Did the predictions of cult scholar Isaac Azimov come true after 35 years?

At the end of 1983, an American sci-fi writer was asked to say what he imagined in 2019.

Now, 35 years later, his predictions can be compared to reality. Some proved accurate.

Azimov predicts an increase in the popularity of computers. In an article in the Toronto Star, he stated that society would reach the level where it "can not exist without them"

"In the 1980s, most of the bosses did not use it. # 39; computers. The secretaries printed their emails to their managers to read them. Internet was everywhere, but few people knew it ", – The author of the popular and artistic science books on artificial intelligence Kalum Chase. [19659002]

Azimov also predicted that robotics would revolutionize many fields and that automation of work would cause the death of certain professions.

The author predicts that teachers would no longer need children, as to interest them or inspire them. The children, predicted by Azimov, would study at home using computers. This prediction of Azimov will end sooner or later – it is a matter of several decades,

The man and the space

Where the predictions of Azimov proved to be less accurate, as is the case of humanity and spatial relations. The author had predicted that by 2019, the mines would already operate mines and a solar power plant, which would make it possible to build the first space facility.

"After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the race for space between the United States and the USSR put an end to the pressure that existed before and forced the United States to do everything possible to defeat the USSR for its prestige and for political reasons, the necessary budgets by the Congress became impossible " – says Kalum Chase.

However, it should be noted that in 2017, the White House announced its intention to return to the moon and build permanent buildings for research and experiments.

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What will be the next 30 years?

"His predictions are absolutely fascinating," says Kalum Chase. "It is interesting to note that in some speeches he was wrong, but he was also right in so many ways."

The Azimov thing in its predictions is not at all aduye – artificial intelligence. Chays believes that the development of this technology will become a key element for several decades.

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