In this talk subtitled “Watching the Alpha Geeks” Tim applies his unique insight to the communities of people who are pushing the envelope in terms of what is possible with technology. These are the people exploring the frontiers of network applications, collaborative intelligence and hacking the physical world.

The old paradigms of computation are wearing away with time. Tim describes how we are making computers intelligent because we are a part of them. Artificial Intelligence is being supplanted by augmented intelligence. We are harnessing the collaborative intelligence of large numbers of people in aggregate to make applications smarter which in turn make us smarter. Software becomes bionic as it brings people into the application.

As the Web 2.0 revolution changes how we use information, people are using the network to hack the physical world. This will be one of the emerging long term trends in the future. The “alpha geeks” are finding new ways to integrate devices and applications in new and exciting ways, and people like Tim are there to spread the information for others to follow.