7 AI trends to watch in 2017
From tools, to research, to ethics, Ben Lorica looks at what’s in store for artificial intelligence in 2017.
Commentary
Independent perspectives on the state of business and technology.
8 data trends on our radar for 2017
From deep learning to decoupling, here are the data trends to watch in the year ahead.
5 tips for succeeding at digital transformation
The biggest challenges for companies trying to reinvent themselves come from an inability to imagine a different way of doing things.
The ethics of face recognition
We need AI researchers who are actively trying to defeat AI systems and exposing their inadequacies.
How I detect fake news
How I traced the falsity of one internet meme, and what that teaches us about how an algorithm might do it.
“Wall Street made me do it”
We have to change the incentives that encourage companies to choose boosting their stock price over investing in people and the real economy.
Media in the age of algorithms
The problem of fake news and bad sites trying to game the system is an industry-wide problem — companies should share data and best practices in the effort to combat it.
The ethics of artificial intelligence
A framework for thinking about AI.
What will AI make possible that’s impossible today?
If we let machines put us out of work, it will be because of a failure of imagination and a lack of will to make a better future. (Full text, video, and slides from Tim O'Reilly's talk at the White House Frontiers Conference.)
Central Park: Government as a platform, in action
It's time to recognize that it's not government versus the market—government and our market system are the ultimate public-private partnership.
What should Alexa do?
The success of the Amazon Echo’s speech interface shows there's an opportunity for someone to build a completely new mobile operating system.
Why we’ll never run out of jobs
Tim O’Reilly explains why we can’t just use technology to replace people; we must use it to augment them so they can do things that were previously impossible.
The great question of the 21st century: Whose black box do you trust?
Algorithms shape choice not just for consumers but for businesses.
Tim O’Reilly: How smart managers should use artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence isn't just about replacing humans with computers; the best managers will find ways to use AI to augment their workers. In this video, a compilation of clips from the O'Reilly Next:Economy Summit 2015, Tim O'Reilly talks with AI leaders who see an essential role for humans in the AI-enabled world.
What would Alexa do?
Alexa shows what’s possible when conversational interfaces just work.
The UK needs to double down on the GDS, not dismantle it
The British have a way of turning their backs on their greatest innovations.
The game of business: It’s time to rewrite the rules
Our current economic rules encourage the allocation of gains to consumers and financial shareholders, and the losses to workers and taxpayers. It doesn’t have to be that way.
Don’t replace people. Augment them.
If we let machines put us out of work, it will be because of a failure of imagination and the will to make a better future.