Tag: automation
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
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Automation will force us to realize that we are not defined by what we do
This story is part of What Happens Next, our complete guide to understanding the future. Read more predictions about the Future of Work. In March 2016, AlphaGo’s deep learning algorithms ruthlessly dethroned mankind’s best Go player. Read full Article
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The Automation Charade
The rise of the robots has been greatly exaggerated. Whose interests does that serve? Somewhere, right now, a manager is intoning to a broke, exhausted underling that someone is willing to do the same job for less—or, that some thing is willing to do it for free. Read full Article
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The risk of putting our knowledge in the hands of machines (via The Atlantic)
As we transform ourselves into creatures of the screen, we face an existential question: Does our essence still lie in what we know, or are we now content to be defined by what we want? Here is an excellent article in The Atlantic on the risk of putting our knowledge in the hands of machines. … Continue reading "The risk of putting our knowledge in the hands of machines (via The Atlantic)"
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What are androrithms?
One of the powerful key memes from the Technology vs Humanity book are androrithms. Gerd Leonhard in his own words: This is a key neologism in the book (i.e. a word I made up). I use the term to describe what really matters for most of us: human ‘rhythms’ not machine rhythms i.e. algorithms. A super-computer can win in … Continue reading "What are androrithms?"
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The megashifts
One of the powerful key memes from Gerd Leonhard‘s new book Technology vs Humanity are The Megashifts. Because of exponential technological change and how its forces are combining with each other, these 10+ trends are absolutely essential to understand as they may create huge new opportunities – or challenge existing business models, social contracts or humanity at … Continue reading "The megashifts"
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Technology is not what we seek but HOW we seek
Are you ready for the greatest changes in recent human history? Futurism meets humanism in Gerd Leonhard’s ground-breaking new work of critical observation, discussing the multiple Megashifts that will radically alter not just our society and economy but our values and our biology. Wherever you stand on the scale between technomania and nostalgia for a … Continue reading "Technology is not what we seek but HOW we seek"
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