Re-Engineering Humanity: How Technology Threatens The Future Of Society by Brett Frischmann and Evan Selinger, provides focused thought into the creeping dangers of the ubiquitous technology we have surrounded ourselves with, focusing on the social technologies that pose the greatest threats to our thinking. Now more than ever we need a dose of quality tech […]
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Westworld Season Two: Twisted Future SciFi War With Lessons For Humans Today
Westworld season one was a great mix of science fiction and drama and action and it was done in a way that should help people think through many tech ethics questions, like how do we want to treat our robots? Does treating robots with violence change our nature? Can robots become sentient? HBO has a […]
Track The Future Of All Things Cyber By Tracking Tech Creators like Thiel and Hoffman
The tech world is great for those that love to learn. Things are changing fast so learning is critical. One of the great ways to learn is to track the words of the creators of tech. Two of the great tech investor/creators, Peter Thiel and Reid Hoffman, recently sat down for a discussion moderated by […]
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: The book that inspired Blade Runner goes places the movie never could
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick is the book behind the great Sci-Fi movie Blade Runner. That’s true, this inspired both Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049. But the book is stimulating, thought provoking and entertaining is so many other ways. The movies are great for the visuals, but the book […]
Artificial Intelligence: What is working, what is not, and what comes next
Frank Chen of a16z is one of the great visionaries and explainers of artificial intelligence, especially around the AI with potential for real business impact. This video on “Artificial Intelligence: What is working” captures his thoughts on the current golden age of AI (which is really more accurately described at machine learning, deep learning and other […]
Can The Artificial Intelligence In Amazon’s Alexa For Business Help Your Firm Dominate In The Market?
Thinking of Amazon Alexa for business will bring voice enabled artificial intelligence and the power of the cloud to businesses large and small. Amazon has launched a new effort to accelerate the use of Alexa in the workplace, including empowering the Alexa virtual assistant to help employees do things like order supplies, pull together meetings, […]
Get Ready Now For The Jobs Of The Future
All of us should prepare now for the jobs of the future. We are facing the biggest labor shift since the early 1900’s, all due to the core topic we examine here at Things Cyber, the role of advanced technologies. New research from the McKinsey Global Institute helps provide context on the dynamics facing the future workforce. […]
Artificial Intelligence Stock Picks: These Publicly Traded Companies Are Leading The AI Charge
Artificial Intelligence stock picks require research, this is such a high interest domain many other investors have probably already found and are following the stocks that may interest you. And, if institutional investors are making buy and sell decisions on a stock you have picked, well, all bets are off. That said, AI is clearly […]
Two Powerful Reasons To Use Alexa Enabled Devices
There are really only two reasons to buy an Alexa enabled device: The cool-factor To do useful things The cool-factor comes from being an early adopter of a technology that is clearly from the future. Using Alexa enabled devices will make sure you are exposed to cutting edge concepts of cloud computing, artificial intelligence, voice […]
Slaughterbots: A video designed to make us think about the future not to build
We consistently see the power of science fiction to inform our views today. The short Sci-Fi clip Slaughterbots is a very well done view of a possible near future of AI and Robotic enabled horror that all of us should see and consider. Of course the point is that we are NOT going to allow […]