Futurama

I love that show, especially that robot dude. A total ripoff of the Simpsons, but they don't exactly deny it, and it's still enjoyable. Are we really going to have robots in the future? Well, Terminator predicted that Skynet should have taken over by now, and this is supposed to happen in 2005...




So what does the future really hold? Are we going to be stuck in a war with the machines? Are time travelling robots going to assasinate mothers? Will there be cars that can transform into huge speaking things that can cshoot lasers?

I doubt it.

The future? Faster and smaller, probably. I still remember dial-up. 14.4 and 28.8. Now people fidget if a page takes more than 7 seconds to load. Convergence seems to be the key concept to take note of, with the major players of the computer and internet industry moving to work in concert rather than in conflict. What does this all mean? Will we be at the mercy of one huge internet monolith, subject to their whims and fancies when we peons are just trying to watch another random video on YouTube?

Or will we live in a world where a table can transfer iamges from a camera to a phone, where something around your neck can project a video or watch onto a flat surface, or an umbrella can be used as a map?

Maybe both, maybe neither. I just hope the robots are friendly.