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A.I. Can Now Write Its Own Computer Code. Is that good news for humans? Must-read via NYT
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Technology is exponential but humans are not: Why Digital Ethics is an increasingly crucial topic (and some new keynotes)
“Technology can do great things, but it does not WANT to do great things – it does not want anything” says Apple's CEO Tim Cook...
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Jun 2021
Big Tech’s Domination of Business Reaches New Heights (via the NYT)
“As the economy contracts and many companies struggle to survive, the biggest tech companies are amassing wealth and influence in ways unseen in decades” Read...
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Aug 2020
The closing words of the technology antitrust hearing in the US Congress (Mr Cicilline): pretty serious stuff!
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Jul 2020
Must-watch summary of US congress hearing on tech regulation #digitalethics (via TheVerge)
technology regulation: too much of a good thing can be a very bad thing
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Jul 2020
Big Tech is the winner of covid19 – have a look at these stats
Made me think:) ... Read more
15
Jun 2020
Covid-19 Will Accelerate the AI Health Care Revolution (Must-read) by Kai Fu Lee
The potential goes beyond diagnosis and treatment. Getting appointments, paying insurance bills, and other processes should be much less painful. AI combined with robotic process...
14
Jun 2020
Tech giants are profiting — and getting more powerful — even as the global economy tanks (via WaPo)
There are really two Americas right now,” said Scott Galloway, a marketing professor at the New York University Stern School of Business and author of...
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Apr 2020
Data is the new ?Oil? PLUTONIUM!
I keep hearing this alt take of one of my fav memes so… here is an illustration / gif you may enjoy 🙂 Read this...
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Mar 2020
Are you ready for these 10 Game-Changers: foresight becomes mission-critical as we must navigate these changes increasingly faster
The 10 Game-Changers: Data | Cloud | the IoT / Internet of Things | Artificial Intelligence | Blockchain | Augmented/Virtual/Mixed Reality | 3D Printing |...
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Feb 2020
Meet Futurist Gerd Leonhard at SIBOS 2019 in London: Innotribe debate with Brad Templeton on September 24th 2019 #techvshuman
More details on SIBOS 2019 and this event: here and here. Fast-forward into the future A central attraction of Tuesday’s ‘Technology and Humanity’ theme is...
14
Aug 2019
The best excerpts from Futurist Gerd Leonhard’s recent keynotes and interviews, on topics such as Technology and Humanity, the Megashifts and Digital Ethics
Please visit my Youtube channel for 1500+ hours of films and keynote videos ... Read more
28
Apr 2019
The dark and shady practices of Silicon Valley
Roger McNamee has been a Silicon Valley investor for 35 years and was one of the early investors in Facebook. He has just published his new...
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Mar 2019
Gerd’s Digital Ethics newsletter #6 has been published: AI versus human creativity, big tech engages with ethics… and more
Read the latest edition here (and yes… sign up!) Welcome to the sixth issue of our Digital Ethics Newsletter. In this week’s edition, we look into...
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Feb 2019
New video: my keynote at Netapp Insight 2018 in Barcelona: the future is driven by data but defined by humanity (amazing stage & screen!)
Download the slides used in this presentation: Gerd Leonhard driven by data defined by humanity netapp Barcelona insights PUBLIC-print Download the MP4 Thanks to Netapp...
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Dec 2018
Great read about datamining, and nice animation (via Bloomberg)
The Brutal Fight to Mine Your Data and Sell It to Your Boss. Silicon Valley makes billions of dollars peddling personal information, supported by an ecosystem...
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Dec 2017
Why Mercedes’ decision to let its self-driving cars kill pedestrians is probably the right thing to do (says Bloomberg )
In an interview with Car and Driver, the manager of driver assistance systems at Mercedes-Benz Christoph von Hugo has revealed that the company's future autonomous...
