Back to the Future: Surrogates, Mirror Worlds, and Parallel Universes

EIC Fei-Yeu Wang ruminates the creation of "software surrogates" that perform our tasks for us within cyberspace—crawling beneath the Internet—gathering information, organizing our life, improving our studies, and conducting our business. Ultimately, these software surrogates will enhance our abilities and make our lives and societies safer and more effective, leading to a "smart world." This issue also presents the AI's 10 to Watch list.

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