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Are we living in an alien’s computer game? Elon Musk thinks it’s probable
Elon Musk reckons it’s probable that humans are just characters in someone’s computer game.
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CEO Insights: Andrew Baxter on marketing and robotics
How is marketing being transformed by machine learning and robotics and what does this mean for the consumer?
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What businesses can learn from sports about using algorithms
There are good reasons why business has not been as successful as sports teams at implementing algorithmic decision-making.
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The Future, This Week 20 October 2017
This week: why exponential growth is big, remember eBay? and is Uber changing cities.
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The motor car: love in a digital age
Carlos Ghosn, CEO of the Renault–Nissan Alliance and one of the world’s most influential business leaders, predicts what we can expect from the future of the automotive industry.
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How China’s AI experts can beat Google and Microsoft by 2030
China is more than capable of reaching its goal of global AI leadership, but it will require a change in mindset to carry out and support groundbreaking research, not just follow existing technology.
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Capturing China’s middle class potential
The emergence of China's middle class is one of the greatest economic stories of the 21st century and a game changer for the global markets.
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Hype and cash are muddying public understanding of quantum computing
Quantum computing is being described as "just around the corner". Is it?
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The Future, This Week 07 July 2017
This week: we revisit the business of sports on the back of some recent news about cricket.
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To make your company agile, get rid of the acronym ‘VUCA’
There is no better way to respond to an overused four-letter acronym than to create your own, as Kai Riemer did at the first BOSS Emerging Leaders networking event for 2017.
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The agile working style started in tech but it could work for banks
The agile working style was originally designed by tech companies for efficiency in software development but now one of Australia's big four banks wants to implement this.
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Mapping the money (part 3): Structural barriers to raising capital for early-stage purpose-driven businesses
In the final part of this three-part series, Tumml's May Samali provides a window into two structural barriers that constrain purpose-driven entrepreneurs during capital raising.