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Emotional Intelligence
The Future Now Show May 2017 Emotional IntelligencewithHardy F Schloer moderated byMustafa Chaudhry So, as the pursuit of artificially intelligent systems by corporations skyrockets, what is it going to mean for us in a few years when the next generations of them start arriving, and how are they going to be more than just big number crunchers? Here the idea of emotional intelligence in machines is explored, what it means and what it implies for the capabilities of systems imbued with it. Should you be worried? Quite possibly, given the people who will be in charge of these clever, almost prescient systems. – Paul Holister The Future Now ShowCredits Hardy F. Schloer,Owner, Schloer Consulting GroupMustafa Chaudhry Paul Holister, Editor, Summary Text
Disruptive Technology Trends
The Future Now Show June 2017 Disruptive Technology TrendswithHardy F Schloer moderated byMustafa Chaudhry When people talk about disruptive technologies you usually think of a major shift in the way things work in a particular industry. But how disruptive can technology be? How about robotics and AI increasingly watching us and controlling us as our freedom seeps away? Or taking our jobs, and therefore our earnings, making money irrelevant? Then again, we’ll be largely irrelevant. Now that’s disruptive. – Paul Holister The Future Now ShowCredits Hardy F. Schloer,Owner, Schloer Consulting GroupMustafa Chaudhry Paul Holister, Editor, Summary Text
Global Marketplace
The Future Now Show July / August 2017 Global MarketplacewithHardy F Schloer moderated byMustafa Chaudhry Sometimes changes creep up on us. Will humans evolve into cyborgs? Well, if you think about how much you do through your smartphone, and how you rely on it to communicate (without speech, in general), and to make things happen in your life, then perhaps much of the transition to cyborg is already behind us and we just need the final touches to the interface (chip in the brain etc.). And what about the way we interact with the internet to get the goods we want? It is argued here that the internet-based marketplace is evolving (and AI will accelerate this) into a reactive entity where the needs and desires of people actively and rapidly affect what is offered, even what is made. Suggestive of the merging of the human mind (or minds) with computers. It makes one wonder – where do the boundaries lie? – Paul Holister The Future Now ShowCredits Hardy F. Schloer,Owner, Schloer Consulting GroupMustafa Chaudhry Paul Holister, Editor, Summary Text
Cryptocurrencies
The Future Now Show September 2017 CryptocurrencieswithHardy F Schloer Once upon a time there was money. It has lubricated our civilisations from the earliest days. But how many people really understand it? And if people don’t understand money, how can they understand the implications of banks being increasingly in control of, and knowledgeable about, our transactions? Then along come cryptocurrencies, which can take banks out of the equation. A fascinating evolution, or is it a battle?- Paul Holister The Future Now ShowCredits Hardy F. Schloer,Owner, Schloer Consulting Group Paul Holister, Editor, Summary Text
Digital Twin Cities & Artificial Intelligence
The Future Now Show October 2017 Digital Twin Cities & Artificial IntelligencewithIgor van Gemert Artificial Intelligences (AIs) are being increasingly used in real applications. An example, discussed here, is using them to mimic the goings-on in a simulation of a real city (or even country), from traffic flow to electricity and water consumption. This allows us to play with possible variations (which energy sources to use, extreme scenarios etc.) and make wiser decisions about the real city. But hang on; if the AIs can figure this out, why not let them manage the city for us? – Paul Holister The Future Now ShowCredits Igor van Gemert, CEO founder SIM-CI.com, ci simulations : resilient by design Paul Holister, Editor, Summary Text
Demography of Europe
The Future Now Show November 2017 Demography of Europe withMichael Akerib Table of ContentHistory 1:16Now 25:52Migration 28:27Opportunities 48:58 Musings on the future are often quite narrow in scope (e.g. specific technologies) and time. The near future is obviously of great interest as it’s our next page, but it’s one page in a very long book and sometimes you need to read the whole book to get the best sense of what the next page might hold. That approach is taken here when considering the demographics of Europe – the story starts 9000 years ago and spans the planet. Sit back, soak it in, and only then wonder about the future.- Paul Holister The Future Now ShowCredits Michael Akerib, Rector, Swiss UMEF University. www.umef-university.ch Paul Holister, Editor, Summary Text
Happy Rain
The Future Now Show December 2017 Happy Rain with Isabelle Antunès Storytelling is a fundamental part of what makes humans successful. This is a story about how farming communities in Bangladesh were transformed by an idea that allowed them to profit from the monsoon season instead of migrating away and waiting for it to pass. But it’s also a story about a story, about the documentary that was made and how this has been woven in to the evolution and spread of this transformative idea. – Paul Holister Support and collaborations required to use Happy Rain to provide 5 million people with food, jobs and improved livelihood in floodplains! Turning floods into an asset in BangladeshProject proposal presented by Dr. Isabelle Antunès The Future Now ShowCredits Isabelle Antunès, Documentary film maker, France www.isabelleantunes.com/contactwww.isabelleantunes.com/happy-rain Paul Holister, Editor, Summary Text
Causalities and A.I.
The Future Now Show January 2018 Causalities and A.I. withHardy Schloerhosted bySimon Jones Big data and artificial intelligence (AI) are terms you’ll have been hearing a lot. They are often misused and poorly understood. So it’s nice to see a concrete example of what can be done with them. The key here is to use not only standard metadata (data describing data) but also metadata describing the causal relationships between the data. The result is insights that were you to ask humans to attempt would be unreliable, hugely variable and subject to prejudicial influences. A nice example of a case where we humans should step back and let the A.I. do the work. – Paul Holister The Future Now ShowCredits Hardy F SchloerOwner, Schloer Consulting Groupwww.schloerconsulting.comCEO, Prisma Analytics GmbHprisma-analytics.com Simon Jones, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Cranfield University, UKwww.simon-jones.com Paul Holister, Editor, Summary Text