Blog – Page 116 – Technology vs Humanity: the coming clash of man and machine

Is a kind of ‘awesome abdication’ our future? Google gets ready to ‘do it’ all for us. #hellven

Guest post by The Futures Agency content curator Petervan Remember when the world’s most famous brand catchcry was ‘Just Do It’ from Nike? Those days are over. In 2019, brands aren’t interested in encouraging you to do anything – they are vying to do it for you. In fact, Google has just released a new … Continue reading "Is a kind of ‘awesome abdication’ our future? Google gets ready to ‘do it’ all for us. #hellven"

The Troubling Trajectory Of Technological Singularity (good read via Forbes)

We’re hurtling towards the future at an alarming pace. As I like to say, humanity will change more in the next two decades than it has in the previous 300 years. The technological singularity is set to change everything – but should it change who WE are? I was reading Jayshree Pandya’s piece, ‘The Troubling Trajectory of … Continue reading "The Troubling Trajectory Of Technological Singularity (good read via Forbes)"

Please sign up for my Digital Ethics newsletter – this is the #1 technology topic in 2019

Go here to read the latest edition and sign up for this weekly summary of the best #digitalethics (the ethics of exponential technological change) finds and morsels. And please spread the word via Twitter and LinkedIn etc. Thanks ! Digital Ethics by Futurist Gerd Leonhard: my latest findings from the intersection of humanity and technology, focusing … Continue reading "Please sign up for my Digital Ethics newsletter – this is the #1 technology topic in 2019"

Not Good As Gold: Today’s AI’s Are Dangerously Lacking In AU (Artificial Understanding)

We would not be comfortable giving emotionally impaired people real-time decision-making authority over our family members’ health, our life savings, our cars or our missile defense systems. Yet we are hurtling in that direction with today’s emotionally impaired AI’s. Read full Article

Invest in AI’s ethical future

I spent a recent Saturday morning talking to a group of grade school kids about artificial intelligence. Many of them had never coded before, let alone heard of AI. During the session, one exercise required them to come up with ideas for how the AI they create would be used in the real world. Read … Continue reading "Invest in AI’s ethical future"