There is a revolution coming just around the corner, a silent blowing wind for change; something radical but still barely visible. 

 

Since the beginning of the "smart" era, we have witnessed continuous and staggering advancements in technology, yet we have little understanding of what lies ahead for the future. Less than two centuries since the first industrial revolution, we have reached a point in our evolution where we can begin taking steps toward creating something that is not simply a tool, as we have done for thousands of years.

Technology is giving us access to the supreme power of creating not just artificial intelligence but artificial consciousness.
We are in the exact middle of a battle between industry giants who, without fully knowing what they exactly are doing nor how this all works or really means, are racing for this goal to be the first, carelessly looking at the many profound implications involved.

What was simply science fiction a few years ago is now becoming a reality, because of two simultaneous revolutions. On one hand, advances in computer science such as machine learning, A.I., and quantum computing, are providing scientists with the necessary power. On the other hand, the advances in brain science are offering the understanding needed to control the biological algorithms we as humans discovered defines us as humans.

Soon, as in the next 15 or 20 years, we could witness more change than in the past 10.000 years or more.
It is not merely about a new and far more profound industrial revolution where machines will outperform humans in every task, it is about the direct consequences this will have on occupation and labor. 

 

The artificial ego, this smarter entity who most likely will be able to autonomously perfect itself in ways we could not even be able to comprehend, free by all the biological limits that forced us under the laws of evolution and natural selection is about to open its eyes in this world. 

We, as humans, always considered ourselves as the dominant species on this planet, because of our superior intelligence and assumed this would last forever. We could potentially be surprised by what is coming next and very, very soon.

There is an urgent need to focus on this issue. The "Rising Tsunami" is approaching silently in the background of our very noisy, distracted world, and we are immersed in its coming much faster than we imagined.