I keep thinking I’m done doing maps, but then I think hmmmm, that’s an idea for another map. How about a map called ‘2050’, which is a straight out singular shot at 2050. No scenarios, no provocations, no maybe thius, maybe that, just a here you go? And given where I think we might be at in 2050, I think a circuit diagram or circuit board as a visual might be the go.
I’ll be posting the final version in a few days, but in the meantime some evolution of my own…
For the eagle-eyed, yes I know that the idea of pangenesis was Hippocrates and not Aristotle!
Thanks to John Keith who somehow dug this out of the dust.
It’s getting a bit better, although still too many mistakes and currently lacking an underlying logic for the structure. Bear with…
I think I’m getting somewhere with this. I often find that before looking forwards at the future of something, artificial intelligence, for example, it’s often worth going backwards to the start of things. This is a draft of a visual looking at the history and influences of computing and AI.
It needs a sense check, contains errors and is somewhat western-centric, but then I am all of these things. It’s also very male-heavy, but then that was the world back then – and in AI and IT possibly still is. Perhaps I should do a visual showing women in AI – starting with women at Bletchley Park, NASA and so on. I may spin this off into a series of specific maps looking purely at robotics or software too.
My book writing might have hit the doldrums for a moment, but my map making is going gang busters. I’ve got five maps/visuals on the go including two on AI. Here’s a very early sketch of a somewhat expansive map looking at the history and influences of/on AI
A new ‘map’ is coming, hopefully next week. In my humble opinion the best one yet, certainly from an art/science collaboration perspective.
Here you go then. Use this link to get to a high resolution version. A3, A1 and rather wonderful AO sized copies on paper are available upon request (no charge except for print, post and a cardbaord tube). See you in the future.
It’s getting close. BTW, just out of interest, is anyone out there still reading this nonsense?
