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 ...

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 ...

The 4th Industrial Revolution is the current phase of rapid technological change. It is also known as Industry 4.0, and the advent of robotics, artificial intelligence, and automation has marked it.

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover positive change for individuals and organizations. This article is more than 6 years old. After over two decades in the ...

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, ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. By Greg Scheu In this Aug. 21, 2015 photo, a Chinese man works amid orange robot arms ...

Founder @stemdotorg democratizing science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education through sound policy and practice. The concept of the "Fourth Industrial Revolution," also referred to as ...

We are at the borders of a new revolution, characterized by a range of new technologies that are merging the physical worlds, impacting all disciplines, economies and industries. It merges the ...

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