https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg A speculative timeline of significant events. Copy of Creative Futures Timeline Macrotext en-us 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC 2026-02-17 13:06:23 UTC hello@padlet.com ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775697 Where we are right now. 

Fusion energy breakthrough (13th of December 2022).]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775697 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775699 Whilst this may seem like a solution to some of the environmental issues we have seen with plastic rubbish, some biodegradable plastics degrade into carbon dioxide, which then means the residue becomes part of another environmental problem.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775699 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775702 Legislation passed in New Zealand that will come into force next year.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775702 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775703 Current reports suggest that satellite hacking is of major current concern. When combined with a Kessler Syndrome event, this could be a major crisis.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775703 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775704 This initiative has already been launched by the Danish Government. Massive investment in offshore power distribution on an artificial island is planned. This will be a resource that can be connected to other countries.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775704 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775707 Lithium can only be mined in certain locations around the world. The amount available is not sufficient to solve the world's battery needs and without alternatives, it will provide a monopoly to certain countries.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775707 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775708 The projected date for the Artemis 3 mission which will land on the Moon.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775708 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775710 Current discussions on Space sustainability are considering this issue. There are cascading destruction incidents going on at certain altitudes already.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775710 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775711 Conflict arising from specific information walls. The Story "Crisis Actors" by Greg Egan illustrates this. And we have seen several isolated incidents over the last few years where individuals have been radicalised by the information they are obtaining from the internet. There are movements present in our society that perpetuate an internalised alternative narrative. This issue will reach a peak crisis in the late 2020s. ]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775711 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775712 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775712 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775714 One of the most iconic mysteries of the last few years. The unusual shape of the object still fascinates people,. The possibility that Oumuamua could be an alien space ship cannot be discounted until we investigate it with a remote deep space probe.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775714 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775715 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775715 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775716 The widespread sharing of information has been the mission of the internet. The ability for people to find knowledge and seek out what they want to know, learning from a vast global repository was the ambition of the earliest internet pioneers. It is possible that by the end of the 2020s we will reach a point where everyone will have access if they want it, through some facility - either a mobile network or a publicly allocated terminal, or a right to a connection at home. The right of access will begin to become enshrined in national laws.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775716 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775717 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775717 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775718 Completion date is projected to be between 2029 and 2033.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775718 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775719 Alternatives to lithium battery technology are being worked on. One of these, compressed air battery storage is an industrial energy solution.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775719 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775720 In the early 2030s, hydrogen fuel cell power generation systems need to prove their worth as a viable alternative to fossil fuels. Current research indicates that the process is very inefficient and the multi-staged system does not allow opportunities to improve this.

Petroleum companies and vehicle manufacturers have invested huge amounts of money in this technology. If this fails, this might be the reason why these companies lose their monopoly on the transport industry.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775720 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775721 Hydrogen is useful for a variety of different processes. The development of a direct gas pipeline between France and Spain provides opportunities for collaborative development of hydrogen based (and hydrogen use) technology.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775721 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775722 There is a political divide over the provision of a state's welfare to it's citizens. This divide is focused around one of the individualist principles of capitalism - the idea that we make the most of opportunities and better ourselves economically through individual achievement. 

This divide is reinforced by inter-generational experience. Why should young people 'get a hand out' when older people did not? 

When manufacturing and automation reaches a certain point, and the cost of means testing state benefits becomes demonstrably more expensive than providing a basic income to all citizens of a nation, there will be a change. This change will require a shift in cultural perceptions in some societies, particularly the United Kingdom.

In some nations, it will be in the economic interests of the public and private sector to support citizens with a share of state revenue. The detail of these plans will be different in different locations, but once a successful model is adopted in a nation state, others will see the benefit.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775722 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775723 A variety of different battery storage technologies will be deployed to support home energy generation and storage. The dependency on Lithium storage will be phased out as nations look to ensure they are not dependent on a single source and single state or corporate provider.

Alternative sources may include, ionised sodium, green hydrogen, lithium sulphur and solid state batteries.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775723 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775724 Economic projections indicate that the United Kingdom will be overtaken by members of the 'Emerging Seven' economies.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775724 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775725 Current investment projects are identifying the early 2030s as the time for a 6G network to be established in the UK. This will enable greater data bandwidth, allowing live streaming of a variety of more complex applications.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775725 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775726 A planned return to the Moon is part of a detailed economic strategy towards making space a viable market. A permanent base on the Moon provides a starting point for additional exploration of our solar system.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775726 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775728 There are significant advantages to manufacturing certain items in space. The vacuum and lack of gravity provides an environment that can be useful when developing certain products.

Additionally, there are significant resources available in the solar system which may become accessible once this industry emerges.

Manufacturing in space will require significant levels of automation. It is hoped that the developing industries around orbital deployment and missions to the Moon and Mars will encourage the creation of facilities for manufacture and assembly in orbit and beyond.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775728 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775729 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775729 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775730 After the Moon, comes Mars. A landing on the red planet is notionally identified as being an event in the 2040s.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775730 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775731 The profusion of different battery technologies being worked on should provide a selection of alternatives to Lithium-Ion. However, if not, by this point, the world's supply of lithium will be running out.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775731 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775732 The American NGAD jet fighter is due to be deployed in the 2030s.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775732 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775735 Oil reserves are located in specific parts of the world. As the available resources dwindle, the remainder will become transitionary reserves. One of the largest is in Venezuela, currently an unstable state.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775735 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775736 The continuing growth of bacterial resistance to antibiotic treatments has led to a losing race as scientists struggle to discover and refine new antibiotics faster than older treatments become outmoded.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775736 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775739 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775739 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775740 Possible introduction of Fusion Power as a domestic energy source, along with ionised sodium battery technology. Populations will be mostly off grid, with industry relying on grid power.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775740 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775742 If the appetite for meat remains in the global population, an alternative may be produced at an affordable scale.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775742 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775745 A lack of hydrocarbon fuels will reach a crisis point. From the mid 2040s, this will become an issue for space launch events. The commercial industry of space will need to establish an alternative, sustainable process for achieving escape velocity and leaving earth orbit.

NASA has been using Liquid Hydrogen fuel (LH2) for years. This is a sustainable fuel, but requires expensive cooling procedures. SpaceX uses kerosene and methane-based fuels. Other commercial companies use different hydrocarbon mixtures.

One of the suggested alternatives is a space elevator. However, the tensile strength of materials required to build this kind of structure are beyond our current technology in the 2020s. For this to become viable, a new affordable material must be developed that can support such a facility.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775745 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775746 As the global temperature rises, thawing events in the subarctic will become more frequent. There is already practical research and assessment of the process of methane capture and some work being done to try to see if this is a viable and affordable energy source.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775746 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775747 Projected possible asteroid impact in 2046. Chance is recorded as being 560 to 1.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775747 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775749 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775749 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775750 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775750 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775751 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775751 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775752 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775752 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775753 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775753 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775754 This project is attempting to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. ]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775754 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775755 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775755 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775756 Innovations in nuclear fusion technology may make this a via power generation system by 2050.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775756 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775758 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775758 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775759 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775759 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775760 Changes in farming will be necessary to feed the world in a sustainable way. The use of land for algae farming provides an opportunity for nations to develop their own resources that can feed their populations with less environmental impact.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775760 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775761 This document offers some indicators for a variety of resource and environmental factors. Usage and change are tracked until 2052.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775761 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775762 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775762 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775763 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775763 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775764 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775764 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775765 The iterations and development of quantum computing and artificial intelligence creates an context where existing encryption standards will be under threat.

Information provides access. By recording existing encryption states and existing protocols, organisations can create archives for machine learning systems to be trained when they  created. These archives will be powerful educational tools for these new computer applications.

Many depictions of artificial intelligence warfare involve the deployment of autonomous drone soldiers, aircraft and submersibles. However, the nature of this conflict is likely to be less about physical combat, but more about disruption activities that target key infrastructure.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775765 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775766 Calculations are made to determine the risk to different nations owing to climate change. Some of these are disproportionate related their proximity to recent events.

By 2060, climate change will have caused significant migration away from areas of the world that have become difficult for humans to inhabit. This may need to countries being completely depopulated, either through flooding or temperature rises causing catastrophic droughts.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775766 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775768 Current projections indicate that the ozone layer recover will be complete by 2060.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775768 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775769 Archival Disks were introduced as a reliable data storage solution. At this point, these disks will be exhausting their shelf life.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775769 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775770 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775770 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775773 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775773 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775774 If current oil usage is maintained, then in forty-seven years time, we are predicted to run out of oil.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775774 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775775 What does this look like? Energy allowance, Free Time. Social credit conformity system. Aspirations of future citizens?

Following the introduction of universal basic income in some nations during the 2030s, by the 2070s, this will be more widespread.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775775 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775777 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775777 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775778 Professor Noel Sharkey of the University of Sheffield predicts that by the 2070s, autonomous vehicles will appear on the streets of cities in the developed world.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775778 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775779 Domestic power at this stage will be a variety of battery solutions with grid power for industry and backup/charging. Vehicles will be used as an additional energy storage system that supports home battery setups.

Universal Basic Income will be available to all individuals who are between 18 and 65. 

The world will be substantially warmer. A global migration will be underway and this change to population demographics will be a source of tension in some countries.

At this point, we will need an active multinational organisation to regulate global initiatives and discoveries.



]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775779 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775780 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775780 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775781 The end of natural gas as a resource. Based on predicted usage being maintained, we will run out of gas in fifty three years time.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775781 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775783 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775783 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775784 After initial settlement in 2059, the permanent colony on Mars has expanded. ]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775784 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775785 The United Nations produces continual estimates on population growth trends and the predicted maximum human population that we will reach.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775785 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775786 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775786 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775788 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775788 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775789 Professor Noel Sharkey of the University of Sheffield predicts that robots will be deployed on the streets of countries for law enforcement. ]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775789 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775790 Massive sea level changes by the 2090s. The United Kingdom is particularly affected with widespread coastal change.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775790 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775791 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775791 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775793 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775793 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775794 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/27/megalopolis-how-coastal-west-africa-will-shape-the-coming-century?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775794 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775795 For example, Japanese population in 2023 is at 125 million. Projected to be at 53 million in 2100.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775795 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775796 This is a global average. Temperatures in the Persian Gulf are set to rise to 35 degrees Celsius by 2100.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775796 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775797 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775797 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775799 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775799 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775801 This is a clear danger and will need to be considered in terms of developing ways to ensure it does not happen.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775801 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775802 Predictions about the application of artificial intelligence a century from now are fairly generalised. The convergence with the transhumanist movement is often mentioned with the idea of AI being used as a memory aid. Other applications are autonomous, with created intelligence being manufactured to run facilities in locations where humanity cannot survive.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775802 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775803 The iterations and development of quantum computing and artificial intelligence creates an environment for a second information war.

Many depictions of artificial intelligence warfare involve the deployment of autonomous drone soldiers, aircraft and submersibles. However, the nature of this conflict is likely to be less about physical combat, but more about disruption activities that target key infrastructure.

The nature of this war will be different to the first. Here, we are more concerned with direct corporation to corporation data theft and sabotage. These activities will still be as destructive as almost every state actor will be reliant on private sector infrastructures.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775803 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775804 The power of artificial intelligence is being used to analyse human society. Historical data is being used to inform future trend mapping. The amounts of data are enormous and could not be processed by previous generations of computers. However, the design for this kind of application has already been sketched and attempted with the use of machine learning algorithms. The development of a second or third generation artificial intelligence will supercharge this process.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775804 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775805 With only a few years of coal left as a fuel, it is expected the world will have completed it's shift to alternative energy sources. 

Asteroid mining is already being planned for. By 2114, this industry will be well established and providing resources for all aspects of Earth's industrial production.]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775805 ac7185 https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775806 Human civilisation emerges from a global energy crisis and the challenges of its technological inventions. Artificial Intelligence, gene editing and space colonies are all part of the world of 2122. ]]> 2023-05-17 14:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/coventryunionline/2f8gbx1rsy1h3beg/wish/2594775806