Futurology Enthusiasts Mugs

A traffic jam on a road signposted to 'Progress'.

"Why bother?"

"Ralph's smart car not only drives better than he does, it also works better. So we fired him and hired the car."

'It says our line printer is obsolete our remote terminal is obsolete, and I'm afraid, we're obsolete.'

"Reports that AI is planning a world takeover are greatly exaggerated."

"If you could change just one thing about yourself, what would it be?" "I’d totally wish to have my brain put into a robot body." "That way I could live forever. Imagine living long enough to buy an iPhone 7000." "Wrong answer. An alpha male never lets on that he’s concerned about his mortality. Your answer should have been 'nothing.'" "The alpha male or female is not afraid of death, little buddy." "I think I’d rather wait for the 7000–S." "Stop it."

Andrew, the wedding usher from the future.

'I see you in five years from now, you're still coming to see me. Do you want me to book the appointments in advance?'

"Elon Musk is buying rope and walnuts."

The Problem with World Population Growth

"Why are all of your answers so mechanical?"

"I take back everything bad I said about AI."

"Take me to your thought leader."

Institute for Artificial Intelligence.

AI

Robot Waiter

'I used to trade in futures until I learned the planet doesn't have one.'

"The difference between us and them is...they can be reproduced by unskilled labour."

"I wonder what our self-cooking kitchen has for us today."

"We don't have a cloaking device for our ship, but we've made it look like a banner ad. They won't see us."

"What the hell happened to this town?"

'All I did was to connect an artificial heart to artificial legs, to an artificial kidney, to...'

"Go ahead. Click on 'I Am Not A Robot.' I dare you."

"And then around 40,000 years ago, we lost the fleshy appendage. . ."

'Of course he reminds you of yourself at his age -- he's your clone.'

"I am your bot server. Page me by phone and tip me in bitcoins."

My wife is the inspiration behind the light speed spaceship - the longer I'm married, the more I want to be the first human who lives on Mars.

"When they said I'd been replaced by A.I. I'd imagined something more SOPHISTICATED!"

"Hey, this is a big gamble for us, too. We've never hired a genetically-modified vegetable before!"

'I used to work for the Treasury Department, but there's no future in economic forecasts.'

"They've found a design fault!"

Seances of the future