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A Wild Ride: The Future of Airline Revenue?
In a recent twist that sounds straight out of a sci-fi novel, a passenger found themselves trapped inside a driverless car that decided...
VFS Team
Jan 91 min read
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Analogies for AI
I like the analogizing riff he's on here regarding how to think about AI.
Richard Lum
May 7, 20241 min read
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Choosing Your AI Path
It might surprise some people to learn that formal futures studies has a lot of history in it. When it comes to the topic of economic...
VFS Team
Dec 1, 20233 min read
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Resisting the Machines
We should not be surprised by groups resisting the arrival of powerful machine and automation tools.
Richard Lum
Nov 27, 20231 min read
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Making Sense of AI (Big Picture)
A recent podcast offers a useful high level review of AI governance in the US today.
VFS Team
Oct 13, 20231 min read
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Repo in an Autonomous Future
Good foresight requires continuous scanning and emerging issues analysis.
Richard Lum
Mar 3, 20231 min read
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Can You Envision the Machines?
Imagine the world around us in a different way
Richard Lum
Feb 10, 20231 min read
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10 Things #4: Automation and Autonomization
Number four on our list of ten things that your upcoming scenarios or forecasts need to account for is machines doing things without us. ...
Richard Lum
Sep 2, 20221 min read
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Not Challenging Enough
There are a number of very serious, long-run transitions underway that are reshaping our world in fundamental ways. Climate change is...
Richard Lum
Jun 27, 20221 min read
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Self-Deploying Supply Points
Bottom Line: Military logistics of modern life may see increased automation, capabilities, efficiency, and few people Source: The Nippon...
Richard Lum
May 27, 20222 min read
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