Tag: artificial intelligence

The digital-physical merger

By Martin Recke

The next big thing isn’t AI itself, but the interplay of intelligence, data, networks/computing and energy.
Capability overhang, or the future of AI

By Martin Recke

The future of AI depends on what we imagine today. While we explore our new capabilities, imagination is the bottleneck.
AI Art: using generative art to enhance the human experience

By Adam Tinworth

Artists like REEPS100 are paving the way for using AI to enhance human life, not replace human workers.
The office of the future won’t arrive anytime soon

By Martin Recke

We still don’t know what the office of the future will look like. But thanks to AI and the permacrisis, it will be leaner than before.
NEXT23 theme: Let’s get physical

By Martin Recke

The digital revolution is entering a new phase. It will lead to a fusion of digital and physical, and a rewrite of how the world works.
AI and the future of work

By Martin Recke

AI is going to change how we work. It will automate white-collar work. And we’ll see AI-first start-ups creating new markets.
Will AI eat software?

By Martin Recke

Software used to be expensive, but thanks to AI, it may soon be cheap. Will software developers lose their jobs?
What we can see now is the first percent of what is coming

By Oskar Trautmann, Wilhelm Rinke

An interview with Merantix Founder and AI Expert Adrian Locher.
Yes, here is yet another article on AI

By Oskar Trautmann, Wilhelm Rinke

Sure, you don’t need to read yet another article on AI. But this one might just surprise you…
Generative AI: humanity’s creative assistant is here

By Adam Tinworth

Image and text versions of generative AI are now available to most people. How will this technology impact the way we create art and write?
The next phase of the digital revolution

By Martin Recke

With massive shifts in power and control, the digital revolution is entering a new phase. The Accenture Life Trends 2023 report sums it up.
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.
A short walk through our first book

By Martin Recke

Here at NEXT, we are somehow obsessed with the near future, culminating in the question: What's next? We've published a book, printed in German and as an e-book in both English and German, to spread some insights worth spreading.
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.
Happiness Is a Warm Gun

By Martin Recke

In 2017, we've talked a lot about why digital (products) suck(s) and what we can possibly do to make things better. One pretty clear lesson from the past year is that we have to change our design objectives.
The Tech Trend landscape of 2018

By Martin Recke

Trends don’t change overnight, and they don’t change year over year as well. Instead, they evolve over time, slowly or rapidly.
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.
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…
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.