Digital future comes with job loss, social benefit gain trade-offs

Digital future comes with job loss, social benefit gain trade-offs

Businesses are rushing to adopt artificial intelligence and embrace the Internet of Things, but the impact of new technologies will slow for consumers over the next few years. That is the opinion of futurologist professor William Webb in his latest book, “Our Digital Future.”

Webb notes that while we have been “promised flying cars, living buildings and holographic displays, we may have to be content with 140 characters, Siri and Alexa for some time to come,” he suggests.

“While digital technology has changed our lives completely, for the better and worse, with always-on connectivity and the likes of Facebook, Amazon and […]

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