This article was originally posted on Forbes New York Business Council Smart technology does what we tell it to do, in theory. That might seem obvious in a world where Alexa can dim our lights on command, manipulate our thermostats or connect us with the delivery person knocking at our door, but given how much we are starting to take these… Read more →
This article was originally posted on The Next Web At this point, it feels like I’ve heard countless stories about workers who are restless about the effects that AI will have on their jobs and their careers in the relatively near future. While we must certainly take into account that the nature of certain workplaces and the human roles within them… Read more →
This article was originally posted on Forbes New York Business Council 2018 was the year of cryptocurrency, to hear the news tell it. Even as bitcoin, Ethereum and others rose to unprecedented heights, fell and fell some more, one thing is now certain: Love them or hate them, blockchain and cryptocurrencies are here to stay. If you’re a technologist or crypto… Read more →
This article was originally posted on TriplePundit.com We are in the midst of a clean energy revolution. Renewables have never been more efficient or cheaper, and while some roadblocks remain (notably the scaling of energy storage), it’s clear that society is at a tipping point. In the coming years and decades, solar panels on rooftops will likely become more common than… Read more →
This article was originally posted on TriplePundit.com The Federal Reserve continued to raise interest rates in 2018 as we reached the end of one of the longest bull markets in United States history. As the market cycle turns and the likely economic correction plays out in the coming months and years, what are the implications for the energy and infrastructure markets, which have… Read more →
This article was originally posted on Forbes New York Business Council 2018 was the year of cryptocurrency, to hear the news tell it. Even as bitcoin, Ethereum and others rose to unprecedented heights, fell and fell some more, one thing is now certain: Love them or hate them, blockchain and cryptocurrencies are here to stay. If you’re a technologist or crypto… Read more →
The lofty promises of instant riches through crypto have fallen short, but the market will be better as it works through an evolutionary stage. This article was originally posted on CFO.com Last year was a painful one for cryptocurrencies and blockchain. After crypto prices hit all time highs a year ago, the market cap for all cryptocurrencies dropped more than $500 billion by… Read more →
This article was originally posted on Forbes.com By now, it’s a truism that automation will replace certain careers while leaving others intact. Experts believe the most vulnerable are jobs that require routine, rote tasks: a bookkeeper, a secretary or a factory worker. Each of these involve highly repetitive and predictable duties easily taught to machines. By that logic, roles that require abstract thinking should be… Read more →
This article was originally posted on Forbes.com Artificial intelligence is on the rise. I write and read extensively on AI, and one gets the impression that this is a zero-sum proposition: Either everything improves and we will live in a Utopia — or we face an imminent apocalypse. Thankfully, things are not so black and white. Automation, long seen as a killer of… Read more →
This article was originally posted on ScoreNYC Machine learning is, without a doubt, the future. From Amazon’s recommendations engine to Google Photo’s smart albums, the rise of the algorithms promises us a more streamlined, convenient world. For businesses, increasingly complex and capable algorithms also promise more profits. Yet for now, it seems that big corporations, such as Alphabet, Amazon, or Facebook… Read more →
