The uncertainty of data
The biggest risk with relying on data is not its accuracy but treating something to be certain when it may be anything but… Read More
Intelligent versus Aware
The drive for artificial intelligence needs to consider the purpose for having intelligence. Being clever for clever’s sake has limited practical applications.
Can a robot become conscious?
On reversing the Turing Test: If you believe you are communicating with a conscious being and then discover it is a robot, do you stop believing?
Global Mayors and Smart Cities
What are the challenges facing large cities over the next 50 years, how will cities becomes ‘smarter’, what risks do digital technologies introduce, and will a global parliament of mayors help or hinder?
Mobile Knowledge
A short presentation looking at the impact mobile devices are having on learning, knowledge sharing and organisation structures
Knowledge challenges authority
When information becomes readily available to anyone interested and willing to study the details, the ‘professional – citizen’ relationship changes
Redefining Jobs
Doom and gloom scenarios about technology eliminating jobs misses the point. Since when was it mandatory for some humans to be nothing but a ‘resource’
