In our previous post, we elaborated on how exponential technologies will disrupt one of the bulkiest industries of the world, the energy industry. If there is any other industry that is more bulky and untouched in terms of digital technologies, it is nothing but healthcare industry. Two cutting-edge Technologies, AI & blockchain have a huge potential to change the face of healthcare as we know…
Regulating Disruptive Technologies
5 February 2019
New technological developments not only disrupt traditional economic and social status quo, but they also require a new order to be established and comprehensive set of regulations to be designed. As we watch technologies emerge, develop and disrupt with the speed of…
How to Surf on the Ripples of the Pebble Stone: 10 Essential Rules of Being an Exponential Entrepreneur in Exponential Times
27 January 2019
‘’The ripples of the pebble stone that was thrown into the water in 1989 have spread over a period of 30 years and become a force that affects all layers of society’‘ states Mr. Faruk Eczacıbaşı in his book, “Daha Yeni Başlıyor”. These ring shaped…
Unleashing Organizations’ Human Capital Potential in AI Age
25 January 2019
Over the last decade, artificial intelligence (AI) has made an unquestionable impact on the world, hence AI is acknowledged as one of the most important agenda items for executives. According to the survey that was conducted in 2018, %41 of respondents mentioned that AI is the highest ranked agenda item for them. (Deloitte, 2018)
On the other hand, human capital management practices of…
Setting the AI Code of Conduct for Turkey
22 January 2019
Everyone Is Talking About AI — But Do They Mean the Same Thing?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) refers to machines that perform cognitive tasks like thinking, perceiving, learning, problem solving and decision making. AI is a general-purpose technology with applications in…
AI for Human Development
7 January 2019
“This article was written by MICHAEL CHUI , MARTIN HARRYSSON and originally published on project-syndicate.org , on 03/01/2018.”
Technologies powered by artificial intelligence are being applied to some of the world’s most challenging human-development issues. But…
“This article was written by Jacques Bughin and originally published on voxeu.org , on 12/23/2018.”
Recent advances in artificial intelligence have led to public fears that these upcoming technologies will be substitute a large part of job occupations (Brynjolfsson and McAfee 2014). This fear is not new. At the time of the first Industrial Revolution, renowned economists such as John Stuart…
Childhood's End
4 January 2019
“This article was written by George Dyson and originally published on edge.org , on 01/01/2019.”
All revolutions come to an end, whether they succeed or fail.
The digital revolution began when stored-program computers broke the distinction between numbers…