[voices_in_ai_byline] About this Episode Episode 76 of Voices in AI features host Byron Reese and Rudy Rucker discuss the future of AGI,…
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Voices in AI – Episode 75: A Conversation with Kevin Kelly
[voices_in_ai_byline] About this Episode Episode 75 of Voices in AI features host Byron Reese and Kevin Kelly discuss the brain, the mind,…
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Voices in AI – Episode 71: A Conversation with Paul Daugherty
[voices_in_ai_byline] About this Episode Episode 71 of Voices in AI features host Byron Reese and Paul Daugherty discuss transfer learning, consciousness and…
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Voices in AI – Episode 65: A Conversation with Luciano Floridi
[voices_in_ai_byline] About this Episode Episode 65 of Voices in AI features host Byron Reese and Luciano Floridi discuss ethics, information, AI and…
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Late last week, Facebook quietly made its entry into the work chat (enterprise real-time messaging) arena with the very limited release of…
Read MoreFarhad Manjoo on Apple’s Antigravity
Farhad Manjoo points out that Apple seems to be the counterexample to the disruption mantra that has become foundational to the business…
Read MoreDisruption, Innovation or Process Model Change? Why Banks Are A Great Example of Every Firm’s Dilemma
The debate What do companies really need to do to succeed over the next five to ten years – and give yourself some…
Read MoreApple is accelerating its enterprise push
New evidence is emerging that shows Apple is doubling down on its push into the enterprise software sector. This past week, at…
Read MoreForget everything you thought you knew about the homepage
Why do the homepages of so many news sites look the same? Former National Public Radio digital editor Melody Kramer came up with more than 60 different ways to rethink the homepage…
Read MoreRanking the disruption potential of industry forces
Gigaom readers rated emerging technologies and overall connectedness as the most disruptive industry forces. But they might be underestimating how platforms shift into new markets.…
Read More10 pieces of tech speak we should trash in 2015
Time to circle back, tear down silos and pivot on those deliverables: 2014 was a banner year for the tech industry — at least when it came…
Read MoreBeyond Christensen: new models of industry disruption
Clayton Christensen's model of disruption still holds true, but we’re also seeing new types emerge. Here we examine four different kinds, and ask you, readers, to weigh in with your thoughts.…
Read MorePlatforms and crowdsourcing: The office of the 21st century
“Disruption” is one of the most overhyped concepts of the last ten years. A Google Trend search for “disruptive innovation” shows a steeply…
Read MoreWhat do cloud consolidation and disruption have in common?
One thing is for sure, we can expect to see much more of cloud consolidation and disruption happening in the IT space…
Read More5 things to prepare the CIO for disruption
For years, IT organizations operated in a certain way. They provided a relatively standard service in a particular way. Of course, both…
Read MoreMaking fun of Silicon Valley is easy, but the next big thing always looks like a toy
Making fun of Silicon Valley and some of the silly startup ideas that get funded has become a popular sport, but as Y Combinator's Sam Altman points out, great things often start out looking pretty inconsequential…
Read MoreAnnouncements from Microsoft and Amazon that will impact the world for decades
Last week we witnessed the reorienting of two giant work technology players — Amazon and Microsoft — with enormous impacts for the…
Read MoreInternal innovation report says the New York Times needs to up its digital game or else
An internal report that looked at how the New York Times is performing in terms of its digital strategy says the paper needs to focus a lot more on audience engagement and analytics -- but can it take the steps necessary to disrupt its traditional culture?…
Read MoreMark Zuckerberg on the shift to mobile and the Great Unbundling of Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg says his approach to mobile consists of breaking the monolithic Facebook app down into smaller, more discrete experiences -- ones that may look and feel nothing like the big blue app or main website, and may even allow for different identities…
Read MoreSmart transportation: the disruptor-broker model
Here are a couple of low- and high-end examples of how real-time data is being applied to disrupt the public transportation sector:…
Read MoreInkshares wants to create a hybrid of traditional book publisher and crowdfunded digital platform
The founders of Inkshares don't think the traditional publishing industry is broken, just antiquated and inefficient -- and they think marrying crowdfunding and the kinds of services publishers used to offer makes for a pretty compelling service for writers and ultimately for readers as well…
Read MoreMark Zuckerberg has learned what Steve Jobs knew: You need to disrupt yourself before your competitors do
The $19 billion Facebook is paying for WhatsApp makes it seem like a desperate move to retain users, but it is also a sign that Mark Zuckerberg is more than willing to disrupt his own company rather than letting others do so…
Read MoreNadella’s Curse: He has a General Motors and needs a Tesla
If you were going to create a car company today, who would you look to for inspiration? General Motors? The world beater…
Read MoreMarc Andreessen talks about the evolution of the news business and why he is optimistic
In a long discussion on Twitter about the future of journalism and the media, venture investor and Netscape creator Marc Andreessen talked about why he is fundamentally optimistic about the news business and the ways in which it is being disrupted by the internet…
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