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Talking About Basic Income – and AI

“Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking are among 8,600 people who have signed an open letter about the potential dangers of AI. The letter describes the need for safeguards to ensure that AI is positive rather than neutral in respect to purpose, but it also calls for the maximization of the societal benefit of AI. In short, it calls for social responsibility.”

You Can’t Talk About Robots Without Talking About Basic Income
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Digital Ethics: video and slides from my presentation at TedX Brussels

Digital Ethics and the future of humans in a digital world – Futurist Speaker Gerd Leonhard from Gerd Leonhard Digital Ethics Gerd Leonhard TedXBrussels Futurist Speaker-web 9mb PDF High res version via Dropbox (30MB PDF) More details and lifestream here Great illustration of my talk by the TedxBrussels illustrator Zsofi Lang. Thanks!! UPDATE: here is the video … Continue reading "Digital Ethics: video and slides from my presentation at TedX Brussels"

▶ Futurist Speaker Gerd Leonhard on Jibo and so-called social robots (TedX Brussels), Digital Ethics – YouTube

The Futurebots are here: IBM Watson ingests 2,000 TED Talks, now answers your deepest questions. The end of Futurists? Take the Poll.

Great read via Business Insider UK about IBM’s Watson ‘watching’ and understanding (?) and analysing (ok… yes) 2000+ Ted Talks. He/she/it (?) now knows everything there is about trivial questions such as: What is the relationship between money and psychology? What is the secret to happiness? What is the meaning of life? … Continue reading "The Futurebots are here: IBM Watson ingests 2,000 TED Talks, now answers your deepest questions. The end of Futurists? Take the Poll."

Digital transformation: the key points and some bottom lines by keynote speaker Gerd Leonhard

Me and my colleagues at The Futures Agency are getting a lot of speaking requests on the Digital Transformation topic (or should I say ‘meme’) so I figured it would be good to share some of the key points here. Enjoy and spread the word if you like the post. The valley of death Gradually then suddenly The Internet, and … Continue reading "Digital transformation: the key points and some bottom lines by keynote speaker Gerd Leonhard"