Universal Basic Income: where’s the evidence?

The concept of a guaranteed income is not new. In 1795, a group of magistrates in the English village of Speenhamland devised a plan to alleviate rural inequality caused by rising grain prices.1 Poor men and their families received wage supplements to cope with the inflated costs of living. Read full Article

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Kölner Stadtanzeiger Interview mit Gerd Leonhard: Die Zukunft ist besser als wir denken (in German)

Gestern erschienen – hier zum Lesen (kostenlose Registrierung erforderlich;) Unser Wirtschaftssystem sei künftig nicht mehr haltbar, sagt Futurist Gerd Leonhard. Immer mehr Arbeit werde automatisiert, Jobs fielen weg. Im Interview spricht Leonhard über Chancen und Risiken der Technologisierung und seinen ungebrochenen Optimismus. Welche Entwicklungen sehen Sie? In ungefähr zehn Jahren sind Computer unendlich leistungsfähig. Alle … Continue reading "Kölner Stadtanzeiger Interview mit Gerd Leonhard: Die Zukunft ist besser als wir denken (in German)"

The bots of the future are going to use our own metadata to seem more human

Today the internet is a quagmire of captial-c Content, made navigable by retweets, likes, and favorites; everything posted can be quantified by its corresponding reactions. Read full Article

How much time and money can AI save government? Cognitive technologies could free up hundreds of millions of public sector worker hours

All kinds of institutions today run on data, and that means endless staff hours spent inputting, processing, and communicating. The work needs to get done, so someone has to spend that time pecking away at a keyboard, right? Read full Article