These tech-obsessed celebs could probably take over the world
We're not actually asking (yet), but that's the title of a new Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 1 documentary, where will investigate how a robot can handle promo interviews and performing live, just like a real pop star.
Coming to from Friday 10 March, make sure you tune in to find out if Ed's job is at risk, but before that check out these tech-loving celebs who will probably take over the world one day. With help from robots. Maybe.
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Did you know is the director of creative innovation for Intel? Meaning that, essentially, the musician comes up with ideas for new tech that Intel then puts into practice. Pretty cool, huh? He’s also launched his own range of wireless headphones, partnered with Gucci on a smartwatch and is super into artificial intelligence.
Speaking at a recent Sotheby’s panel talk, Will said, “It’s 2017, and the new thing is called AI. And it’s more powerful than the Internet, because the Internet didn’t think, the Internet didn’t know you. So that shift is about to happen again, where there is a new type of way that we connect and get information. It’s about to enter society and it knows a lot. It’s coming and it’s going to be awesome.”
Steve Aoki
The producer and DJ has just remixed the theme song for cult anime movie Ghost In The Shell, which this year receives the live-action remake treatment, starring Scarlett Johansson. In a press release for the song, said, “This is a big day for me. Especially for teenage youth me when I first watched the anime Ghost In The Shell that planted the seeds for my imagination and obsession for sci-fi android life, AI singularity and later the blueprints towards my Neon Future ideology.”
Steve also teamed up with futurist Ray Kurzweil on his Singularity music video back in 2013, to explain how artificial intelligence will change human civilization in the future.
Kanye West
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On his famous Donda Communications Company chart, where mapped out every venture he wants to get involved with, there was a heavy focus on tech. From holograms and hovercrafts, to mobile phones and a ‘luxury’ cloud service, we have no doubt that somewhere an army of Yeezy clones is working away on all of his big ideas.
Karlie Kloss
The former Victoria’s Secret Angel has her own Kode With Klossy initiative, where young women are taught how to code. “Before my first coding class, the idea that I could build something with code seemed practically impossible,” Karlie writes on her website. “Within a couple of classes, I was working with my classmates to program a small drone. I realized that code is about creativity — just like art and fashion — and that women who have these skills have the power to shape our future.”
Ashton Kutcher
You might still think of Ashton Kutcher as the guy who played some epic pranks on his fellow celebs, but the actor is actually hugely into tech, having invested in Uber, Skype, Airbnb and Spotify (to name but a few companies in his portfolio with business partner Guy Oseary). Covering Forbes in April 2016, accompanied by the headline 'Tech's Top Investors', the magazine told how Ashton had invested a total of $30 million - with $250 million return. Wow.
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