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Bob Clark, Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of New South Wales (Australia), has predicted that the world’s first quantum computer could be up and running by the end of this decade. A quan- tum computer will be 100 million times faster at processing informa- tion than the most powerful of the current generation of supercomputers. These developments will enable second-generation self-learning entities to be created within ten years, as they begin to match the processing power of the 23 billion neurons in the human brain. In the future, people will be able to delegate more mundane tasks to these intelligent machines, which will be able to use their ‘initiative’, offer suggestions and make decisions. These will also be capable of interpreting and responding to human emotions. Emotionally intelligent computers have been in development at MIT’s Media Lab and by the Siemens Human–Machine Research Group since the late 1990s. The MIT Media Lab has already been successful in creat- ing a machine that can sense human emotions (Kurzweil, 1999; The Sunday Times, UK, website, 24 November 1998). Computers will evolve to an even higher level of complexity and sophistication, as the age-old distinction between technological and biological systems starts to disappear, and both start to operate in tandem at the molecular level. A second-generation artilect, the cellu- lar automata machine (CAM) with circuitry based on ten billion neurons, may be built by 2007. A third generation CAM with a trillion neurons could take only a few more years to construct. A brain-build- ing machine constructed by Genobyte in the USA has been making the world’s first neural circuits for an artificial brain since 2001. This machine can imbed thousands of microscopic modules of artificial neurons on silicon chips. These are the electronic equivalent of the neural networks that control our brains and body functions. In a Darwinian-like process, the bad ones are discarded but the efficient ones thrive and are linked to other promising modules. This occurs at astonishing speeds, far faster than random biological evolution, with tens of thousands of circuits growing and dying in less than a second. Scientists at Cornell University and Harvard University in the USA have also created the first transistor made from a single atom. In theory, this means that a computer could be built that would fit on the full stop at the end of this sentence (Henderson, 2002b; Devine, 2000). ‘Knowbots’ are being developed. These too are self-learning entities, whose processing systems are based on biological neural networks linked to quantum computing systems that are based on chips cooled to –269°C (or 4 degrees above absolute zero). This will enable these entities to store information on single atoms. In 1998, it was announced in the UK that British scientists had taken the first real steps towards 468 MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE creating an artificial nervous system that will lead to self-reliant, think- ing robots. These are being built around electronic neural processors, built of sodium and potassium ion channels, similar to the human brain. We also have a new generation of ‘neuromorphic engineers’ who are now replicating brain structures on analog-based (that is, self- learning) systems. On 2 February 1999, Dr Craig Ventner at the University of Pennsylvania in the USA announced the advent of the first truly artificial organism. This was soon followed by an announce- ment on 24 January 2000 that scientists at the University of Texas had made the world’s first synthetic DNA. This means that the world’s first artificial life forms may be created soon and, eventually, may lead to the emergence of ‘Chromo Sapiens’ (see below). The next stage of development is to further miniaturize computer hard- ware through the use of nanotechnologies (machines built of individual atoms) which, until very recently, were considered to be in the realm of science fiction. Anything with dimensions of less than 100 nanometres (that is, as small as a flu virus and 1000 times smaller than the width of a human hair) is considered to be nanotechnology (Takahashi, 2002). Under the umbrella of the US National Nanotechnology Initiative, more than 200 US companies are currently involved in nanotechnology research. In the second half of 2003, Intel started manufacturing chips with transistors just 90 nanometres (or 90 billionths of a metre) in width. Combined with new materials, such as silicon geranium, this will lead to the development of nanospheres, nanowires, nanorods and other nanostructures. These will make possible the creation of precise atomic arrangements for smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors and computers, and many other electronic devices. In the future, molecular sized nano-machines may even be programmed to make machines out of atoms to create micro-electronic mechanical structures (MEMS). The potential uses of MEMS are infinite (Kurzweil, 1999). Another innovative field of research and development, bionimetics, has emerged which mimics natural animal and plant systems at the molecular level, resulting in the creation of novel advanced structures, materials and nano-devices. Nano-sized materials are being developed for application in polymers, pharmaceuticals, drug-delivery systems, cosmetics, sunscreens, paint, inks and textiles (reported in The Australian, IT Section, 1 October 2002). With the aid of a $US50 million grant from the US Army, the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been develop- ing smart uniforms genetically engineered at the molecular level. These combine new materials, such as MIThril (a wordplay on the magical armour used by Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings) to protect soldiers from bullets or biological and chemical agents, and LEADERSHIP AND PEOPLE MANAGEMENT 469 administer emergency medical care. Dupont has been working on combat uniforms that will be able to change colours on demand as the environment changes (Gengler, 2003). Cybernetics has also emerged as another new frontier of technology, representing the merging of mechanical and biological systems. One of the first technologies that fused microprocessors with humans was the Cochlear implant, first developed in 1985 (Clarke, 1999): 500 000 patients in 50 countries now use this bionic ear, a device that is hard-wired directly into the central nervous system. In the near future, it will be inte- grated directly into the brain. After 12 years of development and a successful four-year trial of the world’s first artificial cornea, tens of thousands of blind people can now have their sight restored. The synthetic cornea is made of a special combination of new plastics that have proved to be comfortable and long-lasting, and allow surrounding tissue to grow onto the lens, thus overcoming the old problem of rejec- tion (Hickman, 2002). The development of improved nano-processor implants could enable the development of expanded memory, increased thought speed or even the bypassing of external sensory organs. In other words, the direct ‘wet-wiring’ of the human brain is now theoretically possible; it is no longer science fiction. In one of those ‘stranger than fiction’ true-life stories, the cyber-performance artist, Stelarc, once asked British surgeons to operate on him to provide him with a third ear that could act as an Internet antenna. An ‘extra’ ear was to have been grown using his skin cells and this would then be implanted onto his body, just behind one of his real ears. Once established it could have then been wired up to detect sound waves transmitted over the Internet, and via implants to his brain, allow Stelarc to hear them (Lynch, 1999). Kevin Warwick, Professor of Cybernetics at Reading University, was the first human being to have a chip implanted in his body, in 1998. Since 2000, he has been using a second-generation chip that was implanted directly into his nervous system, allowing direct two-way communication with his computer. In March 2002, he and his wife both had microchips implanted in their spines in order to record their emotions on a computer, and then relay these back to the Warwicks. The goal of this experiment is to develop true human–computer inter- actions via electronic ‘telepathy’, with a long-term objective being direct mind-to-mind interactions between humans, computers and robots. Through these biotechnologies humans will acquire a cyborg-like qual- ity, as personal communication devices become directly integrated into our bodies. Soon it may be possible to download information directly into the human brain from computers and vice versa. The wet-wiring of soldiers linked to locating satellites and strategic military centres may be achieved by the end of this decade (Warwick, 1998, 2002). 470 MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE Stephen Hawking, regarded by many commentators as the world’s greatest living physicist, has commented, There is a danger that computers will take over the world. Computer power is advancing so fast that it will soon render irrelevant those few advantages that humans imagine they alone possess – emotions, intuition, morality, empathy and social skills. Even these nebulous qualities are now being taught to robots. If very complicated chemical modules can operate in humans to make them intelligent, then equally intelligent complicated elec- tronic circuits can also make computers act in an intelligent way [ ] we need to develop, as quickly as possible, technologies that enable a direct connec- tion between brain and computer, so that artificial brains contribute to human intelligence rather than opposing it. (Cited by Paul, 2000) And, according to Andy Clark, Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science at the UK’s University of Sussex, ‘We shall be cyborgs, not in the merely superficial sense of combining flesh and wires, but in the more profound sense of being human-technology symbionts, with our minds and selves spread across biological brains and non-biological circuitry’ (cited by Paul, 2000; Romei, 2001). The gates have been unlocked and there will be a traumatic struggle over these new tech- nologies in the near future, between the world’s economic elites, who stand to gain great wealth and power from these, and ‘techno-luddites’ who will oppose their introduction. On a lighter note, the impact of new technologies on one of humanity’s oldest preoccupations is highlighted in four recent examples. False promises In the US late last month, a Silicon Valley Computer programmer was arrested for threatening a company he believed was crippling his business with penis augmentation propaganda. Charles Booher threatened to send a package of anthrax spores to the company, to disable an employee with a bullet and torture him with a power drill and an ice pick; and to hunt down and castrate employees unless they removed him from their email list. The object of Booher’s ire – the advertisers for a product called, ‘The Only Reliable, Medically Approved Penis Enhancement’ – blamed a rival firm, which they said was giving the penis enhancement business, ‘a bad name’. Now there’s a tough assignment. (Emma Tom, The Australian, 12 December 2003) Men not required A world’s first Internet site, designed to help lesbian couples discreetly find suitable sperm, will be launched at the weekend. The www. mannotincluded.com website promises to offer a completely anonymous service for lesbian couples hoping to become parents. Hopeful parents can LEADERSHIP AND PEOPLE MANAGEMENT 471 look through the Man Not Included database and compile a shortlist of three donors. Man Not Included plans to expand to other countries so lesbian couples outside Britain can access the service. (Tobler, 2002) XXX Someone who has spent a lot of time thinking about technologies and sex is Eric White, designer of a virtual sex machine now available from a US- based online company called VR Innovations. Billed as the world’s first ‘adult gratification peripheral’, the device is connected to the penis at one end and a PC at the other. The user downloads video footage of women performing sex acts, which he feels via a ‘teledildonic technology’. The device costs $US369.99 (plus shipping). ‘Professional entertainers and amateurs alike will be able to sexually communicate with their fans,’ White enthuses. (Abridged from Romei, 2001) Cyber-sex By 2029 technology will have permanently changed the nature of sex. Virtual sex will be preferable to real sex, because it will provide sensations that are more intense and pleasurable than conventional sex. It is the ulti- mate safe sex, as there is no risk of pregnancy or disease. We will have sex and relationships with machines and these machines will have a full range of human emotions including sadness, empathy and jealousy. (Abridged from Stewart, 1999) New technologies are fast becoming intrinsic components of our daily lives and rapidly infiltrating the organizations we work for and the homes we live in. They will become increasingly organic, as they become – literally – part of us, rather than something ‘out there’, as they have been throughout human history. They will become part of the furniture, the walls, the urban fabric, the clothes we wear and even our bodies. Intelligent networks will link all facets of our lives. Computers and knowbots will take over more routine administrative, design and manufacturing processes in organizations. Commentators on this technological revolution, such as Ray Kurzweil and Dennis Warwick, predict that emergent technologies will also shatter the boundary between humans and machines. It is now quite possible that these technologies will eventually become indistinguishable from us and, at some time in the not too distant future, intelligent artilects may even supersede human beings as the dominant life form on this planet. Kurzweil believes that the next stage of evolution on the Earth will be the transition from carbon-based circuitry to new life forms based on mechanical–electronic–carbon circuitry. That magical thing we call ‘consciousness’ might be combined with these super-artilects, and 472 MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE allow us to retain our position as the dominant species on the planet (Kurzweil, 1999). One step towards this goal was announced on 3 March 2003, when Francis Crick published research that claimed to have identified the location of the human soul and the cluster of neurons where human consciousness and an individual’s sense of self reside (Leake, 2003). Rob Brooks, the Director of the Brooks Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT, commenting on the blurring of human/artilect boundaries, observed, ‘In just twenty years, the boundary between reality and fantasy will be rent asunder. Just five years from now that boundary will be breached in ways that are unimaginable to most people today, as the daily use of the World Wide Web would have been ten years ago’ (cited by Romei, 2001). Even hard-headed organi- zations, such as the International Bar Association (IBA), have begun to consider the legal issues raised by these developments. At the IBA Conference in San Fancisco during September 2003, a group of lawyers held a mock trial to evaluate a motion from a conscious computer, who had filed an injunction to prevent its creator from disconnecting it (Kurzweil, 2003). The computer lost – this time. While Ray Kurzweil has often described his predictions as ‘conserva- tive’, some commentators have been critical of his projections for the future. However, it is significant that every prediction he made in his first book, The Age of Intelligent Machines (1989), came to pass in the 1990s (for example, that a computer would beat a chess Grand Master). Even if he is only half right, the revolution that he and many others predict is upon us, and is likely to form the battleground for many of the great ethical and political debates of the first two or three decades of this century. There will be a traumatic struggle over the use of genetic and other technologies, and fierce conflicts between those who want to push on with these and those who want to stop their progress. However, at some point in the not-too-distant future, if these techno- logical advances continue, human beings may be eclipsed by these artilects. In the words of one leading researcher in this area, ‘this century’s dominant question will be, “Should human beings construct artilects or not?” There will be two violently opposed responses: those for whom constructing artilects represents human destiny, and another group who fear that artilects will decide one day that the human race is a pest to be destroyed’ (Hugo de Garis, Head of Starlab, a deep future research centre in Brussels, abridged from Paul, 2000 and Devine, 2000). With these sobering thoughts in mind, and assuming we don’t destroy our planet and ourselves in the meantime, here are some predictions for this century and beyond: LEADERSHIP AND PEOPLE MANAGEMENT 473 2005: PCs are rapidly evolving into tiny devices that combine high- capacity computing, Internet and web access capabilities with real- time wireless video communication. Digital ink and real-time pen- enabled applications are commonplace. Real-time and reliable univer- sal language translators are becoming commonplace. Traditional web and grid computing services are fast evolving into autonomic systems, built on hardware and software that can automatically fix problems such as viruses and bugs, and solve conflicts between different soft- ware formats. Originally marketed by IBM in 2003 as ‘e-business on demand’, these systems allow users to simply turn on the computing power they require only when they need it, the idea being that users only pay for what they use at any given moment in time. This also means that organizations do not have to waste time and money on expensive servers or network capacity that never gets used. 2007: all new top-of-the-range automobiles are being equipped with inclusive telematic and haptic operating systems. These include dash- board computing, hands-free/voice-activated voice and email systems, anti-collision radars, thermal-imaging systems to improve visibility in bad weather, on-board detection systems that warn of faults and other devices, all combined into systemic, quasi-intelligent operating systems. For navigation, automatic satellite-based global positioning systems are becoming more standard features. The kids are safely occupied in the back seat with their own in-car entertainment systems where they can choose from a range of interactive virtual programmes. 2010: the 20-year reign of the personal computer comes to an end, having evolved into single personalized assistants (PAs) that combine voice-activated video-telephone facilities, fax, email and access to a smorgasbord of on-line Internet facilities, websites, information data bases and software programs. Active contact lenses and ultralight head microphones, linked to the Internet, now allow people to read email, surf the web, download music and films and make video calls from anywhere to anywhere on the globe. Our PAs know our personal pref- erences and daily schedules, and alert us to meetings and other ‘things to do’. They can liaise directly with the PAs of colleagues and clients to arrange or reschedule meetings. They know their owners’ voices and handprints and, if they are stolen, can inform the police where they are being ‘held’ via their global satellite connections. By now, Psion and Palm Pilot organizers and Qualcom and Nokia Personal Digital Assistants can be found only in museums. Old-style manual keyboards have almost disappeared, having been replaced by voice-activated software or virtual light boards. Tiny light 474 MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE chips embedded inside PAs or cell phones beam an image of a keyboard onto any hard, flat surface, allowing the user to ‘type’ on this. Sophisticated scanning software detects the subtle movements of the user’s fingers and converts these into letters. Screen technology has also been revolutionized and computer screens have disappeared, with the advent of heat-free organic electroluminescence, making it possible to project images onto any ambient surface. A bedroom ceiling, paper or even clothes can be used to transmit moving images from PAs. Life- like, real-time holographic images can be projected from PAs and video-telephones, through augmented-reality systems, consigning video-conferencing technologies to the scrapheap. Digital chopsticks, first introduced by Sony in 2006, allow users to pluck a file directly from a computer or wallboard display and deposit it onto another screen, say on a TV at home or on the increasingly popular heliodisplays, devices that are able to project images into thin air by modifying the structure of the air molecules above a projector. 2013: beams of sound can be transmitted with the accuracy of a laser beam, singling out specific individuals for private messages that no one else can hear. This will enable sports coaches to communicate directly with their players on the field and enable secure communica- tions on battlefields. 2015: all clothing and footwear is now manufactured from smart fabrics, intelligent polymers and electronically conducive artificial yarns, consigning natural materials like wool and cotton to history. These warm up when it is cold and cool down when it is hot. They can change colour on demand and, when instructed, can reflect the wearer’s emotional state – something that is becoming more popular in courtship rituals. Phonebands have been integrated into clothing for more than a decade and people listen to incoming calls simply by inserting their fingertips into their ears and speaking into collar- mounted microphones. Computing and communications devices are also woven into these fabrics, enabling the wearer to download perfor- mance information directly onto these. Sportspeople wear clothing that can repair injuries and can warn athletes about movements that could result in injuries. The world’s first commercially available warming–cooling/MP3 player/wireless mobile phone combination jackets featured in O’Neil’s snowboarding clothing collection during 2004–5 are now fetching thousands of dollars in antique technology auctions. All soldiers now wear smart combat suits that are linked to satellite and ground communication systems. These can also repair and clean themselves, are fully waterproof and temperature sensitive, and can LEADERSHIP AND PEOPLE MANAGEMENT 475 alter camouflage patterns according to the terrain and available cover. These outfits can also monitor heart rates, keep soldiers nourished and, if injured, can deliver life-saving drugs while their condition is auto- matically relayed to medical rescue teams and HQ. The cute beagles that had been used for many years to detect drugs and other illegal imports at airports have been largely replaced by sniffer-bots. 2020: the genetic causes of all human diseases have been identified, and advances in genetically modified foods now promise to end human malnutrition and starvation. 2023: the first generation of smart domestic robots has emerged, carrying out simple tasks such as washing up, vacuuming and, via their links with remote sensors on doors and windows and surveil- lance cameras, acting as household watchdogs. Psychologists and psychiatrists report a rapid increase in the number of adults and chil- dren reporting that they are forming emotional attachments to these robots. 2025: intelligent houses with Home Information Systems (HIS) have become widespread in industrialized countries. Shortly before waking up in the morning, motion detectors have switched the house’s light- ing and heating on, the coffee is brewing and the toast ready when you have stepped out of your shower. You watch morning TV that auto- matically features the weather and snow reports, because you work in a ski resort. It is linked up in real time to the world’s stock markets, lets you know the value of your stocks and shares, and also makes some suggestions for changing your stock portfolio. After breakfast, you get into your eco-friendly transmodule (‘automobile’ or ‘car’ in oldspeak), which automatically adjusts the seat, mirrors and heating to your personal requirements. It reminds you that an annual system service is due at the end of the week. In some cities, you may drive along hands- free smartways, guided by a network of satellite-linked computers and road sensors. Anti-collision radar and automatic brakes protect you, while you prepare for your 8.00 meeting or just relax and watch an interactive video. When you arrive home in the evening, a facial recognition camera recognizes you and opens the front door. The house lights and heating came on automatically just before you arrived. Your HIS enables you to check your family members’ daily schedules and when they will be home. This system can also pay your household bills automatically as they come in from your on-line bank or utilities. Your microwave vocally suggests a recipe for your evening meal, based on its reading of the bar codes on the food contents in your intelligent fridge (‘food’ 476 MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE now comes under the generic heading of ‘neutraceuticals’, which combine genetically enhanced organic foods with nano-drugs). From this you can also identify your shopping needs and automatically send your orders to a virtual supermarket for home delivery. Many homes are now ‘eco-friendly’, with sophisticated recycling systems and improved building insulation, with heat and energy drawn from solar panels and recycled household waste. These are known as HERS (Home Environmental Regulation Systems). 2035: genetic manipulation of human sperm, eggs and embryos becomes widespread. Parents are now able to make decisions about their children’s appearance, height, IQ and emotional intelligence before they are conceived. Proposals are put forward to create groups of headless personal clones to ‘harvest’ for body parts in case of illness. A heated ethical debate rages over this issue. 2040: smart construction materials with electronic nanosensors built into their molecular structures become integrated into buildings, regu- lating warmth and air flows and warning against structural problems. Billions of nanochips are embedded in everyday objects: cars, clothes, shoes, furniture and walls. Smart sensors and voice activation have largely replaced switches and buttons on many devices. 2045: the world’s first operational quantum bio-computer goes on- line with processing capabilities that far exceed the human brain. This represents a huge leap in computing power and the genesis of the world’s first artilects. 2050: human beings and artilects are now connected (wet-wired) directly, allowing vast amounts of information to be directly down- loaded into the human brain, without the need for years of teaching and rote learning during childhood. Humans can now issue commands to computers by thought alone, and vice versa, via inaudi- ble ultrasound waves. Artilects can now understand and respond to human emotions. 2055:a second generation of intelligent robopets and robodoms (domestic robots) emerges. They carry out all domestic jobs in house- holds – cooking, cleaning, ordering shopping, gardening, baby-sitting duties – and can teach children via their wet-wired implants. They are now being used routinely in mundane, repetitive or dangerous jobs. Artilects’ rights activists call for new laws to protect these robots. 2060: the first space mission lands on Mars, with a crew of artilects. Others soon follow. 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These outfits can also monitor heart rates,. Charles Booher threatened to send a package of anthrax spores to the company, to disable an employee with a bullet and torture him with a power drill and an ice pick; and to hunt down and castrate. biological and chemical agents, and LEADERSHIP AND PEOPLE MANAGEMENT 4 69 administer emergency medical care. Dupont has been working on combat uniforms that will be able to change colours on demand as