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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"

China plans to be a world leader in Artificial Intelligence by 2030

In 2017, China published its “Next Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Plan”, which laid out plans to ultimately become the world leader in artificial intelligence, with a domestic AI industry worth almost US$150 billion. Read full Article

IBM Watson IT’s Chief Data Scientist Advocates For Ethical Deep Learning and Building The AI Humans Really Need

In terms of pioneering data-based technology, IBM are the gold standard. Indeed, IBM has held the record for receiving the most patents every year for the past 25 years and has developed countless revolutionary technologies, from SQL to the world’s fastest supercomputer. Read full Article

Rent more than the runway: Why soon, you won’t own any clothes at all

One day soon, you’re going to open your closet in the morning and find a sparse array of clothes: a few T-shirts, perhaps, a couple of jeans, and maybe one dress. But don’t feel sad for your future self: You’ll still have plenty of chic outfits—you’ll just be renting them. Read full Article

Azeem Azhar has a good collection of Facebook-related links in his latest newsletter

Via Azeem Azhar 🤦 Oh, Facebook! A New York Times investigation suggests that Facebook took a strategy of “delay, deny and deflect” when dealing with the fall out of Russian disinformation on its platform. This went as far as hiring a publicist to do a hatchet job on anti-Facebook groups and link them to George … Continue reading "Azeem Azhar has a good collection of Facebook-related links in his latest newsletter"