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In an AI gold rush, sell shovels

While the ‘killer applications’ for artificial intelligence remain unclear, there are huge profits to be made in the tools for its development

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Without a major shift in the economics of care, we will have to find a role for robots in supporting us through our old age

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Blade Runner 2049’s dystopian presentation of the future offers one small glimmer of light: cloud-based companies do not own us all

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We can only make sense of the future impact of robots and automation if we get away from science fiction ideas of what it means to be an automaton

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Digital communications technologies have brought the world closer together, but they could just as easily divide and fracture it again

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Robots cannot completely replace humans in a care setting, but they can augment them, and offer digital companionship that feels very real

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Politicians are dodging the difficult topic of automation. Sooner or later they will need to engage and take some tough decisions.

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There is a new class of citizen in the smart city: the smart buildings themselves. How do we create a framework for their participation?

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While concerns abound for technological unemployment we should also be excited about the beginning of an ‘age of robots’.