Artificial intelligence and automation can make your workplace more human Every day, it seems we see new headlines about the consequences of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotic process automation (RPA), predicting everything from the end of work to the creation of hyper-productive cyborg workforces. The subject fuels debate and controversy, stoked along the way by potent fears for the future of humans and their jobs. [...]
Bring on the robots: We should welcome the demise of the human machine In decades to come, people will reflect on the present day with bewilderment and say: “they had humans doing what?” In the blizzard of noise around a looming acceleration in technological unemployment we need to balance our fears of the rise of the robots with excitement around the impending demise of the human machine. The [...]
Forget Apple Watch: Intelligent virtual assistants are the next tech revolution THE APPLE Watch is just the latest exciting development in wearable technology. But the prospect of consumers interacting with Siri on their smartwatches also hints at another impending revolution in how we access digitised knowledge. Today, we stand on the brink of the third wave of computing – where machines become capable of learning and [...]