Carl Benedikt Frey: in an automated future, trade unions will be more important than ever
The economist says Britain is at a crucial turning point: use robots to boost productivity and jobs, or risk unrest.
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I am haunted by the fear of being usurped by an artificial intelligence program
With relentlessly miserable weather and inspiration running dry, the last thing I need is a digital doppelgänger.
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Doug Gurr: “We are potentially decades away from a mass extinction”
As Cop15 ends, the former Amazon boss turned director of the Natural History Museum wants to make nature count by…
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ChatGPT proves that AI still has a racism problem
Even the most advanced artificial intelligence is hindered by the inherently racist data it’s trained on.
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AI can only do hollow, hotel lobby art
Lensa will eventually mean AI is taught using AI art.
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Amazon’s worker surveillance “leads to extreme stress and anxiety”
Academics have warned MPs that the use of connected tech in the workplace needs to be better regulated.
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The Policy Ask with Mark Girolami: “Computer science should be compulsory at GCSE level”
The Alan Turing Institute’s chief scientist on the importance of computing education and using data to clean up the UK’s…
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Technology has eroded liberal democracy. But it could also be used to restore it
From using AI to inform legislature to strengthening online voting, institutions are increasingly looking to tech to help protect civic…
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