This category contains posts that cover technology.
A few months ago I was contacted to contribute to the HARMAN “Connected Lifestyle” infopaper that is now available for download. The Internet of Things is now a reality, and more and more products and services take it for granted. What they deliver to users is achieved through an evermore intimate connection that analyzes, understands, and […]
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The trend is clearly visible: sensors, and actuators, together with computation, memory and communication capabilities, are making all the objects around us smarter and smarter. Too many times, wether we call them robots, or AIs, the trend is depicted in menacing tones, represented in the dystopian futures preferred by Hollywood movies, and shape the gut reactions
Smart machines are our allies against dumb machines Read More »
The tectonic shifts that exponential technologies and decentralized networks are provoking in the economy are giving rise to a huge economic opportunity. Teams of passionate startup founders around the the world are feverishly working to create products and services that are driving this accelerating wave of change. In order to catalyze and harvest the enormous
Announcing Network Society Ventures Read More »
What is the maximum duration of human life? Will we extend it radically? When, as often happens, I am asked this question, I always look at the billions of years that have gone before me and that will follow me. Those who ask that question are often thinking at a more comfortable time interval, an addition of a
Surrounded by Infinity, the Awe of the Now Read More »
In our hyperconnected world over a billion people (is it 2 billion now?) are active on some kind of social media platform. Chief among these are Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn–leading to my profiles here—at least outside of China. These are not only technological platforms. The reason why the word “media” is so appropriate is because they
Engaging in the Era of Social Media Read More »
On the healthcare panel at the Frontiers of Interaction conference I spoke about the power of artificial intelligence to keep us healthy and help doctors heal us. A few years ago it was said, even by the experts, that there are easy things for computers, for example playing chess, and others that are difficult such as recognizing images, like distinguishing
Our lives are shaped by smarter and smarter machines, helping us in big and small decisions. Corporations are busy developing products and services based on artificial intelligence. The moral implications of this symbiotic relationship must be deeply explored. A wide and inclusive public conversation is needed to address the issues they are raising. At the recent
Computo Ergo Sum: Imagining and Building Moral Machines Read More »
The next generation information devices are going to seamlessly display video content, not restricted to a simple window within the browser. The entire screen will be a video, with smart elements that must be understood by the computer in order for the user to fully interact with them. When the Web was born, even support
Google’s robotic cars learn from each other when they are back in the garage, and train in simulated worlds at an accelerated pace. Our future will be inhabited by smart machines using their time much differently than we do. Robotic cars may pose many challenges, but if they deliver even a fraction of what they
Do Robotic Cars Dream of Electric Sheep? Read More »
A set of simultaneous technologies is growing exponentially, with the common feature of being decentralized, and organized in a network. This contrasts with the centralized and hierarchical organization of today’s traditional society and its basic functions. The shift from the old to the new structure will subject the Nation State to an unprecedented pressure. After
The Empowering Future Of Decentralization Read More »
