

“Sticky big-picture questions like that are meat and potatoes this season for such series as "Humans," HBO's "Westworld," USA's "Mr. Robot" and Netflix's "Black Mirror."...

Embrace technology but don’t become it (new technology vs humanity gif)
I really like this new one::) ... Read more
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May 2017
Instagram is the most harmful social network for your mental health
“Our addictive feeds of fitness models, exotic travel, and photo-perfect moments don’t often match with our comparatively humdrum and badly lit lives. The discontent caused...
24
May 2017

Elon Musk wants to enhance us as superhuman cyborgs to deal with superintelligent AI (madness imho)
“But for Musk, the big concern is AI safety. “AI is obviously going to surpass human intelligence by a lot,” he says. “There’s some risk...
23
May 2017

Here is my deck from INTA 2017 in Barcelona: the digital transformation of society and what that may mean for the future of intellectual property
Very interesting session in Barcelona today. Here are the slides, as promised! In this talk, I addressed the future of IP, copyright, patents and trademarks...
22
May 2017

The great digital-age swindle… and the man fighting back – interesting read
"But of course there is no such thing as free information. Someone has to pay for it. Just not Google or Facebook. And with the...
22
May 2017
Is There an AI President in Our Future? That Might Be an Upgrade??
“Given some of the recent occupants of the White House, many might consider it an upgrade. After all, humans are prone to making decisions based...
19
May 2017

New film by Futurist Gerd Leonhard: Technology vs Humanity – the future is already here!
I am delighted to present this exciting new film on the key topics of my recent Technology vs Humanity book. We shot this in Barcelona, earlier this...
16
May 2017

Nice report on Artificial Intelligence and Business (via Raconteur)
Download it here Around 30 per cent of UK jobs could be automated by 2030. At the same time, artificial intelligence or AI technologies are...
14
May 2017

Algorithms are failing Facebook. Can humanity save it? Made me think …via Quartz
“Facebook wanted to be pipes, but it’s also peopleEarly in the company’s history, Zuckerberg referred to Facebook as a “utility,” a piece of “information infrastructure.”...
09
May 2017

How Elon Musk learns faster and better than everyone else – 5* read!
“Bottom line: It’s not magic. It’s just the right learning processNow, we can begin to understand how Musk has become a world-class expert-generalist:He spent many...
28
Apr 2017
The Myth of a Superhuman AI – good points via Kevin Kelly
“The assumptions behind a superhuman intelligence arising soon are:Artificial intelligence is already getting smarter than us, at an exponential rate.We’ll make AIs into a general...
28
Apr 2017
The one crucial skill our education system is missing
“The answer is precisely that element which makes us less efficient and slower. Our humanity. But rather than being seen as a weakness, this is...
28
Apr 2017

My recent presentations in Greece: Sargia Exponential Leadership Event, and CEO Clubs Event Athens April 26/27
UPDATED CEO Clubs Event slide-deck: technology, humanity, the future of humanity.. and Greece: PDF 15MB: CEO Clubs Greece Technology Humanity The Future Public lowres 2. Leadership...
27
Apr 2017
Smartphones are the New Cigarettes (via Mark Manson)
“I would say that our ability to focus and hone our attention on what we need is a core component of living a happy, healthy...
23
Apr 2017

Facebook’s plans to augment reality are as dystopian as they are smart (via TheVerge)
“Facebook didn’t shy away from the marketing opportunities AR provides. In fact, it embraced the idea that you could hover your viewfinder over a restaurant...
23
Apr 2017

Artificial intelligence, thinking machines and the future of humanity – new video of my keynote at the Accenture CIO Forum in Hong Kong
This just arrived 🙂 Thanks to Accenture Hong Kong for inviting me, and for making this video available. More about the event here. Download the...
23
Apr 2017

New video: Accenture CIO Summit Hong Kong: video of panel discussion on Artificial Intelligence
https://youtu.be/CyiiY_twvWg More details here ... Read more