The Naked Future: What Happens in a World That Anticipates Your Every Move?

We are on the threshold of a historic transition in our ability to forecast aspects of the future with ever-increasing precision. The rise of big data will enable us to anticipate not only events like earthquakes or epidemics, but also individual behavior. Will we be able to predict guilt before a person commits a crime?

Patrick Tucker is the author of The Naked Future: What Happens in a World That Anticipates Your Every Move, an Amazon Best Book of the Month for March 2014. He is the technology reporter/editor with Defense One and deputy editor for The Futurist magazine. He has written on the topics of data, complexity, artificial intelligence, and cybernetics. His writing has appeared in various publications and on many sites, including Slate, MIT Technology Review, The Wilson Quarterlyand the Discovery Channel.











When: Wed., Jun. 4, 2014 at 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Where: Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
170 East 64th Street
212-838-4120
Price: Free for students; $25 for non-members
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We are on the threshold of a historic transition in our ability to forecast aspects of the future with ever-increasing precision. The rise of big data will enable us to anticipate not only events like earthquakes or epidemics, but also individual behavior. Will we be able to predict guilt before a person commits a crime?

Patrick Tucker is the author of The Naked Future: What Happens in a World That Anticipates Your Every Move, an Amazon Best Book of the Month for March 2014. He is the technology reporter/editor with Defense One and deputy editor for The Futurist magazine. He has written on the topics of data, complexity, artificial intelligence, and cybernetics. His writing has appeared in various publications and on many sites, including Slate, MIT Technology Review, The Wilson Quarterlyand the Discovery Channel.

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