

“A survey of more than 1,500 online shoppers revealed that up to 43 percent of voice-enabled device users have used VUI (Voice User Interfaces) to...

Amazon Alexa and Healthcare: what does this mean for privacy?
Angela Chen from The Verge offer a good analysis of Amazon's announcement that Alexa-enabled devices are now able to handle patient information. “A lot of good...
12
Apr 2019

4500+ Researchers Call for an Immediate Ban on Lethal Autonomous Weapons
Although AI plays an integral role in our everyday lives, AI can also be used to create weapons of mass destruction, unlike anything the world...
10
Apr 2019

Smart machines are NOT the end of human work: androrithms over algorithms!
The Future of Work Algorithms Androrithms HI and AI ... Read more
07
Apr 2019

New Podcast: Discussing Proaction versus Precaution
Here is our latest podcast based on Chapter 8 of Gerd's best-selling book Technology vs Humanity (Now available in 11 languages!) This week Peter and I covered the...
07
Apr 2019

Does the Internet know too much about you? Meet The New Organs project
Can our devices be controlled? Are microphones and cameras being turned on without our knowledge? Though a definitive answer is hard to explain; Tega Brain and...
07
Apr 2019

Digital Ethics: looking beyond the bottom line (interview with Gerd Leonhard at Emirates Litfest)
On the occasion of the Emirates Airlines Festival of Literature where Gerd presented “Technology Vs Humanity”, Gerd was speaking with Arabian Business’ Shayan Shakeel about how...
06
Apr 2019

A Must-Read Future Report: 2019 Technology Trends by Amy Webb
Are you also feeling a bit disoriented when you hear any of the following terms: Ambient tracking, Bounty Programs, Solar Highways, 5D Printing, Digital Frailty,...
06
Apr 2019

Curing death or ageing better? Healthspan vs. lifespan
Anti-ageism activist Ashton Applewhite says we need to fix our own deeply ingrained beliefs about what getting older means. Applewhite’s new book, “This Chair Rocks,”...
06
Apr 2019

How efficient is your love? When AI beats Cupid (Betterhalf.ai in India)
Betterhalf.ai is an Indian company taking dating and relationships to its next level! Ravi Shankar Rajan wrote an interesting post on how AI is redefining...
04
Apr 2019

Ethics as a strategic business asset?
My good friend Bill Wilkie has a new post on ethics. Bill has several academic degrees in Ethics (applied, comparative, philosophical), and recently founded a company...
04
Apr 2019

When Artificial Intelligence Is Everywhere: A dystopian view for 2060 (via The Smithsonian)
As part of the April 2019 preview, The Smithsonian Magazine has an interesting series of future AI scenarios – albeit quite dystopian. The story projects us forward...
02
Apr 2019

Is AI Ethics now a mainstream topic? Five hints from Forbes
Forbes Insights just published five posts summarizing some of the latest developments in AI Ethics. “The growing marketplace for AI ethics” post gives a good...
31
Mar 2019

We have to stop robots from outsmarting humanity
Jaan Tallinn is a founding engineer of Skype and Kazaa. He founded the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk and he is also a...
31
Mar 2019

Selling hamburgers with AI? McDonalds loves it
McDonald's acquisition of machine learning startup Dynamic Yield has been widely reported. Below are some extracts from Engadget, BBC News, and WIRED. The purchase for...
28
Mar 2019

Universities compete for leadership in Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence
It looks like universities around the world are engaged in a fierce competition to claim the pole-position on digital ethics, especially when it comes to...
28
Mar 2019

Human Contact Is Now a Luxury Good (must-read via the NYT)
“Anticipated spending on experiences such as leisure travel and dining is outpacing spending on goods, according to his company’s research, and he sees it as...
27
Mar 2019

Preparing For Tomorrow’s Workforce In A World Run By Machines
Gerd's brand new post just went live on Forbes. As smart machines and algorithms begin to excel over and above human capacity, Gerd believes that we...