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Can AI live up to its promise?

CIO Business Intelligence

Its integration into critical social functions, from healthcare to governance, can be a double-edged sword. Although the excitement around AI is palpable, so are the ethical, social and existential challenges it poses. However, AIs impact on our civilization goes beyond its technical and algorithmic achievements.

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What accelerates – and slows – the development of social networking mobile platforms - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

Although the mobile phone offers an "extremely appropriate platform for social networks," he said current pricing structures were holding back the market. Although the mobile phone offers an "extremely appropriate platform for social networks," he said current pricing structures were holding back the market.

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Mobile social networking, meaning virtual networks bringing people physically together, will inevitably be a pervasive application - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

Arrington writes: A few years from now we’ll use our mobile devices to help us remember details of people we know, but not well. I wrote about proximity dating in my 2002 book Living Networks and on this blog in early 2003 , at the time referring to Imahima, an early player in this space in Japan.

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Location-based dating is FINALLY hot, Hot, HOT!

Trends in the Living Networks

In mobile-mad Japan, "proximity dating" has had a big success. Since high bandwidth mobile technology is now available in Japan, the system can also allow you to see each other on your mobile videophone before you meet. This is a location-based service for mobile/ cell phone users. Let's see if it takes off properly now.

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Video goggles will unleash mobile video - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

Once this is commonplace, mobile video and content will be unleashed. Permalink | View blog reactions | Comments (1) Categories : Technology trends Share this: Digg this | Reddit | StumbleUpon | Del.icio.us | Share on Facebook 1 Comments mobile video said: great blog, i also like mobile video!

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We are fast learning how to create "enhanced serendipity"

Trends in the Living Networks

Tags: Influence Social networks Web 2.0

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Mobiles leapfrog the fixed internet in Africa - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

One of the many insights on this fascinating trip was how mobiles are leapfrogging the Internet across Africa. Mobiles have already leapfrogged fixed line telephony across the continent. Now phone companies are taking the opportunity to offer mobile data services and internet access.