin Warwick: I, Cyborg

45 Brain implants: Cyberkinetics Inc.Sociedad Mundial del Futuro VENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro Brain implants: Cyberkinetics Inc.

46 Sony: AIBO www.aibo.com José Luis Cordeiro Sociedad Mundial del FuturoVENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro Sony: AIBO

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48 Transhumanism www.TransHumanism.orgSociedad Mundial del Futuro VENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro Transhumanism Are humans also trans-monkeys?

49 Transhumanism, yes, but carefullySociedad Mundial del Futuro VENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro Transhumanism, yes, but carefully

50 Superman? Christopher Reeve

51 Stephen Hawking José Luis Cordeiro Sociedad Mundial del FuturoVENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro Stephen Hawking

52 Michael J. Fox: Back to the FutureSociedad Mundial del Futuro VENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro Michael J. Fox: Back to the Future

53 Ronald Reagan: Alzheimer’sSociedad Mundial del Futuro VENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro Ronald Reagan: Alzheimer’s

54 Virus, bacteria, plants, animals, humans, transhumans and posthumansSociedad Mundial del Futuro VENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro Virus, bacteria, plants, animals, humans, transhumans and posthumans humans transhumans animals posthumans

55 More and more human modificationsSociedad Mundial del Futuro VENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro More and more human modifications Internal External Hardware Software

56 Space: The final frontier?Sociedad Mundial del Futuro VENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro Space: The final frontier?

57 SpaceShipOne: Virgin Galactic in 2008Sociedad Mundial del Futuro VENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro SpaceShipOne: Virgin Galactic in 2008

58 The brain: The final frontier!Sociedad Mundial del Futuro VENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro The brain: The final frontier!

59 Towards immortality www.mprize.org www.ImmInst.orgSociedad Mundial del Futuro VENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro Towards immortality Are there immortal cells?

60 Sociedad Mundial del FuturoVENEZUELA José Luis Cordeiro TransVision 2005 Caracas, Venezuela July 22-24, 2005 Towards a New World

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