Why Blackstone Cofounder Steve Schwarzman Donated $188 Million To Support The Humanities And AI Ethics

Blackstone cofounder Stephen Schwarzman is no stranger to big gestures. In 2013, he gave $100 million to start Schwarzman Scholars, a Rhodes-like scholarship that partners with Beijing’s Tsinghua University. Read full Article

Technology and Humanity, Ethics, Privacy and the Future of Work: some of my latest slides and illustrations

Enjoy! Technology and humanity futurist gerd leonhard #techvshuman #digitalethics #manmachine PUBLIC-web  10 MB pdf   creative commons licensed

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Short video interview: the end of routine is NOT the end of work! Gerd Leonhard on #futureofwork, DOTS 2019

Robots, smart machines and AI will take over our routine tasks, but not our work and our jobs: the end of routine is not the end of work. But we must prepare, up-skill, unlearn and relearn (Alvin Toffler!) – and we must take care of those that currently have a job involving 90-100% routine. Watch … Continue reading "Short video interview: the end of routine is NOT the end of work! Gerd Leonhard on #futureofwork, DOTS 2019"

The Paradox of Automation

This post from Marc Rubinstein (which was shortlisted for this month’s Post of the Month vote) on the lessons from the tragic crash of Air France Flight 447 ten years ago gathered together a number of interesting concepts. Read full Article