France is ditching Google to reclaim its online independence
France is working hard to avoid becoming a digital colony of the US or China. Last month, both the French National Assembly and the French Army Ministry declared that their digital devices would stop using Google as their default search engines. Read full Article
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One of the fathers of AI is worried about its future
Yoshua Bengio is a grand master of modern artificial intelligence. Alongside Geoff Hinton and Yan LeCun, Bengio is famous for championing a technique known as deep learning that in recent years has gone from an academic curiosity to one of the most powerful technologies on the planet. Read full Article
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The unintended consequences and negative externalities of exponential technological progress must urgently be considered in every single business model, from the start (new gif)
Just like in energy, oil and gas – we can no longer leave the externalities for others to clean up. Note: this is a pretty large gif — may need some time to load:)))
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Futurist Keynote Speaker Gerd Leonhard on-stage: short videos with best quotes on humanity and technology (#4 and 5)
These 2 short videos just went live, featuring some nice nuggets from a recent talk. On the shift toward creative jobs, EQ over IQ #4 Download the MP4 via GerdCloud How computable are we? What makes us human? #5 Download the MP4 file
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Futurebuilders Podcast with Gerd Leonhard (video version): machines and humans, work and the future
Audio version here Listen to or download MP3: In the second episode Futurebuilders podcast together with Gerd Leonhard: – Is it necessary that everyone will have job in the future? – What are the future jobs and how those can be found? – What can you do today to prepare for the future worklife? Gerd … Continue reading "Futurebuilders Podcast with Gerd Leonhard (video version): machines and humans, work and the future"
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