AI can fill labour shortages, provide smarter agricultural management to solve food security and save lives

AI can fill labour shortages, provide smarter agricultural management to solve food security and save lives
AI is projected to revolutionize agriculture. AgTech, one of the most under-developed areas of AI will, in about one to two years, become one of the most important areas of AI, on par with cybersecurity. Agricultural automation, for example, is critical to sustain food production in the face of massive global food security issues, starvation in ...

“We must change to become a science-based nation as AI disrupts finance and other services beyond recognition”

“We must change to become a science-based nation as AI disrupts finance and other services beyond recognition”
Financial inclusion still problematic with AI It’s long been assumed that technology will help the financially underserved access the banking services they need. In this interview with American Banker, our Founder, Christine Duhaime, of the Digital Financial Institute, says this assumption is wrong, and that some tech advances are already starting to have unanticipated adverse ...

Sorry, but the world doesn’t need any more useless tech – it needs AI for the disabled, the elderly and to cure cancer

Sorry, but the world doesn’t need any more useless tech – it needs AI for the disabled, the elderly and to cure cancer
The part of artificial intelligence that we find the most promising is applications designed to improve the lives of people who have disabilities. It’s not easy to find #TechForGood that presents a strong business case but disability AI (sometimes called “assistive AI”) is one of those areas. How will we service 1 Billion People with ...

AI is coming to banking for better or worse

AI is coming to banking for better or worse
This article was published in American Banker by Christine Duhaime Disruption is from AI, not FinTech It is surprising how much ink is spilled on theories that banking is about to be wiped out by a tsunami called FinTech, resulting in the alleged mass closure of banks and unemployment of financial services professionals. Last time ...

AI – the $33 trillion tech opportunity

AI – the $33 trillion tech opportunity
Market value of $153 billion The artificial intelligence and robotics market was worth US$10.7 billion in 2014 and is expected to be worth US$153 billion by 2020 and to have a disruptive impact of between US$14 to US$33 trillion. The component for artificial intelligence alone (without robotics) is worth US$70 billion. Artificial intelligence is expected to ...