The Asimov Problem
We built powerful robots without shared rules. Asimov imagined safeguards— industry delivered terms of service. One incident could expose a framework that doesn’t exist. … Why the most physically intimate technology in human history has no ethical spine — and...
The Robot Dog Is on Patrol. And It’s Just Getting Started.
By Futurist Thomas Frey From data center perimeters to military forward positions, four-legged robots are reshaping what security means — and raising questions nobody has fully answered yet Man’s New Best Friend In November 2024, a photograph surfaced that...
Ten Years Ago I Made 72 Predictions About 2026. Here’s the Honest Report Card — and What 2036 Actually Looks Like
By Futurist Thomas Frey A decade-old list, graded in real time — plus the next ten years Back in August 2016, I sat down and published a piece called “72 Stunning Things in the Future That Will Be Common Ten Years from Now That Don’t Exist Today.” I...
The Relationships That Hold: Why Father, Grandfather, Great-Grandfather Still Mean Everything
The Unlost Self — Column 2 By Futurist Thomas Frey There is a robot in South Korea named Hyodol. She is about the size of a toddler, with anime eyes, rosy cheeks that glow neon red, and a cheerful voice powered by the same AI that runs ChatGPT. She lives with elderly...