How do our views around technology, leisure and work determine our present and future? A talk that mixes data about the effects of technology and automation on work and society with insights and observations from the philosophy and languages of classical antiquity (ancient Greek and Latin) to ask us to reflect on the status and meaning of being a citizen and a maker and whether we’d like emerging technologies to be used to enrich the few or liberate the many.
More from BIL:Davos 2017
- Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine: Solutions for Rising Costs in Healthcare — Snohomish Brown ▶ video
- Blockchain Long-term: Reinventing the Internet — Evan Van Ness ▶ video
- Bridging the Digital Divide - Ally for Women — Heather VanCura ▶ video
- Building a Healthy Doctor-Patient-Computer Relationship — Stephen Gershman
More on AI & Computing
- "Cyborg: Space, Kybernetes, Ship, Man, State, Art, Craft" — Ross Bochnek
- "The Needle in the Haystack" — Paul Bohm
- 15 minutes with an evil genius — Whurley
- 3D Computer Vision & the Kinect — Matt Bell