

“This raises mind-boggling questions. As the technology advances, we might soon cross some threshold beyond which using AI requires a leap of faith. Sure, we...

No one is prepared to stop the robot onslaught. So what will we do when it arrives? (QZ.com)
“Can we do nothing to stop or even slow what seems a mechanized approximation of an army of marching Huns? But wait. In much of...
16
Apr 2017

…the coming robot onslaught. Great read via Quartz
“Advances in supercomputers and the understanding of neural networks are combining to create a revolution in robotics, and companies eager for more profitability and cheaper...
15
Apr 2017

Shared keynote presentation: AI, thinking machines and the future of humanity (Futurist Gerd)
I am trying out a new feature of Apple Keynote – shared public presentations (download for Apple Keynote users only). All images and the file...
15
Apr 2017

What Google and Facebook must do about one of their biggest problems – Vivek Wadhwa
“It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Social media was developed with the promise of spreading democracy, community and freedom, not ignorance, bigotry and hatred....
14
Apr 2017
How Technology Has Failed to Improve Your Airline Experience – brilliant summary
“Everything about United Flight 3411 — overselling, underpaying for seats when they are oversold, a cultish refusal to offer immediate contrition, an overall attitude that...
14
Apr 2017
“Music Confounds the Machines” great speech by Tbone Walker
“The first nuclear weapon was detonated on the morning of July 16, 1945, at 5:29 and 45 seconds.At that moment, technocrats took control of our...
14
Apr 2017

The dangers and challenges of the Internet of Things – crucial points made by Bruce Schneier
Bruce Schneier is one of the most brilliant thinkers when it's about security and technology, in general. His recent piece ‘Click here to kill everyone'...
11
Apr 2017

Why the IoT Will Give Rise To Artificial Intelligence (good read via Forbes )
“Chatbots have received some attention recently, as several large companies have announced progress in their development. The ultimate goal is for these to replace all...
08
Apr 2017

A.I. Versus M.D.: knowing how versus knowing that (a key distinction)
“In 1945, the British philosopher Gilbert Ryle gave an influential lecture about two kinds of knowledge. A child knows that a bicycle has two wheels,...
06
Apr 2017

The Internet of Things – the challenges of building a new Meta-Intelligence (new Gif)
Just starting working on some more IoT-related keynotes … here is something early on this, below, giffed:) Read this post on Medium ... Read more
06
Apr 2017

My keynote at SAP Italy Executive Summit 2017: exponential technological (r)evolutions and responsible leadership (video and slide deck)
This video was just published by SAP Italia, here. Find out more about the event, here. Here is the edited slide deck SAP Lake Como...
04
Apr 2017

Tech Bigwigs Know How Addictive Their Products Are. Made me think – by Adam Altar
“The environment and circumstance of the digital age are far more conducive to addiction than anything humans have experienced in our history. In the 1960s,...
02
Apr 2017

True AI is both logically possible and utterly implausible says Luciano Floridi (via Aeon Essays) 5* read on AI
“Both Singularitarians and AItheists are mistaken. As Turing clearly stated in the 1950 article that introduced his test, the question ‘Can a machine think?’ is...
02
Apr 2017
Robots Will Soon Do Your Taxes. Bye-Bye, Accounting Jobs
“More than 2 million people were employed as accountants, bookkeepers, and auditors in 2015. Until now, these types of information-oriented professions have resisted automation because...
02
Apr 2017

Resist the Internet – read this nicely put heretic piece
“Compulsions are rarely harmless. The internet is not the opioid crisis; it is not likely to kill you (unless you’re hit by a distracted driver)...
31
Mar 2017

Video: Gerd Leonhard’s keynote on digital transformation and the future of financial services: DST Advance 2017
Now availalble ! More about the event and DST Systems here DST Digital Transformation Keynote Gerd Leonhard Public low res Some best-of slides:...
31
Mar 2017

Your animal life is over. Machine life has begun. The road to immortality. Great read via the Guardian!
“In his early teens, Koene began to conceive of the major problem with the human brain in computational terms: it was not, like a computer,...