Blog – Page 24 – Technology vs Humanity: the coming clash of man and machine

Quantum-computing pioneer warns of complacency over Internet security

When physicists first thought up quantum computers in the 1980s, they sounded like a nice theoretical idea, but one probably destined to remain on paper. Then in 1995, 25 years ago this month, applied mathematician Peter Shor published a paper1 that changed that perception. Read full Article

AI pioneer Geoff Hinton: “Deep learning is going to be able to do everything”

Thirty years ago, Hinton’s belief in neural networks was contrarian. Now it’s hard to find anyone who disagrees, he says. The modern AI revolution began during an obscure research contest. Read full Article

Algorithms Are Making Economic Inequality Worse

The risks of algorithmic discrimination and bias have received much attention and scrutiny, and rightly so. Yet there is another more insidious side-effect of our increasingly AI-powered society — the systematic inequality created by the changing nature of work itself. Read full Article

Facebook serves as an echo chamber, especially for conservatives. Blame its algorithm.

Steven L. Johnson, Brent Kitchens and Peter Gray are information technology professors at the University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce. Read full Article

How COVID-19 has pushed companies over the technology tipping point—and transformed business forever

A new survey finds that responses to COVID-19 have speeded the adoption of digital technologies by several years—and that many of these changes could be here for the long haul. Read full Article