Engelbart: It was the very first time the world had ever seen a mouse, seen outline processing, seen hypertext, seen mixed text and graphics, seen real-time videoconferencing. … van Dam: At the time, I had been working with Ted Nelson on our first hypertext system with a team of three part-time undergraduates. We were working [...]
an interesting article The AI boom is happening all over the world, and it’s accelerating quickly - The Verge…findings from a group of experts were published in an ongoing effort to help answer those questions. The experts include members of Harvard, MIT, Stanford, the nonprofit OpenAI, and the Partnership on AI industry consortium, among others, and [...]
The New McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) research, focuses on prospects for inclusive growth in the period to 2030—possibly the largest driver of citizens’ life satisfaction.Europe’s inclusive growth model and the European Union’s (EU) welfare-based social contract appear to be under threat amid limited growth in median income in recent years, falling trust in institutions (both [...]
The Spatial Web Will Map Our 3D World—And Change Everything In the ProcessOver the next two to five years, the world around us is about to light up with layer upon layer of rich, fun, meaningful, engaging, and dynamic data. Data you can see and interact with.This magical future ahead is called the Spatial Web [...]
Origen: How Apple, Google, and Microsoft stack up in education technology: Hardware, software, and deployment | ZDNet With Apple re-emphasizing its push for the education market with its new iPad and software updates, it's worth examining how the company stacks up with Google and Microsoft. Here's a look at the core pitches as well [...]
via @azeem's @exponentialviewMicrosoft Is Worth as Much as Apple. How Did That Happen? - The New York TimesIt was big and still quite profitable, but the company had lost its luster, failing or trailing in the markets of the future like mobile, search, online advertising and cloud computing. Its stock price languished, inching up 3 [...]
“Amidst the glossiness of late capitalism, we are fed the notion that all difficult feeling—depression, anxiety, loneliness, rage—are simply a consequence of unsettled chemistry, a problem to be fixed, rather than a response to structural injustice.”—Olivia Laing, The Lonely City“According to the surgeon general, the biggest risk facing the country is not smoking or second [...]
“Ya no se trata de lograr una IA justa, sino que la propia IA está haciendo mucho por nosotros porque nos obliga a revisar las diferentes ideas de justicia que tenemos las personas”“La inteligencia artificial nos obliga a revisar nuestra idea de justicia” – David Weinberger, Doctor en Filosofía | EL PAÍS RetinaYa en 1999 [...]
HilariousA Guide To Corporate Innovation - CB Insights ResearchHere they are, 19 strategies to make your corporation look more innovative:1. Do the Silicon Valley petting zoo thing 2. Launch an accelerator 3. Have a brainstorming meeting that uses lots of Post-It Notes 4. Take someone who has plateaued in their career and give them “innovation” 5. Start a corporate [...]
Is this AI? We drew you a flowchart to work it out - MIT Technology ReviewThe definition of artificial intelligence is constantly evolving, and the term often gets mangled, so we are here to help.