The convergence of the availability of a vast amount of big data, the speed and stretch of cloud computing platforms, and the advancement of sophisticated machine learning algorithms have given birth to an array of innovations in Artificial Intelligence (AI).
In theory, the beneficial impact of AI systems on government translates into improving healthcare services, education, and…
Redefining and Renewing Humanism in the Digital Age
26 August 2020
We are at a crossroads. The convergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI), big data analytics, and machine learning has rapidly produced some remarkable technologies: voice, face, and odor recognition technologies for precise personal identification; statistical algorithms…
Artificial intelligence and its applications have surely revolutionized the sectors pushing them forward in a new direction. Its application isn’t limited to the start of product development but continues post-launch and customer interaction.
AI integration is the retail…
Early in March, amid concerns about the spread of COVID-19, Bangladesh, Bhutan India, and Nepal (BBIN countries) placed restrictions on the movement of people and freight between their countries. Supply chains were disrupted, and trade flows were heavily impacted as a result.
Thousands of trucks, many loaded with perishable goods, were reportedly stranded at the border between India’s…
Public transit as a critical element of our daily commute has always been the backbone of urban mobility. The COVID-19 crisis has had an adverse impact on public transit, however. Ridership in major cities in the U.S., Europe and China is down by 50-90% from pre-crisis…
Intelligencer
13 May 2020
In 2017, Scott Galloway anticipated Amazon’s $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods a month before it was announced. Last year, he called WeWork on its “seriously loco” $47 billion valuation a month before the company’s IPO imploded. Now, Galloway, a Silicon Valley…
Is Geoffrey West's Argument Still Valid?
6 May 2020
Theoretical physicist Geoffrey West explains his conclusion by examining complex networks: doubling the population of a city causes many negative side effects such as higher air pollution and crime rates. Yet, it also boosts innovation by 15% and the city gets richer. I think it may be useful to test this argument as network models does not really recognize any borders.
Can the population of a…
In the cities of Europe people play with their peers and riding around their scooters as it seems to have “corona holiday”, while in some countries like Nigeria, pupils are in charge to look after their younger sisters and brothers and locked in Turkey, playing video…
Fragility is the single most striking cause of displacement around the world today. Even increasingly common drivers of flight like natural disasters and pandemics are only likely to cause mass cross-border movements if they affect fragile states. Today more than 70 million…
The Internet Needs a Diet.
30 April 2020
Let’s be more careful what we’re feeding it.
Today is digital clean up day and the 50th anniversary of Earth day. Let’s take the opportunity to reflect on our digital and physical footprints and where our relationship with the digital world is really headed.
This article puts together some of my thoughts on where we are today and why we all need to zoom out and reset our ways in the days…