What is intelligence? And can we recreate it?

By Adam Tinworth

Can we really have artificial intelligence when we don’t really understand what intelligence is in the first place? We need to reconceptualise intelligence before we can make the most of AI.

James Bridle: rethinking artificial intelligence on natural lines

By Adam Tinworth

Artist and writer James Bridle argues that by sticking to human models of intelligence, we're limiting AI's potential.

My summertime reading book list

By Matthias Schrader

Matthias Schrader stacked up his personal list of thought-leading book picks for this summer.

Business resilience – and the attack of the snails

By Adam Tinworth

Technology change is inevitable and unavoidable - but it's often surprisingly predictable. If you can't adapt to survive it, you deserve to face your own twilight of the gods…

John Watton: using AI to humanise customer experience

By Adam Tinworth

Customer experience is becoming the critical differenciator for business. Counter-intuitively, AI could be the route to humanise the experience at scale.

Virginia Dignum: what ethical AI can do for us

By Adam Tinworth

Artificial intelligence is no longer a computer science problem alone. We need ethics expertise, legal expertise and more… A 30 year veteran of the field puts it in context for us.

Ayesha Khanna: Business reimagined with AI

By Adam Tinworth

AI can and will change the way we live and work - and we should prepare for that now. A liveblog of Ayesha Khanna at NEXT18.

Augmented modernity may be a way off – but we need to start preparing now

By Adam Tinworth

A world where the digital and the physical intermingle for a seamless augmented reality is coming – and we need to start thinking about the moral and legal implications now.

5 Key Trends for 2018 that could reshape your business

By David Mattin

Guest author Dave Mattin shared five insights into 2018 that could make a massive difference to your business - if you can act on them.

What does it mean to be AI First?

By Adam Tinworth

AI is flavour of the month, year and quite possibly the decade. It’s become central to the plans of many of the major technology vendors over the last year. AI is both trendy and, clearly, effective. But what does that mean for us?

The AI-first world requires new products

By Martin Recke

It's not enough to simply add an Alexa skill to an existing product, like it wasn't enough to make your website responsive or launch a mobile app without changing anything else. AI-first means reimagining your product for a world driven by AI and voice interfaces.

Designing a world we want to live in

By Martin Recke

Product design has undergone several iterations over the past few decades. It’s time to move on and take the step to humanity-centred design.

NEXT17 in Tweets #2: Awesome AI, Virtuous Voice and Brilliant Blockchain

By Adam Tinworth

As NEXT17's Day One continue, we explored the ubiquity of AI, the role of voice and the potential of blockchain. Here's how attendees reacted…

Why AI will be in every digital product

By Adam Tinworth

Can AI infuse everything we do? Possibly - but it's all about paving the pathways people already use.

Making sure AI boosts jobs, not destroys them

By Adam Tinworth

Can we make sure AI boosts the job market, rather than destroying it? An article argue we can…

The Limits Of Machine Learning Are Still Human

By Adam Tinworth

How close are we to the AIs we see in sci-fi movies? Further than you might expect…

Let’s ban killer robots, before they ban us…

By Adam Tinworth

Killer robots seem like the stuff of sci-fi — until you realise that AI experts want them banned NOW.

A sexist Silicon Valley will lead to a sexist future for us all. This must change.

By Adam Tinworth

Silicon Valley's sexism culture has been laid bare in recent weeks. Our society cannot afford to let this continue.

Elon Musk calls for regulation of AI

By Adam Tinworth

When one of the world's leading emerging technologists calls for regulation of AI, should we be scared?