by Tim Weinhold | Apr 10, 2019 | Book Review
THE BIG NINE: How the Tech Titans & Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity by Amy Webb In The Big Nine, Amy Webb visits the AI-driven near-future world to which nine tech titans — and two governments — are together giving birth. More precisely, Webb projects...
by David Brenner | Apr 9, 2019 | Contributing Editor
A number of recent books and articles have highlighted to me how important the concept of “choice” is in our consideration of the opportunities and risks posed by AI-powered applications and technologies. For starters, there is the foundational question of whether we...
by David Brenner | Apr 9, 2019 | News
In AI and Faith’s second year, we are emphasizing further connections through participation and attendance at conferences around the United States. Our web content editor and key contributor Tim Weinhold will be attending We Robot 2019 at the University of Miami on...
by Tim Weinhold | Apr 9, 2019 | Contributing Editor
The intersection of two recent NY Times articles got my attention. One was entitled “Wealthy, Successful and Miserable.” Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charles Duhigg for the NY Times Magazine, it describes his shock at discovering that, 15 years out,...
by Tim Weinhold | Apr 9, 2019 | Book Review
There is growing concern about an AI-driven future in which there aren’t enough jobs to go around. Not just a shortage of good jobs, mind you, but a shortage of jobs, period. A swelling chorus of economists and other experts foresee a future in which highly-skilled,...
