4 days agoA.I. And The Nature of Human SearchOur brains are, and have been for millions of years, search engines first. We search from the time we wake up to when we go to sleep. Our brains search engine helps us make sense of the world around us and aids in defining our reality. …Artificial Intelligence4 min readArtificial Intelligence4 min read
6 days agoWhy Technology Cannot Solve LonelinessThere was an interesting idea around social media a while back, that it would solve loneliness. Ironically, the opposite has happened. And yet new social media apps and platforms say they’ve “solved for that” and their new features will bring everyone together. Yet research shows technology hasn’t solved for loneliness…Technology4 min readTechnology4 min read
May 21The Tension Between Business & Humanity in the Digital AgeTo say that the tension between the business world and society as a whole is at a high water mark might be an understatement. Growing income inequality, the constant downward pressure on wages. Tech CEOs already declaring they’re going to be cutting thousands of knowledge worker jobs thanks to Artificial…Technology4 min readTechnology4 min read
May 19Virtual Reality’s Human ProblemBy now, we are all supposed to be wobbling around our living rooms banging our shins on furniture with VR headsets while spending our evenings enveloped in the warm embrace of the metaverse, making all kinds of new friends who have no legs. Yet neither VR nor the metaverse has…Technology3 min readTechnology3 min read
May 16Why Smart Home Tech is StagnantAt this point in time, as we’re driving home from work our smartphones should be having a wee chit chat with our homes. If it’s winter, telling the thermostat to get the house warmed up, the oven to start pre-heating or perhaps asking the slow cooker if the brisket is…Technology5 min readTechnology5 min read
May 12Hearing our planet in the digital ageAround the world, as dawn breaks and we start to awake, one of the first sounds we often hear is the singing of birds. Such tunes tell us the world is alright and many of us revel in these melodies. Except if they’re crows. That’s a rather cranky sound to…Technology3 min readTechnology3 min read
May 6Bureaucracy Meets Artificial IntelligenceWe spend our lives wandering in and out of them. Sometimes dreading the time we are about to lose and never get back. As unavoidable as death and taxes, but never spoken of as such. …Artificial Intelligence4 min readArtificial Intelligence4 min read
May 3How Crime Could Stop A.I. From Taking OverIf you’re like most of the population, you’re probably most familiar with cryptocurrency through the growing number of media stories around fraud, like FTX and well, it seems, a new one everyday. And when was the last time you read a news article about the wonders of blockchain and how…Artificial Intelligence4 min readArtificial Intelligence4 min read
Apr 28A.I. On Why We Fear it, Love and Can’t Resist it.Technology is an expression of what it means to be human. From helping us create our own imagined future to bringing to life societal changes. In a prior article, I wrote about why humans need technology. Here, I look at why we fear, love and can’t resist Artificial Intelligence (A.I.). …Innovation5 min readInnovation5 min read
Apr 26When will we talk to other animals?We’ve long imagined through literature that we could talk to other animals. If you have a pet at home, you probably talk to it and often wonder, what they’re thinking. We humans have long tried to separate ourselves from animals, to think we are something non-animal. But we too, are…Nature4 min readNature4 min read
