How “Digital Twins” Could Help Us Predict the Future | Karen Willcox | TED

From health-tracking wearables to smartphones and beyond, data collection and computer modeling have become a ubiquitous part of everyday life. Advancements in these areas have given birth to "digital twins," or virtual models that evolve alongside real-world data. Aerospace engineer Karen Willcox explores the incredible possibilities these systems offer across engineering, climate studies and medicine, sharing how they could lead to personalized medicine, better decision-making and more.
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[@maborscott-emuakpor6732]

Brilliant presentation. Cleared it up for me there and I definitely see the necessity and application especially in the engineering field. Thanks Karen

[@saranbhatia8809]

Great talk Karen!

[@OZMus]

I love the idea of getting info from fed algorithmic data inputs which is suitable here but some of what is being said is jargon

[@justrosy5]

Regarding aircraft, they already do that, just not in the same way. Regarding people, yes, individual comparisons to "the original model" is very idealistic, but here's the problem with that: the original model is a newborn.

[@mehmet.albyrk]

So clear and comprehensible even for non-native english bearer.

[@nikita_kozlov]

Lol she’s got like an Aussie or Kiwi accent. 😂 pretty sure she’s a native English speaker.

[@mehmet.albyrk]

​@@nikita_kozlovAlthough she has different accent her way of presenting is comprehensible and so informative

[@aphaileeja]

Man, I've been predicting this since "vector space" was coined!

[@hgrace0]

She was very thought provoking

[@jesuschristislord7754]

Thanks, Karen.

[@leonardgleicher]

Great explaination

[@abhayanand9585]

Can we ever live in a time in future where We all can proudly tell We live completely in a Sustainable World 🌎???

[@sagorcoding128]

Great presentation

[@farticusmaximusOG]

Ah yes, the warm inviting "for your health" phase of dystopian tech!

[@interstellarsurfer]

Think of the children. 😂

[@AbleBodied]

One day that health device will zap you. They are working on that, if not successful yet.

[@dougg1075]

Yep

[@phighter]

@@AbleBodied We're already partway there with notification vibrations :)

[@Anonymoose66G]

@@AbleBodied they will zap you when you do something that they deem in error 😂

[@hieptv85]

Thanks

[@alfanazzamcraft]

Very high-quality appearance, Indonesia is present 🙏🙏🙏

[@aliasgharahmadikia1220]

Awesome👏👏👏

[@salihawouda2992]

Digital twins can train robots , test cars,planes and other vehicles before they enter the real world and predict how cancer tumorsight grow or how a cancer tumor might respond to radiotherapy treatment or predict how an Antarctic ice sheet might flow under certain temperatures or how a fridge might function ! This technology can really change many areas of the world and help with work in many industries accross all fields !

[@johnpaddy8195]

Ahhhhhh, Clarity. Well Spoken

[@AnyoneCanSee]

We are just at the last point in human history before AI is far smarter and more capable than us. Just before machines can literally read our minds. If you think that sounds crazy, Google it. AI is already capable of mind reading. We are free to travel and live in relative peace and almost anything is possible. We are the last lucky generation. In 50 years there is no version of the world in which we are not enslaved by technology. Or enslaved by a few powerful men controlling technology. There was a time in Scotland when a few men had all the power and money and my ancestors were basically slaves working "their" land. Land they had taken by force and they simply owned all the land. Then one day they realised they didn't need these peasant farmers on "their" land and they began "land clearances". Humans were told they had no right to exist where they had existed for centuries and they had to just go away. Ancient clan lands were now one man's land. Something like four families owned all the land in Scotland and kept it all for themselves. They still do. Once there is powerful AI and powerful robots what use will you and I be to the elites? We will have no purpose and the "land clearances" will begin again. The removal of surplus humanity from the world of the elites. We have no rights in the future because we will have no power.

[@fslurrehman]

It's a very useful business when you rename an old terminology with fancy name and claim for new tech. Rename CAE, Simulation, GIS, and BIM to Digital twin and there you go.

[@maborscott-emuakpor6732]

It's different. Those methods you name do not need the same inputs. They don't need real-time data whereas this method she's explaining tracks real time data offered by real-time measurements done by onboard sensors to both characterize the model and predict its performance. It's truly ground-breaking. In a profession where all we had till now is sheer imagination and good approximation, an attempt has now been made to take guess-work out of the picture. That's the difference.

[@thanks600]

This screams “Future is Remote Work” just like NASA did remotely from office addressed problems in outer space. Electric Car can be shipped with digital twin too, displayed like tamagotchi for user, digital model for manufacturer diagnostic, tracking changes. Ditto with those health bands for “moon shot” medical advancements.

[@dcterr1]

It seems to me that quantum computers could come in handy with modeling of digital twins.

[@paultaylor7947]

The power of the revolution. Eternal havoc

[@ArnaudJoakim]

Digital Twins of everything! Let's predict the future!

[@aFan_1of1]

"Aircraft" example is Us.

[@DoNE021]

All collected data can be used against Us the people in bad hands.

[@michalholovic9081]

For me it's very inexplicable that we are talking about Apollo program in 60-70s years where digital twins have already existed and astronauts thankfully this simulation technology could get back to the earth. And afterwards we are talking that is very challenging make something like that?

[@Legushka04]

What are you suggesting?

[@bearnv775]

They can predict our lives! In the "WestWorld" show. Calebs life predicts he will suicide. Data = control.

[@walkieTalker]

an argument fr cross segmentation and deeo analysis.. greeaaatt...

[@mittelwelle_531_khz]

Think of digital twins of people's psychological state ... and Good Morning "Minority Report" 🙁

[@user-fl5mg6wt9i]

It seems to tell us well about digital twins. The digital twin seems to be a technology with a wide radius that can be useful. In the future world, if digital twins can discover and predict improvements in tumor-oriented unmanned aerial vehicles for cancer patients, save lives, and develop better, it will be a much better and more scientific world than the society we live in now. It was a good lecture that even first-time listeners could understand well. 10610

[@sukorileakbatt294]

tic prediction for TVZ

[@stellarhouse]

Well explained and presented, Karen. I'd like to ask if we live in a world where we can trust people weilding such technology. There is no such integrity to be seen and felt. The system is not transparent in its dealings and now is actually a dangerous time for such aspirations. Just use it for your own recreation I guess. There's no hurry to experiment and learn in space with such potent tech. This is trying to introduce an automated technology with implications that are not yet fully declared and understood by many. I'm okay with the whole sensor and algorithm functioning together. That's fine. Just what if this field expands on to other areas of life and you just justify collecting personal information in the name of data? Are you even aware what data about a person's health and movement patterns can reveal and compromise? This does not smell like betterment. You'd do better if you really meant helping humans. That is soulless.

[@stellarhouse]

We couldn't do better with the tech before, so now we need normalising of data collecting tech.

[@OZMus]

Both NPR and The New York Times have stolen my works. That's just the tip of the iceberg. I've lost my kids over this and been wrongfully accused of crimes I haven't committed etc. I'd be worried for legit futuristics where people are seriously made prisoners.. of their own device. Welcome to the hotel California.

[@OZMus]

@@stellarhouse what do you mean normalising of data collection tech? We already have regulation associated with this in compliancy programs with regard to data privacy which moderate data collection

[@stellarhouse]

@@OZMus I'm refering to data being amassed so aggressively despite the regulations being in place there have been instances of them leaking. And so it makes me think if they are really following anything at all.

[@andersp.1264]

​@@reeseb8407the need for profit drives certain kinds of innovation, not others. For example, something like the internet never would've been invented by a for-profit organisation. Pretty much every single technology that forms the bedrock of the modern internet is free and open-source, without a profit motive in sight.

[@Pendletones77]

Never thought Lara Croft’s boobs in Tomb Raider 1 could predict the future. Not in the new games though, you can’t predict anything with those.

[@BenMalleck]

My digital twin wouldn’t listen to me. He’s too stubborn.

[@stellarhouse]

😂

[@samuelzev4076]

Future predictions with computers and models is nothing new, it’s going to get more complex as digital computers will slowly be replaced with quantum computers that can map out mote possibilities than the digital ones

[@TouristPlacesinWorld-ld9zw]

नमस्ते❤🎉

[@roldanduarteholguin7102]

Export the Power Apps, Copilot, Chat GPT, Revit, Plant 3D, Civil 3D, Inventor, ENGI file of the Building or Refinery to Excel, prepare Budget 1 and export it to COBRA. Prepare Budget 2 and export it to Microsoft Project. Solve the problems of Overallocated Resources, Planning Problems, prepare the Budget 3 with which the construction of the Building or the Refinery is going to be quoted.

[@sportlivetv9616]

Wait, do you think cryptocurrency will crash? I dont think so. More and more companies are integrating cryptocurrency into their operations: Amazon, Cannafarm Ltd, Burger King, even Starbucks, dude!

[@ronalddancaliva883]

There are more high tech technologies coming out in the near future and it's too exciting to wait what the future holds for us in the next decades

[@youtubeshorts3416]

Are cryptocurrency and business incompatible? I think youre not keeping up with the news. While you thought it was impossible, some enthusiasts from Cannafarm Ltd integrated cryptocurrency into the production of medical cannabis. What do you say now?

[@princessleisure5413]

💝

[@Starfishtroopers]

NO

[@MegaBaellchen]

Predict the future, wow, thats a new one, never has anyone tried that before. I'm sure by now it's all working and with the help of AI we no longer have to care about the details...

[@OZMus]

Such sarcasm such wow

[@andreahodson7031]

Wow minority report right there 😳😳

[@AbleBodied]

😳😳😳😳😳😳

[@leesanghong80]

Ci8b

[@peterpetrov6522]

The voodoo doll was correct. This technology will be used only for good and never for evil. 😛

[@dogman1807]

Call me organic.. but I don't like the feel of this

[@sujaynis3905]

why does this lady look a lot similar to raquel from money hesit?

[@sirainilawal]

Her digital twins😉

[@13Septem13]

Um, it has been know for years as mathematical modeling? Why is it big deal now?

[@dgo8509]

Computational power x1 million power in 6 years is the answer. Digital twins accelerate priority decisions by accelerating probability computing with access to all possible data

[@invox9490]

Salespitch... Again. 😖

[@RehanRC]

Can we call it something else, please? So it's not horrific? This is a preventable black mirror event. Just change the name.

[@armaghanshakeel4119]

I dont know, dudes. I think crypto and all these ICOs are just a bubble. Well, crypto is good for transfers and so on, but I dont engage in trading and staking either. Its too risky. My friend recently lost $5000 there. I invest crypto in real business