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The Inevitable

: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future

“A quintessential work of technological futurism.” – James Surowiecki, strategy + business, “Best Business Books 2017 – Innovation” From one of our leading technology thinkers and writers, a guide through the twelve technological imperati

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Kevin Kelly (2)Andrew Ng (1)

“Not too long ago TV Guide had a million subscribers who paid the magazine to point them to the best shows on TV. These shows, it is worth noting, were free to the viewers. TV Guide allegedly made more money than all three major TV networks it 'guided' combined.”

— Kevin Kelly, amazon.com

Tagged: Television, Media Cliff Notes, Economics of Discovery, Portals Of Understnading, Organizing Data

“AI is akin to building a rocket ship. You need a huge engine and a lot of fuel. The rocket engine is the learning algorithms but the fuel is the huge amounts of data we can feed to these algorithms.”

— Andrew Ng, amazon.com

Tagged: AI, Artificial intelligence, Algorithms, Building Smart Computers, Metadata is the Answer

“Banning the inevitable usually backfires. Prohibition is at best temporary, and in the long run counterproductive.”

— Kevin Kelly, amazon.com

Tagged: Censorship, Banning, Methods of Control