EIGHT
Everyone Amplified
The Spectrum of Augmentation
Imagine a world
in which people, offices, and officing will be augmented, amplified, and enhanced. Humans and computers will work together to extend human intelligence and enhance work. Computers will replace humans for certain limited functions, but the bigger stories will be about humans and computers working together to do things that have never been done before. Everyone will be augmented in some way, while a growing number of people will be truly enhanced. Risk will intensify as computing becomes more intelligent and criminals more augmented, but opportunity will increase more than risk. Many of us will be cyborgs—and that will be a good thing, most of the time.
Embodied Augmentation ...
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