NEXT: Our Inevitable Future | Science and Technology as Global Game Changers

Science and technology are converging to change the global game; and nowhere is that change more clear than in the words of scientist and futurist David Brin, one of our best science fiction writers, and the work of Paul Rosenbloom, a lead researcher on artificial intelligence. From Isaac Asimov to Brin's new novel, "Existence," science fiction has often looked at whether AI will outpace the human brain and lead us into a brave new world, or has it already? In this premiere edition of our series, “NEXT: People | Science | Tomorrow,“ Brin and Rosenbloom joined host Mat Kaplan in the Crawford Family Forum to talk about our cyber future. Will humanity survive and even thrive when the Singularity arrives?

Panel:

Mat Kaplan, host of Planetary Radio

David Brin, scientist, futurist and award-winning science fiction writer. His latest book is “Existence,” published this year.

Paul S. Rosenbloom, professor in the Computer Science Department in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering; project leader at USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies

NEXT: People | Science | Tomorrow -- the Crawford Family Forum’s new series on the convergence of science, technology and society - an exploration of the future of civilization, the human species, and our place in the universe. The series is hosted by Mat Kaplan of Planetary Radio.