bengs001
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Do you remember all the "one weird trick" ads we used to see on the internet? I wonder if, just maybe, there actually is “one weird trick” for foresight: One thing we could do to improve our futures thinking. Like the clickbait ads, it seems too good to be true. Or is it? Prepare to be shocked!
“Global pandemic” has been one of many wild cards—low-probability/high-impact scenarios—that futurists have discussed for decades. As we have seen with the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus and the impacts of COVID-19, the point of discussing wild cards is to prepare for them—or at least to weigh the costs of not doing so.
Cindy Wagner
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In honor of Women’s History Month, Forbes magazine published its list of the world’s 50 leading female futurists—including the article’s author, Blake Morgan, who describes herself as “a Customer Experience Futurist, Author and Keynote Speaker.” See “50 Leading Female Futurists” by Blake Morgan, Forbes.com (posted online March 5, 2020). [Disclosure: The Forbes article includes me in the “extended list” of honorably mentioned. —CGW]
Cindy Wagner
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The digital tools for manipulating images, sounds, and other information—already used for such things as making movies—are increasingly being misused as well as democratized, said panelists at the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation’s March 12 forum, “Responding to the Deepfakes Challenge.” But calls to regulate “deepfake” technologies that create deceptive sounds and images could have unintended negative consequences, they pointed out.
In his latest article, AAI Foresight Managing Principal Tim Mack provides an overview of new ways artificial intelligence technologies are being deployed to improve medicine and health care. Rather than replacing medical personnel (doctors and technicians), “AI capabilities allow doctors and technicians to deliver medicine that is more personalized, proactive, and effective,” he writes.
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Abstract: This report provides an overview of the 10 basic techniques of forecasting that can help individuals and organizations make better decisions and produce a positive impact on the future. By Timothy C. Mack
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Not all doctors view artificial intelligence (AI) with favor. However, instead of replacing medical personnel, using AI capabilities allows doctors and technicians to deliver medicine that is more personalized, proactive, and effective. This includes preventive medicine by proactively monitoring early warnings of illnesses, combining digital connectivity and AI analysis, and focusing on wellness in a cost-effective manner.
The starts of decades have traditionally been a good time for futurists to offer clients and the public an overview of the megatrends affecting their businesses, communities, and the world at large.
Cindy Wagner
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On January 9, 2020, the Brookings Institution and R Street co-hosted a presentation by the American Political Science Association’s Task Force Project on Congressional Reform.
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By Young-jin Choi, guest blogger
The 2020s are going to be among the most critical and significant decades in human history, calling for all the determination, energy, and resources we can muster in order to accelerate a global transition toward a net-zero-carbon economy well before 2050, or #netzero<2050.
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