The Intelligence of Things
We are quite familiar with artificial intelligence, thanks to the brilliant marketing moves made by OpenAI not long ago. And we have a decent understanding of “smart” devices, like smartphones and appliances connected to the internet. But are we prepared for the intelligence of more ordinary things such as liquids and dirt? Such may be our future, and therein lies a literary gambit.
TheDebrief.org reports on an “intelligent liquid” developed recently at Harvard. The fluid can apparently change between a Newtonian and non-Newtonian state, increasing or decreasing in viscosity, and it can be used in different applications in different ways. For example, it could become more or less opaque. Evidently the liquid can be programmable to some extent in order to accommodate the shape of the container holding it, or adapt to other extenuating external circumstances.
It’s quite fascinating and the article is worth a read.
The possibilities hold yet another tantalizing tidbit ripe for fictional exploitation. Best of all, it’s a departure from the previous norms.
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