This one takes a moment to sink in. At first it looks like any other game of hide-and-seek, but once you realise the ‘bots’ have been let loose with no environmental knowledge and learned to play and strategise on their own, it’s truly extraordinary. Advances like this are like gaping into a world of infinite…
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As artificial intelligence and automation innovates, so, it seems, should we. Exercising creative skills allows us to bring to the table what only we can in terms of abstract, free, untaught thinking. This endorsement from the tech industry places much-welcome value on alternative methods of learning and arts education. uniquely human skills John Fallon, Pearson…
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There’s a lot to be said about the future of work, and much of it centres around inevitable digitisation and automation. What’s interesting about the ideas in this piece from the World Economic Forum is their dynamism. The trend we noticed is that we’re going to have to constantly change where and how we learn…
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Next up in our exploration of this BBC series is ‘Robots‘. It’s the revolution on everyone’s minds, and believed to be a somewhat inevitable part of our future. However, perhaps more so than with any of the other inventions we’ve learned about, robots’ long history might surprise you. Since ancient times humans have been fascinated…
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A great example of STEAM in action, with creativity and science combining to take on one of the biggest technological stories of the moment at AI: More than Human. It’s rare to have this kind of widespread access to AI; inviting people to experience it for themselves rather than read about far off labs and…
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We’re really interested in making connections between art and science to help us understand our world. Memo Akten‘s video links our shared ideas on universal concepts by showing how an algorithm would make sense of them. The result is that we see our interpretations in an entirely new yet recognisable way. An unusually inventive instance…
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We read a lot about machines “taking over“, but what’s behind this fear, could it be a lack of trust? We believe in the power of empathy to foster bonds, and it seems a university team in the US is taking this thinking digital. For us it is an important way in which creative thinking…
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With the many advances in AI technology, we’re asking ‘can a computer be creative’, and so more broadly, what is creativity? While we worry about retaining true creativity and ownership, it might not be the point. This podcast looks at how we create and problem solve. Ultimately, the important thing is that we’re thinking about…
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We recently brought you news of a new text generator that’s causing a stir in the tech world because of the understandable caution around AI. However, it’s important to remember the potential, and more than that, fun, that innovation can bring. Here, Rhodri Davies of the Charities Aid Foundation plays with AI to prove that…
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The conversation around the future of work is often about the inevitability of its dominance, but what if we could make working work for us? New ideas, explored here by Will Stronge of Autonomy, a think tank for the future of work, are emerging about the implications of a shorter working week. More space to think,…
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