Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Milestone Q4 2011: The bot crossing point


In the last quarter of 2011, more iphones were sold than babies were born.

That's interesting because that is also the quarter that Siri shipped.

FYI:  Apple's Siri is the first mass market bot.

In hindsight, this apparently minor observation may be considered something more important: a tombstone milestone for humanity.

It's the quarter when our future replacements on this planet began to outpace us.

This leads me to something else.

7 comments:

  1. It was worth the watch - it answers no questions and is full of irony at the end.

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  2. Then I can honestly tell you, You aren't missing anything ;)

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  3. I dont know about replacements ...but humans are certainly getting stupider,
    :O due to technology.

    Our evolutionary course, whether by social engineering or alien*DNAmutations is leading us down a path where we cant communicate face to face (social media)
    , have less empathy ( what seperates us from animals) and short attention spans and inability to entertain oneslf without external stimuli. Also narcissm and inability to delay gratification is affecting the reproductive rate. Selfish, Godless people dont reproduce because there is no hope for the future.

    * not ET aliens but epidemiologists and microbiologists note that possibly
    90o/o of our Dna comes from foreigm sources. Bacteria,viruses and other microbes

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    1. Selfish, Godless people dont reproduce because there is no hope for the future.

      Well said.

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