If people are going to lose their jobs en masse, the only way to prevent a revolution is to redefine the relationship between people and work.
Social Media Are Now Like Old Media, Only Much, Much Worse
It’s as if your television were constantly listening and watching everything you do in your living room or at home, carefully analyzing it, and then selling the info to the highest bidder.
It’s as if your television were constantly listening and watching everything you do in your living room or at home, carefully analyzing it, and then selling the info to the highest bidder.
Spying on People Is Despicable, so Why Have We Let Social Networks Get Away With It for So Long?
What would be illegal in the real world must also be illegal in the digital world.
What would be illegal in the real world must also be illegal in the digital world.
Remember When You Could Change Your Phone’s Battery?
New EU legislation obliging smartphone manufacturers to make it easier for users to replace their batteries will come into force in September and will be mandatory for all manufacturers a year and a half later.
New EU legislation obliging smartphone manufacturers to make it easier for users to replace their batteries will come into force in September and will be mandatory for all manufacturers a year and a half later.
We Have the Technology to Override Human Error, so Let’s Start Using It
The numbers of accident victims every year make it clear that driving should cease to be a human activity.
The numbers of accident victims every year make it clear that driving should cease to be a human activity.
The Age-Old Practice of Short-Term Thinking Has Created Some Very Long-Term Problems
Short-term thinking in both business and politics hinders sustainable solutions.
Short-term thinking in both business and politics hinders sustainable solutions.
Algorithms Can Revolutionize Healthcare, but Who Will Seize the Initiative?
Google is testing Med-PaLM 2, a chatbot trained on a set of medical expert demonstrations, and that can hold a conversation about healthcare-related issues.
Google is testing Med-PaLM 2, a chatbot trained on a set of medical expert demonstrations, and that can hold a conversation about healthcare-related issues.
The Heat Is On, Time for Our Governments to Start Planning
Having a management plan for possible heat waves is becoming an increasingly important necessity for countries, and France is doing very well to prepare for a scenario which, while unlikely to be catastrophic, is highly probable.
Having a management plan for possible heat waves is becoming an increasingly important necessity for countries, and France is doing very well to prepare for a scenario which, while unlikely to be catastrophic, is highly probable.
Something Tells Me That We’ve Already Lost the Battle To Prevent Algorithmically Generated Advertising
Algorithms like ChatGPT making automated, instantaneous decisions about what we should see and which texts we should read, based on our past behavior.
Algorithms like ChatGPT making automated, instantaneous decisions about what we should see and which texts we should read, based on our past behavior.
What Business Leaders Can Learn From Athletes About Innovation
The sporting world can be a surprising source of inspiration for innovation teachers.
The sporting world can be a surprising source of inspiration for innovation teachers.
YouTube, or How the Internet Created a Confederacy of Dunces
Before the popularization of the world wide web, somebody with no formal education in a particular subject accepted their ignorance.
Before the popularization of the world wide web, somebody with no formal education in a particular subject accepted their ignorance.
Now We Know: the US Government Carries Out Surveillance on a Scale the Stasi Could Only Dream Of
The problem is that the United States has no privacy protection legislation as such.
The problem is that the United States has no privacy protection legislation as such.
Who Benefits From Creating a Panic About Machine Learning and the Need for Regulation?
Big Tech aims to use public fears to convince regulators to protect against self-aware machines taking over the world.
Big Tech aims to use public fears to convince regulators to protect against self-aware machines taking over the world.
What to Do With All That Equipment? How Some Unemployed Cryptocurrency Miners Are Now Powering Generative Algorithms
The Merge reduced the power consumption of the Ethereum network by 99.95% and made many blockchain miners unemployed.
The Merge reduced the power consumption of the Ethereum network by 99.95% and made many blockchain miners unemployed.
The Facts Speak for Themselves: The Energy Transition Is Underway
Two very interesting pieces of data were reported on Friday that give an an idea about the ongoing energy transformation: according to the International Energy Agency’s forecasts.
Two very interesting pieces of data were reported on Friday that give an an idea about the ongoing energy transformation: according to the International Energy Agency’s forecasts.
AI Isn’t Going to Take Over the World, but Big Tech Will, if We Don’t Act Now
Machines lack intention, purpose, and ambition unless programmed by humans.
Machines lack intention, purpose, and ambition unless programmed by humans.