Category: Innovation
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M3GAN HAS A PROBLEM. IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK
The “killer robot” narrative is…popular. That is a more neutral way of saying “tired”. Let’s recap – someone invents a robot, an android, an AI…and it somehow promptly becomes a killing machine. Predictable? You bet. Important for survival of mankind, a true “cautionary tale”? Not so much. Over the years, I have written about this…
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The era of confused responsibility and innovation
CES is ticking along and among the many fantastic exhibits and keynotes, the undercurrent of responsibility is present clearly. Responsibility can mean a lot of things. It can mean shouldering environmental risks and trying to make one’s impact better; it can mean becoming aware of how company culture – or even their service or product…
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How does Bias work?
From technology to human resources, bias is a hot topic; it creeps into judicial processes, into innovation, into employment and diversity issues. Above all, bias can be very pervasive and hard to shift, because it can be very much entrenched into how we see things, until it’s literally hard to impossible to see without it.For…
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The one where I extol the virtues of anthropology
Is anthropology useful? This question usually happens right before a person admits they know next to nothing about the science in question. (Which, I should say, leaves us with a far deeper and more concerning question, to whit – are we in fact unable to consider things we know little about as useful? Is that…
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CES 2021 – Key Impressions
The CES 2021 (all virtual) is here, and for tech enthusiasts, those working in the relevant industries and anyone observing the changes in social identity of companies and businesses, it is an experience worth the wait and the worry that no doubt hung in the air until it launched. For those who are unfamiliar with…