AI Ethics and the Fate of Humanity (Gerd Leonhard quotes from CommunicAsia 2016)
READ MORE HERE Mr Gerd Leonhard, Futurist, Author and Chief Executive Officer of the Futures Agency, flashed this screen capture of a mobile app to illustrate his point: Mr Gerd Leonhard, Futurist, Author and Chief Executive Officer of the Futures Agency: Technology has no ethics. “Technology has no ethics”. But human societies depend on ethics, he said. So … Continue reading "AI Ethics and the Fate of Humanity (Gerd Leonhard quotes from CommunicAsia 2016)"
Read moreMy slides from CONNECTGOV in THIMPHU, BHUTAN: technology for humanity
is now live on my FuturistGerd blog Technology for Humanity: Managing a Disruptive World Disruption can displace existing market, industry or technology. It can also produce something new, challenging and even innovative. It is all at once destructive and creative at the same time…
Read moreFacebook is eating the world: a good read on algorithms vs what I like call Androrithms
So let’s recap:
People are increasingly using their smartphones for everything.
They do it mostly through apps, and in particular social and messaging apps, such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Snapchat, and Twitter.
The competition to become such an app is intense. Competitive advantage for platforms relies on being able to keep your users within an app. The more your users are within your app, the more you know about them, the more that information can then be used to sell advertising, the higher your revenues”
Facebook is eating the world
https://www.cjr.org/analysis/facebook_and_media.php
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The Telegraph interview with Gerd Leonhard, on Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation
… just went live; visit Gerd’s blog to read the summary and review the essential images from the Tata CEO event. Related video:
Read moreWelcome to my new site and this blog!
The topic of man-machine convergence and how technology will change humanity in the next decade is quickly becoming my #1 topic. My new book will be released September 8 but I will be blogging on many related topics here, starting immediately. I will also have some guest posts and curators involved – stay tuned! Gerd … Continue reading "Welcome to my new site and this blog!"
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