Most mainstream coverage of artificial intelligence takes one of three forms: what happens to jobs as automation spreads; concern about embedding the results of past unfairness into new AI-fuelled ...

In this admirably short and graceful book, Klaus Schwab takes us on a breathless tour of a technological, economic, and social revolution. The first industrial revolution moved us from muscle to ...

Earlier this week I recommended that higher ed people read McAfee and Brynjolfsson’s new book Machine, Platform, Crowd with a higher ed lens. The Fourth Industrial Revolution covers some of the same ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is upon us. It's the next natural evolution around ...

Alex Broadbent works for the University of Johannesburg. The phrase “fourth industrial revolution” has become ubiquitous. It’s meant to denote a huge shift in the socioeconomic fabric of society, ...

The fourth Industrial Revolution uses data, AI, and automation to integrate the physical and digital worlds. This ...

The rate of hardtech innovation is accelerating. It's occurring at the intersection of digital and hardware innovation. This fourth industrial revolution is disrupting every facet of our economy.

The world is on the precipice of a technological revolution that will alter the way we live, communicate, and think about privacy and security. With recent innovations in automation, artificial ...

New technologies can optimize the way people work. When implemented thoughtfully, such innovations can improve overall business processes. Those changes are accepted as part of progress. But when a ...

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