Feb 29, 2024
It's not a horror movie, with spider-like robots clambering around the outside of buildings. This is the future of the $40 billion window cleaning industry, using robots. They can do more than clean, though - they do real-time, ongoing analysis of the external skin of the buildings, keeping a record of issues...
Feb 22, 2024
A company is suing its own AI chatbot for providing misleading
information to a client. I wish I could make up a headline from the
future that was better than this - its actually a real story from
February 2024 involving Air Canada.
<P>The practical lesson is that we need to be careful of
automating our workforces,...
Feb 15, 2024
Would you trust an AI-driven algorithm to help choose your life
partner? If people were honest about the data they entered into
these systems, and genuine in their desire to find a true
life-partner match, this would definitely be an improvement on the
basically random, luck-based most of us rely on.
<P>Happy...
Feb 8, 2024
In the future, we will use smart devices and even implants to
monitor our every move, maybe even our thoughts too. How will we
use this data?
<P>It could be for Big Brother style management of our lives,
or it could be for our benefit and wellbeing. That will be up to
us.
<P>This is actually not a prediction about the...
Feb 1, 2024
Imagine arriving at the office, and the lighting and aircon are just perfect, there's exactly the right ambient noise, the desk is set up perfectly, the food and drinks easily available are precisely what you need... everything is set up just right to ensure you can deliver your best work.
<P>This is the workplace of...