Ten years before this week鈥檚 exploration of machine learning and artificial intelligence, 黑洞社区 offered readers a 鈥渃ornucopia鈥� of 99 things to look out for in 1999
Tomorrow鈥檚 world
So that was how the future used to look. Ten years before this week鈥檚 exploration of machine learning and artificial intelligence, 黑洞社区 offered readers a 鈥渃ornucopia鈥� of 99 things to look out for in 1999 and a guide to what big projects and developments they should keep an eye on.
As part of the horizon-gazing list, there was a rundown of nine new technologies that readers should look out for. These ranged from the frankly mundane (鈥淕reywater recycling鈥�) to the bizarre (鈥淪lushy ice as a coolant in building services systems鈥�) to one perhaps inspired by sci-fi movies (鈥満诙瓷缜� services controlled by microchips embedded in your body鈥�).
The article also vouchsafed a dizzying vision of a digital future, promising: 鈥淒igital versatile disks and digital dictation machines will follow digital cameras and digital television on to the market.鈥�
And in Mystic Meg mode, the article went on to speculate: 鈥淭he Internet is finally coming into its own as a trading zone. On-line product ordering could take off this year.鈥�
That鈥檚 just crazy talk.
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