New Research from Pew on AI, Robotics, and the Future of Jobs
There’s an ongoing debate around whether technology, AI, and Robotics will displace more jobs than it creates or create more jobs than it displaces. The latest research from Pew tries to help answer that question by surveying around 1,900 experts. Not surprisingly the results were close. 48% say scenario one is more likely (more jobs […]
The Robot Menace Is Real
Longtime readers know that one of my greatest fears is of the inevitable robot rebellion. Check out these blog posts from over the years: USAF Continues Its Push Towards A Terminator Future (2009) Pentagon Turns To Robot Soldiers (2008) I, Robot (2005) (The most recent post even includes the following opening line: “Longtime readers know […]
The Best Google Wave Gadgets, Extensions and Robots for the Enterprise
In large part Google Wave has been ignored by the enterprise due to many factors (I’ve listed them below). As you’ve probably read, Wave started as a huge splash but has been reduced to a ripple as of late due to the lack of a “killer app”. Yet there are some enterprise-worthy applications for Wave […]
The Top 11 Google Wave Robots for the Enterprise
Most of us are anticipating the release of Google Wave Beta to the 100,000 or so non-developers today. I’ve highlighted my concerns on Google Wave in the enterprise, yet I am still very interested in the extensions being built on top of the Wave platform that have potential enterprise utilization. Of the 66 Robots that […]
The Robot that Sharing Built: Gnomedex 09 Speaker 4
Ok this is the coolest robot ever (see the picture to the right) from Makerbot Industries; they are giving the presentation right after lunch. The previous speaker pretty well bombed based on the twitter feedback and other communications channels that are letting the world know how Gnomedex is going. The device is a 3D printer, […]
