Colin Cullis

Bigger and better and soon we will all be talking to machines Let me begin by noting a line by Arthur C Clarke to say that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”. The writer and futurist noted this in 1973 and it still holds true for most of us when we first interact with the products of artificial intelligence (AI).

Ticket demand, the presence of bots, scalpers and too little capacity will remain an issue South Africans can identify with Taylor Swift fans that hoped to snag a ticket to see her Era Tour. Swift is a very popular artist and so there was always going to be more demand than supply. Ticketmaster was the partner to handle the sale of tickets which resulted in much anger and calls for the company to be broken up to allow for more competition.

27 years later and we still are not slowing carbon emissions enough There is reason for outrage and optimism, but mostly outrage. The thing is no-one got anything good done while outraged, only when once calmed down, and appreciating the extent of the problem and then actively looking for practical solutions could a potential solution be implemented. It is not easy to tackle a problem as big as global warming unless you have gotten angry about it at some stage. I would like to try to do that now.