by Matthew Ledvina | Jul 12, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence
Technology has never been developed at a more rapid pace than it has over the past few decades. In the last few years alone, we have seen exponential growth both in terms of capability and accessibility. People are becoming more connected and more likely to regularly...
by Matthew Ledvina | Jul 8, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence
The Future of Life Institute announced in December 2018 that it had signed the Safe Face Pledge to help ensure that technologies for facial analysis will not be used in situations that might lead to bias or abuse, or be used as weapons. More information about the work...
by Matthew Ledvina | Jun 18, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism is a book authored by Shoshana Zuboff and released in early 2019, exploring the challenges that humanity faces as we enter an increasingly digital future. The concept of the novel was first introduced by Zuboff in a 2014 essay,...
by Matthew Ledvina | Jun 13, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence
Social media platform Facebook has long dominated the global social media industry, yet the market share for the online giant has recently entered a period of rapid decline. As of December 2018, Facebook held 66.3% of the social media market share. This figure may...
by Matthew Ledvina | Apr 8, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence
The Future of the Professions is a book authored by Daniel Susskind and Richard Susskind, released in 2015 by the Oxford University Press. The PDF attachment contains more information about the professional background of Richard Susskind. The book examines the ways in...
by Matthew Ledvina | Mar 4, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow is a book by Professor Yuval Noah Harari. You can learn more about the author in the embedded short video. Following on from his earlier tome Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus explores human history, evolution and...