Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

BT Futurologist On Smart Yogurt and the $7 PC

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i'll-be-back dept.

WelshBint writes, "BT's futurologist, Ian Pearson, has been speaking to itwales.com. He has some scary predictions, including the real rise of the Terminator, smart yogurt, and the $7 PC." Ian Pearson is definitely a proponent of strong AI — along with, he estimates, 30%-40% of the AI community. He believes we will see the first computers as smart as people by 2015. As to smart yogurt — linkable electronics in bacteria such as E. Coli — he figures that means the end of security. "So how do you manage security in that sort of a world? I would say that there will not be any security from 2025 onwards."

7 of 455 comments (clear)

  1. Yogurt is already smarter than me by DaveM753 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't seem to open the containers without some of it splattering all over my glasses.

    1. Re:Yogurt is already smarter than me by Tackhead · · Score: 5, Funny
      > I can't seem to open the containers without some of it splattering all over my glasses.

      And if you were a hot chick, we'd demand proof.

    2. Re:Yogurt is already smarter than me by Andrewkov · · Score: 5, Funny
      I can't seem to open the containers without some of it splattering all over my glasses.

      I used to suffer from the same problem. Try opening the container from the other side.

    3. Re:Yogurt is already smarter than me by FrontalLobe · · Score: 5, Funny

      I don't think your first post was totally off. Isn't the schartz when you fart with some sort of splatter involved?

      --
      -FL
    4. Re:Yogurt is already smarter than me by Hillgiant · · Score: 5, Funny

      From the inside? How do I get in there?

      --
      -
  2. Smartitude: people vs computers by nystagman · · Score: 5, Funny

    We already have people that are as dumb as computers. I say leave well enough alone.

    --
    Theory and practice are the same in theory, but different in practice.
  3. Smart Yogurt by rlp · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yogurt may not be smarter than me, but it has more culture.

    --
    [Insert pithy quote here]