Future Anxiety
The future is better than we think - IF we govern it wisely!
Exponential advances. Combinatorial disruptions. Converging industries.
Exponential advances. Combinatorial disruptions. Converging industries.
Exponential advances. Combinatorial disruptions. Converging industries.
The rapidly declining cost of human genome sequencing
Data everything/where
Cloud everything/where
Intelligence* everywhere
Compute anything/where
Connected everything
Transact anything/where
Manufacture anything/where
See everything/where
Intelligent Assistance & Augmentation (IA) is becoming the new normal
When machines can see, hear, speak and ‘think’,
learning and working ‘as usual’ is over
Whatever can be digitised and automated, will be. Whatever cannot‌ will become increasingly valuable
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AI: Computer systems that turn information and data into KNOWLEDGE (Demis Hassabis, CEO, DeepMind)
Smart-everywhere and efficient-everything should not lead to dehumanisation
Too much of a good thing can be a very bad thing: who is mission control?
Humanity â˜Ż Technology
Humanity â˜Ż Technology
“Whatever is very simple for a human is very hard for a computer, and whatever is very hard for a human is simple for a computer� (riffing off Hans Moravec)
Data and Information is not Knowledge* is not Understanding is not Wisdom is not Purpose
Algorithms (AI) can outperform human intelligence (HI) when it is NOT about understanding emotions, intentions, interpretations, deep language skills, or general intelligence (hat tip to Luciano Floridi)
The End of Routine is near: digitization, cognification, virtualisation, AUTOMATION
Yet the end of routine is not the end of human work & jobs
When something becomes abundant and thus a commodity, we can (and must) focus on what is scarce and therefore valuable
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn� (Alvin Toffler)
The Future of Work: Human-Only skills. Life-long Learning. Just-in-time training.
Humanity Ethics Creativity Imagination
Science Technology Engineering Mathematics
70% of all 2030 jobs haven’t even been invented yet!
Exponential technological progress is
#hellven
Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right (or the power) to do and what is the right thing to do
“Technology can do great things. But it does not WANT to do great things. It doesn’t want anything” (Tim Cook, Apple)
Technology is not WHAT we seek but HOW seek!
Today, the biggest danger is not that machines will eliminate us but that we become too much like them!
In a world dominated by technology we can (and must) become MORE human not less!
In a world dominated by technology we can (and must) become MORE human not less!
Stay hungry, stay human, keep learning!