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We'll soon be living in a cyberpunk era
| Some parts of the world, yeah.
| I think we're almost there. At least to me, a big part of cyberpunk is cyborgs and androids. We've got articulate prostetics and are delving further and further into AI and robotics. Give it a decade or two more and I think we'll be there in full.
| Maybe I think we'll blow ourselves up before then tho
| >>164879
I live near Melbourne, but haven't seen those yet. Where in Melbourne are they?
>>166740
Yeah, probably.
| >>168149
I've seen them in the CBD mainly but they stretch as far as Monash University in Clayton. It's small but it's a start
| What??
| Agreed, but i live in hellhole, so no cyberpunk for me
| Hellhole? Where? I'm curious.
| Ai developments seem promising and terrifying as well, computer generated faces and live video weather changing. New stuff will always be scary, but sometimes you gotta embrace them, learn how it works and it's flaws to use it in your advantage and to figure out if someone else is using it to take advantage of you. Keep your eyes on Nvidia and maybe start doing research in their new technologies. As for solar powered stuff, this is some really exciting stuff
| Russia, we got no good technology. All we have r iphones. We still have shitty houses that remind me of bricks
| >>169315 it's mostly due to Russia's economic system. Most technology companies wouldn't be able to develop to full extent in those conditions, and that is what happens to business that stay there. Businesses that move outside of Eastern Europe usually prosper more since the economy in the western side of Europe or in America didn't take such a strong hit due to communism a few decades ago. It will get better, slowly but steadily
| Remember that the definition of "Cyberpunk" is not the one of a bright happy future with cyborg technology. Its used for cyborg-technologies future eras that went wrong. A bad/corrupted version of a cyber future.
| daily reminder that high tech low life is the best way to live your life. And who cannot agree can kill himself.
Embrace the cyberpunk my brothers!!
| Smartphones can almost be viewed as digital extensions. And everyone is connected over social media. From a little rectangle in your hand you can talk to people from the other side of the world.
| Cities like Dublin and other places already have things like solar powered stuff everywhere.
That and the abundance of large corporations and stores of every thing everywhere.
The real question I think is how the cities we live in are going to adapt these future tech into our lives?
| Because when I think cyberpunk, I think of neon signs, sprawling cities structures, minimal/cramped living spaces, and sketchy parts of the city using tech as a means to survive for various reasons.
Dont forget, high tech - low life, and a tech-literate population are some important parts of a cyberpuck world.
| Ontop of corporations/governments enforcing control everywhere and anywhere.
That an the possiblity of Cybercults.
| Yes, OP, cyberpunk is right around the corner. Have you been in /news/ lately?
News of China's president abolishing presidential time limits and making himself be called “leader" made me think about this kind of dystopian future, where government/zaibatsus have deseo control of majorities, with zero resistance, nor revolutions...
Just some sorry souls running un the shadows.
| I mean we kinda live in interesting world, but it is dangerous too
| >>171176
More specifically, a kind of dystopia that comes about as the result of corporations becoming more powerful than governments- late stage, almost irreversibly corrupted capitalism, megacorporations, and cities controlled by companies. It's relevant today because places either already have this (as is the case in cities or countries that rely on a single corporation for utilities) or are turning out that way.
You can even say that representative democracies have been this.
| Given that many politicians rely heavily on lobbyists from wealthy special interest groups that represent major corporations or corporate organizations, for example, the RIAA (Record Industry Association of America) and the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America).
| That's why in /cyb/, most cyberpunk works, and VA-11, Hall-a, you have corporations that either control the government, or *are* the the government. Valhalla had Zaibatsu, Neuromancer had Tessier-Ashpool, Deus Ex had various, from Sarif Industries to others, RoboCop had Omni Consumer Products which literally owned Detroit, and etc.
| More examples: Blade Runner had Tyrell Corp, and later Wallace Corp, the Aliens series had Weylan-Yutani, and etc.
| If the future isn't cyberpunk I'll be very disappointed
| I feel that too many people will rely on the governments and corporations in the near future.
In a world where everything about is stored online and in various databases everywhere.
People would find comfort in knowing there is some larger power keeping order and controlling everything around them.
No to mention that people rely on corporations in places like Ireland and other places where many of them are based to a living. Megacorps will control all if everybody relied on them
| Yes, we will be living in a cyberpunk. But will ppl even look at it (this new era) like 'cyberpunk'? I bet not. It will be natural for them, just like cyberpunk has never existed, or, at least, they will look at it like some old shit. Smartphones were like a distant fantasy for older civilizations. Now, our lifes and connections are entirely inside this small thing.
We might be having this at there atual moment. But the cyberpunk will become something natural.
| I think I already live a cyberpunk lifestyle in many regards. Not quite cutting edge like you see in anime series and whatnot, but cyberpunk nonetheless.
| We already are.
| Cyberpunk is already here, you, fool.
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| I live in Melbourne and I've started to notice solar powered trash cans that tell you how full it is as well as if it needs maintenance popping up all around the city as well as in my uni. Is this the beginning?