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How We’ll Earn Money in a Future Without Jobs
Monday, 30 October 2017
Machines that can think, learn and adapt are coming — and that could mean that we humans will end up with significant unemployment. What should we do about it? In a straightforward talk about a controversial idea, futurist Martin Ford makes the case for separating income from traditional work and instituting a universal basic income.
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You Will Lose Your Job to a Robot—and Sooner Than You Think
Monday, 30 October 2017
I want to tell you straight off what this story is about: Sometime in the next 40 years, robots are going to take your job.
I don’t care what your job is. If you dig ditches, a robot will dig them better. If you’re a magazine writer, a robot will write your articles better. If you’re a doctor, IBM’s Watson will no longer “assist” you in finding the right diagnosis from its database of millions of case studies and journal articles. It will just be a better doctor than you.
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Digital Catchup Requires A “Crisis” Mindset: McKinsey
Monday, 4 September 2017
Which 50
For digital laggards it’s time to enter crisis mode, according to a report from McKinsey and Company. Digital disruption is threatening the revenue of organisations that fail to adapt to digitisation, and the threat will only increase, the authors write.
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Civilization Is Breaking Down—Here’s What We Need to Do About It
Thursday, 31 August 2017
Singularity Hub
“I think civilization is fundamentally breaking down today.” These were the opening words of Salim Ismail’s talk at Singularity University’s Global Summit in San Francisco this week. Not the most uplifting intro. But the good news is, Ismail had some pretty unique insight to share about the nature of the problems society is facing, and plenty of thoughts on how to fix them too.
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What’s driving today’s progress in AI?
Monday, 10 July 2017
McKinsey & Co
While the deep-learning technology behind many of today’s AI advances seems new to most, it has been around for decades—simply needing the data and power available today to fuel it.
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How artificial intelligence can deliver real value to companies
Friday, 16 June 2017
McKinsey & Co
After decades of extravagant promises and frustrating disappointments, artificial intelligence (AI) is finally starting to deliver real-life benefits to early-adopting companies. Retailers on the digital frontier rely on AI-powered robots to run their warehouses—and even to automatically order stock when inventory runs low. Utilities use AI to forecast electricity demand. Automakers harness the technology in self-driving cars.
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