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1. One of the following vocal assistant will be the first computer program to pass the Turing test without any human help. 19 day(s) 2. Singularities: Among these potential major changes which one will occur the first? 19 day(s) 3. New frontiers: when will the first human consciousness make a travel into a non biological substratum (i.e. artificial neural networks, computers, or quantum computers)? 48 day(s) 4. Asteroids: with the increasing detection of asteroids near the earth orbit, it will happen that some fall on the moon and provoke a spectacular view from the earth. 49 day(s) 5. KIC 8462852 will provide the first evidence of an alien life 49 day(s) 6. Signs of alien life will be found by detecting non-random electromagnetic signals 49 day(s) 7. Technological singularity : Stephen Hawking recently evoked the hypothesis that robots could end the humanity. What could we expect if artificial intelligence outperforms human intelligence? 110 day(s) 8. The human (and animal) brain implements quantum computation for that it was shaped through evolutionary processes within a microscopic world where quantum physics applies and is efficient 110 day(s) 9. Augmented humans vs. conscious AI: as humans may benefit from brain implants and AI cortical extensions, AI will benefit from the conscious properties of biological brains. 110 day(s) 10. Upgraded reality: augmented reality is only a step toward what I call upgraded reality, in which people live through separate customised realities with their own sets of perception-modifying devices 353 day(s)