What will it take to control AI?

The Economist brought together Yuval Noah Harari and Mustafa Suleyman to grapple with the biggest technological revolution of our times. They debate the impact of AI on our immediate futures, how the technology can be controlled and whether it could ever have agency.

Don’t Fall For The Hype in Cryptocurrencies

It’s impossible to avoid - even if you tried - the words cryptocurrency, NFT, and the metaverse. It's as if these futuristic concepts are knocking – no, banging – on our front doors. The world is abuzz with thoughts, curiosities, and judgments about the industry, both in theory and in practice; turning once-fringe ideas into cultural talking points, the punchline of a million jokes, and the booze-fueled party conversation that everyone hates to love.

Is there a decentralized financial utopia beyond the hype of meme coins, billionaires, speculation, and clickbait?

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Top 10 tech trends that will shape the coming decade, according to McKinsey

McKinsey predicts the 10 tech trends will shape the next decade. These include digital connectivity, distributed infrastructure and next-generation computing.

We’ll experience more technological progress in the coming decade than we did in the preceding 100 years put together, says McKinsey. And just 10 tech trends will dominate this shifting landscape.
 

Understanding the effects of this change can help avoid nasty shocks to the system, for both individuals and organizations. Businesses that are making the most of advances in tech are also in a good place to make the most in terms of return on their investments.

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A Look into the Future - Year 2050

The world is advancing at unprecedented rates and by 2050, we can expect to see life on earth change drastically. If this is true, then what can we expect from the future? Lets time travel into world in 2050.

Nanotechnology  

Scientists have already made great leaps in the world of nanotechnology and they remain unrelenting in making more of such progress. Nanotechnology has the potential to change everything, from the way we behave to how we interact with each other. 

Transportation  

By 2050, Transportation would have changed immensely. We’re already seeing self-driving cars in their early phases of trial and error, so in three decades, it's safe to say we should have the technology for true self-driving vehicles. 

Space Exploration 

One promise that many people are still waiting on is one of space-exploration. Companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin are making strides towards their respective goals of spatial exploration and colonization out of this world. 

Artificial Intelligence 

AI is already much more advanced than it was ten years ago, and it will only continue to witness rapid and exponential developments. Experts like John Maeda believe that AI will have surpassed the processing power of all living brains on Earth in the near future. To properly function in that kind of society, it will be necessary to work together with these new systems to make sure that the preservation of important human values is carried forward. 

Education 

Education is another industry that will see a drastic change in the next thirty years. According to experts, at least 90 percent of the student population will be pursuing online degrees by 2050. Unless the world devolves into an apocalypse, education will continue to be more globalized, and more solutions will come that allow more people to receive good education efficiently. 

 

The danger of AI is weirder than you think

The danger of artificial intelligence isn't that it's going to rebel against us, but that it's going to do exactly what we ask it to do, says AI researcher Janelle Shane. Sharing the weird, sometimes alarming antics of AI algorithms as they try to solve human problems - like creating new ice cream flavors or recognizing cars on the road - Shane shows why AI doesn't yet measure up to real brains.

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Keep, Close or Transform? 3 Steps to Rationalizing Your Branch Network

From The Financial Brand –

“Financial institutions around the world are forced to confront a difficult question: should we close, keep, consolidate, modify or move their branch locations. This article outlines a three-part methodology you can utilize to assess your unique situation.”

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