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Machine learning
The robots are here. What now? Stephen J. Frenkel and Tom Barnes explore the possibilities for workers and employers. The debate about artificial intelligence and automation is often presented as
Gutted, shattered, cowering and showered in shit.
Paul Frijters paints an expressionist picture of artificial intelligence’s impact on work Artificial intelligence (AI) is impressive. That much is becoming difficult to dispute. When I asked ChatGPT, “In what
A modern mother of invention
Like the workshops of the past, today’s automated production schedules create necessities that give birth to innovation in the workplace. Marjolaine Rostain and Jean Clarke tell how today’s industries might
The real cost of artificial intelligence
The future of work is not about lost jobs; it is about the loss of human capability to find its way. Madhavi Venkatesan writes. Much of the discussion surrounding artificial
All together now
Cliff Mills and Simon Grove-White on why cooperation is the way forward in public services. Andy Burnham’s speech at the People’s History Museum has thrown down the gauntlet to rethink
A Chinese giveaway
Alan Freeman explains why China’s pole position in the artificial intelligence race might be down to sharing rather than competing. When Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company, DeepSeek, released its R1
The shocking untruth
Roger Miles warns of vanishing common sense as over-reliance on artificial intelligence grinds us down into a population of gullible mugs. Hurrah, artificial intelligence (AI) has arrived: let’s join HM
Artificially fake
Patricia Gestoso counsels that our appraisal of artificial intelligence should be guided by the motivations of its chief advocates. Twenty years ago, I was a trainer at a software company.
Time to rage
Guy Standing explores the potential for humanity to strike back against careless leadership as tech leaders of artificial intelligence (AI) drive humanity to destruction The widely-discussed report by investment researcher’
Other Articles
Cross or nought
The world’s challenges are inter-disciplinary. Research for their solutions needs to be the same, argues Keith Harrison-Broninski. Shortly after my book, Human Interactions, was published in 2004, I met with
Don’t count on it
Jonathan Aldred explains how there is more to equations than numbers when it comes to Covid policy. According to Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, when the pandemic hit
Interviews
Big guy for the little guy
Tim Cowen is a campaigning barrister representing small businesses against the dominant players in digital. The Mint heard from him about the new international coordination of anti-trust action against the
Tribes and tribulations
Feted author, journalist and anthropologist, Gillian Tett has a new book: Anthro Vision: How Anthropology Can Explain Business and Life. She told The Mint what Anthro Vision was and how
Lone interest
Loneliness is not a standard subject for economists. So The Mint was intrigued to talk to Noreena Hertz about her new book, The Lonely Century: A Call to Reconnect. Noreena
Columns
Brake the bank
The Coppola Column How governments could weaponise digital banking against “undesirables.” And how to prevent it. In the past 50 years, financial services have changed beyond all recognition. Not just
Blade runner 2021
Imaginary friends get real. Things are very exciting in our retirement complex. I had never imagined when Thomas and I moved into this apartment four years ago that we would
Which way does digital point?
How did we end up here? Midwife to the Internet, Tim Berners-Lee, called his vision for the web “utopian.” He wanted it to be a place where all people had
Environmentalism is a self-harming meme
Zero carbon in the foreseeable is as daft as it is dangerous. Depending on the extent to which social media has infused your life, a meme is a non-hereditary behaviour