I get tons of "scifi now" stuff in my Facebook, like robotics, drone racing, 3d-printing / bioprinting etc. these days. As a friend of mine put it, we might be living in a cyberpunk dystopia of a planet on self-destruction mode and corporate overlords tromping over democracy, but at least we're getting the cool tech too.
Here's some robotics stuff:
I also think the question of AI rights will start to be considered an issue within decades, possibly quite soon. AIs teaching themselves, which is common these days, has the potential for some insanely quick developments.
(On that note, would highly recommend the movies Ex Machina and Her.)
Last edited by Itse; 03-24-2016 at 09:59 PM.
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