At this very moment, someone somewhere is busy inventing something that will be so common in but 10 short years that you simply won’t know how you lived without it!
— Jim Carroll
Original 2021 statement: Machines are starting to think on their own a bit more. We don’t yet know what this means.
What Jim has written about this
From “Daily Inspiration: “At this very moment, someone somewhere is busy inventing something that will be so common in but 10 short years that you simply won’t know how you lived without it!”” (February 2022)
Need to get inspired for the future? Head on over to my post, ‘101 Things We Know About Our Future’ - An Esoteric List of Things That Are Happening Now and Next! - it’s right here . As I note in that post: My mind all too often races with ideas; I think too much. The busy activities in my head lead me to regularly scribble down lots of thoughts about the world around me. Overall, as a futurist, it’s a remarkable time to be alive – and with that in mind, here’s a list that I’ve accumulated as to ‘101 things we know about our future.’
Much of what you know today is already obsolete – you just don’t know it yet
From “Daily Inspiration: The Massive Web Traffic Collapse - “Bots: 492. Humans: 1.”” (June 2026)
And this matters, because I’m now starting to show up in the AI summaries when people are searching for the types of things I do. You know, ’ futurist keynote speaker.’
From “Daily Inspiration: AI & Leadership - “It’s time to fire up your strategic thinking about the era of intelligent machines!”” (February 2024)
Machines that see. Machines that walk. Machines that talk. Machines that sense. Machines that hear. Machines that think.
Of course, there are a lot of fascinating trends underway with ’ machines that think ,’ particularly with cool little projects at Google and elsewhere, with little robots that can play soccer.
Consider the factory or warehousing role of machines that think and see and pick and pack: “With our multipick functionality, Stretch is unlocking the next level of automated unloading. Stretch can now move multiple boxes with a single swing of the arm. In typical shipping containers filled with thousands of boxes, the robot is hitting significantly higher rates of productivity. ”
Read the full pieces on jimcarroll.com:
Daily Inspiration: “At this very moment, someone somewhere is busy inventing something that will be so common in but 10 short years that you simply won’t know how you lived without it!”
Daily Inspiration: The Massive Web Traffic Collapse - “Bots: 492. Humans: 1.”
Daily Inspiration: AI & Leadership - “It’s time to fire up your strategic thinking about the era of intelligent machines!”