Volvo Art Session 2019, Zurich: here is my keynote on Technology vs Humanity (and on cyborgism) *video!
Technology and Humanity: our future Should we become exponential, as well, or should we respect our limitations? My keynote at the 2019 Volvo Art Session in Zurich More details on my talk here JUST HIT THE PLAY BUTTON! gerd leonhard keynote excerpt at volvo art session 2019 gerdbot happiness (download MP4 excerpt)
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The battle for our data – European Data Sovereignty? Must watch video by France24 (English)
Some very good comments and astute observations here! With Marie Barbe Girard, Fabrice Ebelboin, Johnny Hugill and Mathieu Nohet “Europe’s handing over its sovereignty to Silicon Valley and China. That stark warning this week from none other than Germany’s chancellor. The Information Age we live in means it is no longer about who makes steel […]
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Google almost made 100,000 chest X-rays public — until it realized personal data could be exposed
(Jeff Chiu/AP)November 15, 2019 at 9:00 AM ESTTwo days before Google was set to publicly post more than 100,000 images of human chest X-rays, the tech giant got a call from the National Institutes of Health, which had provided the images: Some of them still contained details that could be used to id Read full … Continue reading "Google almost made 100,000 chest X-rays public — until it realized personal data could be exposed"
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Huge changes in the car industry are coming… told you so 7 years ago:)
The end of the gas engine is casting a huge shadow over the entire automotive industry: but there is life after the ‘valley of death’! Mercedes Benz to lay off 1000s as the world switches to electric cars From the economist daily newsletter: “Daimler hit the brakes. The German automaker told investors its move towards … Continue reading "Huge changes in the car industry are coming… told you so 7 years ago:)"
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2020 predictions about automation and the future of work from Forrester
“Over 1 million knowledge-work jobs will be replaced in 2020 by software robotics, RPA, virtual agents and chatbots, and machine-learning-based decision management. So predicts research firm Forrester in a new report published today, “Predictions 2020: Automation.” It also estimates that 331,500 net jobs will be added to the US workforce next year, human-touch jobs that […]
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