Blog – Page 110 – Technology vs Humanity: the coming clash of man and machine

4 Reasons The Future Is Better Than You Think

It’s a blizzard of bad news out there: an ongoing economic crisis, a burgeoning education crisis, healthcare turmoil, energy poverty, water scarcity—to name but a few of our fears. So pervasive is our sense of doom and gloom, that those telling a different story can rarely be heard. Read full Article

(in German): Neues Video: Gerd Leonhard Keynote am Tag der Lehre Uni Bern: Futurist Gerd Leonhard: Die Rolle der Hochschule in einer digitalisierten Zukunft

IN GERMAN / AUF DEUTSCH: meine Keynote an der Uni Bern am 15 Februar 2019: Reflektierter Umgang mit Digitalisierung: Hochschulbildung zwischen digitaler Transformation und akademischen Inhalten Mein Thema: die Rolle der Hochschule für die digitalisierte Gesellschaft der Zukunft Mehr Details über den Event

MIT Technology Review analyzed 16,625 papers to figure out where AI is headed next (good read)

“The biggest shift we found was a transition away from knowledge-based systems by the early 2000s. These computer programs are based on the idea that you can use rules to encode all human knowledge. In their place, researchers turned to machine learning—the parent category of algorithms that includes deep learning. Among the top 100 words mentioned, … Continue reading "MIT Technology Review analyzed 16,625 papers to figure out where AI is headed next (good read)"

A very unique podcast with Azeem Azhar and Gerd Leonhard: Artificial Intelligence – heaven or hell?

Azeem Azhar and I had a good chat last week: a wide-ranging conversation on AI and its potential dangers to humanity. On the one hand, humans may get uncomfortable realizing they are not that special as once they thought they were. And on the other hand, the dangers of reductionism are related to the priorities of … Continue reading "A very unique podcast with Azeem Azhar and Gerd Leonhard: Artificial Intelligence – heaven or hell?"

The Copenhagen Letter

We live in a world where technology is consuming society, ethics, and our core existence. It is time to take responsibility for the world we are creating. Time to put humans before business. Time to replace the empty rhetoric of “building a better world” with a commitment to real action. Read full Article