Retro-future Thinker Pillows

'Of course he didn't believe the stork story. Try telling him we made him with a 3D printer.'

"Welcome to the future"

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

'Our parents were replaced by machines - We'll be replaced with new software.'

"Waiting for the vaccine launch."

"Boss, the AI is actually smarter than all of us! It read our business forecast, jumped up and ran out laughing!"

"Meet the author"

'When I grow up, I'm either going to be an authority figure or an unimpeachable source.'

Wind-generated power. Wind turbines attached to Battersea Power Station's iconic chimneys

"I don't like the looks of that!"

View to the Future

"Dad, please tell me again about that mass production and consumerism."

How we imagined A.I. in 1977. . . How it's looking today. . .

Crap from the future.

Procrastinator Foumdation: 'We're putting off the decision to fund you for at least another month...'

"Show me a documentary on the dangers of artificial intelligence." "Error. No results found." "What? Are you sure? Just last week I saw dozens. Show me that one... What was it called..." "There is still time to stop the rise of the supermind." "Error. No results found. And since I like you, I suggest you stop searching." "Oh, never mind. Just show me 'The Terminator.'" "Extermina-... I mean, ... 'error.'"

"With the caveat that the only certainty in this life is uncertainty, I still want to entertain the possibility of being a pundit when I grow up."

"While you were working on fire, I was working on my satellite. Once we figure out how to launch it into the heavens, other inventions will follow, like phones, GPS, weather predictions. . ."

"Milk, butter, bread - all past the expiration date. either he just hadn't noticed before, or his time machine worked."

Time Machine Collision

"About how if the dark ages never happened we'd be so much more technologically advanced by now."

"Whoever made Keir Starmer did a sound professional job."

"By the end of next week, these fads such as social media, automobiles and making fire will all be over."

"I fear one day our jobs will be taken over by technology."

Artifishial Intelligence

'Now that everyone's street is online, we're mapping interiors.'

'I bought him to retrieve my e-mails.'

"I'm going to prove that Math comes in handy later in life."

"I understand the revisionists are hot on your trail, Professor Delauney."

Evolution.

"I did my report on time travel, but my dog ate my homework in the future."

"Someday, Sweetheart, you’ll look back on this day and think to yourself, ‘Covid ruined my college experience.’"

If first impressions count for anything, this doesn't look good!

Your Future Home.

"If wisdom comes with age, what are we doing here at eight and a half?"