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In an age of compulsive messaging, transmission must not be mistaken for communication

In an age of compulsive messaging, transmission must not be mistaken for communication

On Thursday 15th March, at 1.30pm local time, tragedy struck Miami’s Florida International University (FIU). A pedestrian bridge over 8th Street (connecting the school’s campus to a popular neighbourhood for FIU accommodation) collapsed, killing six people who were caught beneath 950 tons of steel and…

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Making good decisions about AI will depend on RI (real intelligence)

Making good decisions about AI will depend on RI (real intelligence)

Artificial intelligence (AI) seems to be on everyone’s lips. If 2017 was a formative year for technological advancement in this sphere, 2018 has been billed by some observers as the beginning of full-scale implementation of AI in our lives. The recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2018,…

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A classic truth for building successful tech companies

A classic truth for building successful tech companies

Our progress as a civilisation has always in part been measured by our powers of invention. That is not to downplay the importance of moral and intellectual development but new products and processes are somehow more concrete and, judging by the current daily servings of…

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