Exponential technologies and the U.N.

February 3, 2020 Zehra Aydin 0

The term “exponential technology” was made popular by Google’s director of engineering, Ray Kurzweil, in his 2005 best seller The Singularity is Near. Exponential referred to the speed and nature of technological change that is fast, usually a doubling in [read more]

Jobs in the Age of Automation Part II

October 14, 2017 Zehra Aydin 0

(Part I reviewed key studies, trends, observations, and scenarios on jobs and technological unemployment, with comments on the possible political and social implications ahead. This Part II is an annotated review of proposed solutions to handle this coming tsunami of [read more]