What is a Deepfake?
In an era of misinformation legit deepfakes are coming, and they might already be here and we wouldn’t know the difference. That is,…
BigTech’s $5 Trillion Valuation Shows the Beginning of AI-Capitalism
Apple is approaching the market valuation of the entire Australian Stock Market. It’s time to sound the alarm bells on free-market capitalism which…
China is the Next AI Super Power by 2030
At the Last Futurist, we’ve always been bullish on China’s ability to become a technological superpower. As it becomes more dominant economically, that…
Carnegie Mellon AI Gives Positive Comment Benevolence a New Upgrade
In a world full of algorithms, humans aren’t so nice online. Carnegie Mellon researchers have recently proposed an AI that surfaces positive online…
What is the AI Winter?
A New Kind of AI Autumn is Coming Artificial intelligence has a lot of hype in business, and is also being used in…
Baidu is an AI Company and will Bounce Back in 2020
I’ve always been fascinated by companies who prioritized AI as their core R&D. Baidu on this front is really misunderstood and to me,…
Artificial Intelligence Trends of 2020
A report by research firm IDC in September said global spending for AI systems will reach $97.9 billion in 2023, a staggering increase…
Will the Future of Work be Ethical?
At the Last Futurist, we talk about how automation is coming and what that might mean for a lot of humanity who won’t…