BT Futurologist On Smart Yogurt and the $7 PC

WelshBint writes, "BT's futurologist, Ian Pearson, has been speaking to itwales.com. He has some scary predictions, including the real rise of the Terminator, smart yogurt, and the $7 PC." Ian Pearson is definitely a proponent of strong AI — along with, he estimates, 30%-40% of the AI community. He believes we will see the first computers as smart as people by 2015. As to smart yogurt — linkable electronics in bacteria such as E. Coli — he figures that means the end of security. "So how do you manage security in that sort of a world? I would say that there will not be any security from 2025 onwards."

Yogurt is already smarter than me

[DaveM753]

I can't seem to open the containers without some of it splattering all over my glasses.

Re:Yogurt is already smarter than me

[Tackhead]

> I can't seem to open the containers without some of it splattering all over my glasses.

And if you were a hot chick, we'd demand proof.

Smartitude: people vs computers

[nystagman]

We already have people that are as dumb as computers. I say leave well enough alone.

Re:Yogurt is already smarter than me

[Andrewkov]

I can't seem to open the containers without some of it splattering all over my glasses.

I used to suffer from the same problem. Try opening the container from the other side.

This is the KICKER

[us7892]

[...] in around 2015-2020, you could say that we won't need people to write software, because you just explain what you want to a computer and it will write it for you, and there's no reason then to have people working in that job.

Maybe not, but I'll have the job debugging all the mistakes the androids will have in their code. They'll be outsourcing debug work to us humans.

Re:Yogurt is already smarter than me

[FrontalLobe]

I don't think your first post was totally off. Isn't the schartz when you fart with some sort of splatter involved?

Re:Yogurt is already smarter than me

[maxume]

Well done, you have identified the joke.

Smart Yogurt

[rlp]

Yogurt may not be smarter than me, but it has more culture.

Re:Yogurt is already smarter than me

[Hillgiant]

From the inside? How do I get in there?

Re:$7 for a computer - outrageous

[Anonymous Coward]

No wireless. Less RAM than a C64. Lame.

Re:Yogurt is already smarter than me

[ConceptJunkie]

I tried to open it from the kata side and ended up an hour before I bought the yogurt.

That's it, I'm sticking with ice cream.

Re:Yogurt is already smarter than me

[OakDragon]

Try opening the container from the other side.

I tried this, and it just made things worse. First, I had to get a knife to cut through the bottom side, then all the yogurt fell onto the floor.