The Climate of History
Note that the title of this book is not ‘the history of climate,’ but rather ‘the climate of history.’ It summarises the views of a host of thinkers, who wax…
AI Election Fraud in the US & UK
SXSW sessions are held in many locations. Located several blocks north of the central location of the Austin Convention Centre I found UK House. It was being hosted by Downright…
Amy Webb: This Is an Exhilarating Time to be Alive
Amy Webb has built a career as a futurist on identifying tech trends, but as she told an audience at SXSW in Austin, those halcyon days have ended. “Trends are…
Everything Everywhere All At Once
A theme I discerned at several SXSW sessions this year was storytelling. The best of the lot was appreciated by a very large audience with a standing ovation. It was…
Sandy Clark: The World is Going to Completely Change
How might a robot have implications for your brand? Suppose a robot delivers a pizza to your home, serves it to you with a soda, and then washes up the…
Can Robots Create Life-Changing Songs?
In a SXSW panel moderated by Bill Hochberg, music industry experts contemplated the role of artificial intelligence in the creation of songs. Hochberg, a specialist in music and media law,…