fact or fiction

Is it science fact or science fiction? Futurism presents both sides to determine the truth.

THE HANDS THAT BUILT THE FUTURE
IV. AI: Proof in the Papers AI did not appear in a vault. It grew from decades of research: • neural networks (1950s)
By Vicki Lawana Trusselli 14 days ago in Futurism
A breakthrough in optics enables quantum computers to read data more quickly.
A novel method for simultaneously capturing light from numerous individual atoms has been developed by researchers, enabling the reading of their quantum information in tandem rather than one at a time.
By Francis Dami18 days ago in Futurism
The Science of the Impossible
Like anyone, I have interest in many different topics. One topic in particular that I'm interested in is fringe science. What’s fringe science?
By Jasmine Aguilar20 days ago in Futurism
Ai Is Not the Villain
There is a growing anxiety surrounding artificial intelligence that feels both familiar and misplaced. Everywhere you look people are panicking about Ai “talking to itself,” replacing workers, making decisions humans shouldn’t relinquish, or eventually turning against us. The fear is louder than Skynet, theatrical, and often deeply emotional but when you listen closely; it becomes clear that much of this fear is not actually about Ai at all. It is about power, control, trust, and a long history of human systems failing the very people they were supposed to protect.
By Cadma21 days ago in Futurism
Beyond the Algorithm: Why Democracy Cannot Be Calculated
Beyond the Algorithm: Why Democracy Cannot Be Calculated A philosophical meditation on democratic resistance in computational governance
By LUCCIAN LAYTH22 days ago in Futurism
CAN’T MAKE THIS POOP UP
ABOUT THIS PROJECT This is a rendering of pent up feelings of 2026. Into technology, and adapted to the progress. Seriously, we have at our finger tips online, and live in a future my Grandma Carrie Soleta would say, "Oh, my!"This is a little comedy realistic true story written in a format to produce a fun explanation of emerging technology and change in the 21st century.
By Vicki Lawana Trusselli 26 days ago in Futurism
Hey Aye
Introduction This is still relevant. It's eleven thirty post meridian in Newcastle upon Tyne. Maybe I should be going to bed, but in half an hour I can do my next Wordle play and share it with my friends. Still, I am just going to put some unresearched (apart from my own experience) thoughts on how we are affected by the growing spectre and bogeyman that goes by the name of AI (Artificial Intelligence).
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred about a month ago in Futurism
Pinnacle of evolution
400,000 years ago, since humans invented fire, humans stand as the pinnacle of evolution, treating animals as food and slavery, the earth for the living thing as their resource, and even being overconfident about their status, and creating wars to fight who is the strongest among the same species.
By Curtis Wongabout a month ago in Futurism
Do It From Hell Part 4
“I do think that Dr. John here, or Jonnie, has a problem with free will,” Mars said. “Free will means doing what he wants other people to do, to him. Am I right, Jonnie?”
By Om Prakash John Gilmoreabout a month ago in Futurism
Nostradamus Predictions for 2026.
Nostradamus Predictions for 2026 Nostradamus remains one of the most enduring names in prophecy. Born Michel de Nostredame in sixteenth-century France, he worked as a physician, astrologer, and writer, a man who turned observation into prediction. His book Les Prophéties has travelled through centuries, its cryptic verses sparking argument and awe in equal measure. Some see his work as poetic philosophy, others as proof that the future leaves shadows long before it arrives. Whatever the truth, his name still rises whenever the world trembles.
By Marie381Uk about a month ago in Futurism
The "Robot in the Room": Will AI Actually Take Our Jobs?
We’ve all seen the headlines. One day it’s a report from a global bank predicting that 300 million jobs are "exposed" to automation. The next, it’s a viral video of a humanoid robot making a latte or a chatbot writing a legal brief in six seconds.
By George Evanabout a month ago in Futurism
A ReDeclaration of InterDependence
We pledge allegiance, with the ways, of every life on Earth. And with these Universes, In which we live, all creations, within Gaia, All connected, With liveliness and balance in all.
By We the PPUL2 months ago in Futurism