Technical and Human Evolution
As I wrote in Moore’s Law and the Future of Healthcare, “Futurists regularly consider alternative scenarios and look at factors that can steer the future in one direction or another. That way, clients can select a…
When Caregiver Robots Come for Grandma
Failing the Third Machine Age: When [Caregiver] Robots Come for Grandma is a long and thought-provoking article by Zeynep Tufekci, published in 2014. It builds a case against “caregiver robots,” arguing that they are both inhumane…
Wall-E, End of Work, and Universal Basic Income
EDITOR’S NOTE: I’m reposting this article with new information from a U.N. report that warns countries to prepare for the day when technology, automation, and artificial intelligence replaces jobs. They expect 75% of the world population to…