Technology to tackle online harms: addressing the urgent need for kinder online communities
As a society, we love social media – it’s the perfect way to fill a dull moment. But we’re becoming increasingly uncomfortable about the lack of emotional safety….
Empowering key workers in the NHS
What do frontline NHS workers need to use their time more effectively – especially in this COVID-19 crisis? A way to cut through red-tape and quickly communicate their…
How to survive an industrial revolution
It is sometimes difficult to number revolutions. But some economists would say we’re experiencing the fifth industrial revolution: the Information and Communications version. They call earlier revolutions as:…
The Digital Revolution is Powered By Software – For Good and Bad
I don’t really hold with conspiracy theories. Much more often than not you’ll find that underneath the surface is a large slice of misinformation, serendipity, and incompetence. So…
AI and the Shifting Boundaries between Computing and the Humanities
Some time ago I reported on a new $1B investment at MIT to create the new Schwartzman Centre for Computing using a gift of $350M from Blackstone founder…
Talking to Technology
One of the interesting threads running through digital disruption is our changing relationship with technology. As its “separateness” from our lives changes and evolves, we challenge our sense…
The Impact of Lowering the Price of Prediction
What happens when the price of prediction falls through the floor? Old problems that were cast as computational problems become recast as predictive problems. Consider what happens when…