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Books: A colorful and accessible picture of dynamic forces that are shaping our lives, our work, and our economies
The Second Machine Age will alter how we think about issues of technological, societal, and economic progress.
“Technology is overturning the world’s economies, and The Second Machine Age is the best explanation of this revolution yet written.”
Amazon
An arms race between Google Brain and Facebook AI Group
Expect an arms race between Google Brain, Facebook AI Group and other tech companies that will desperately try to keep up.
Robot Humor: Search and Destroy
Facebook is diving headlong into AI.
Mike Isaac | All Things D
Yann LeCun/lecun.org
PAUL NOTH | The New Yorker
Wearable devices are poised to push smartphones aside
Google Glass was just the beginning. A new generation of wearable tech is coming—and it will transform the way you experience the world.
BILL WASIK | Wired
Ian Allen
It’s an auspicious moment for wearables, one that’s been two decades in the making.
Attempting to predict the future?
“What drives the Google founders is an acute understanding of the possibilities that long-term developments in information technology have deposited in mankind’s lap. Computing power has been doubling every 18 months since 1956. Bandwidth has been tripling and electronic storage capacity has been quadrupling every year."
Why is a company built on finding information and serving up ads, spending vast amounts on a variety of outlandish projects?
Reuven Cohen | Forbes