OK, this blog has made some pretty wild predictions over the years; from loss of privacy & security, through societal decay from social media & 24/7 connectivity, mass unemployment by AI & automation, to industrial environmental catastrophe and a technocapitalist Armageddon. Now there’s clear evidence of the first of these forecasts coming true, any chance of taking any of the others seriously? Maybe before it’s too late might be a good idea?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bhwp6j
Adam Walton and guests discuss the latest developments in artificial intelligence including how robots and virtual systems may impact on the future of jobs and education.
With thanks to XKCD …
(A proper post on the ‘hidden costs of IT’ to follow after the summer!)
A daft one for the summer but a wonderful example of the value of simple English and sound logic.
You may remember this from doing the rounds a few months ago …
Well, we all get the idea – the bad one and the good intention behind it – but just how did this particular road to hell get thus paved?
Turing's Radiator 