Showing results for "Technology and the Future" in Political Science

As AI and robotics eliminate jobs across the spectrum, governmental revenues will plummet while the debt increases dramatically. This crisis of limited resources on all levels - underfunded or nonexistent pensions, health problems, lack of savings, and job destruction without comparable job creation - will drive many into homelessness and produce a dramatic rise in violence as we fight over shrinking resources.

The relationships between technology, data, people and place are changing rapidly. We believe this requires a new blueprint for how we plan, design and manage our cities and communities. Welcome to the future of place, powered by the Smart Cities Council. Find out more at www.futureofplace.global

The Future of You is the home of Tracey Follows’ ongoing work on identity, agency, and the changing relationship between systems and selves in an AI-mediated world.This channel now brings together three strands of that work.The Future of You podcast explores how technology is reshaping identity, from digital selves and predictive systems to automation, intimacy, trust, and human futures.The Future of You audio series is the original 2021 book, released here chapter by chapter. It explores what Tracey came to call the technology of the self: a third dimension of identity, alongside the ...

TFIC takes you deeper into the stories that are shaping our future. Seeing around corners or making sense of the collision of technology and society is hard. Context can help. Our writers and editors probe important questions about where we are going by first asking about where we have been and why. The show is produced through the joint editorial resources of Governing and Government Technology.

The Future Tech & Policy (FTP) Podcast features a panel of interdisciplinary faculty experts from the 3 universities at the University of Illinois System that examines news, trends, and issues related to emerging technology like AI, quantum, energy, and future-looking computing and how these advancements influence policy and regulation in Illinois and beyond. A production of the Science and Technology Working Group at the Institute of Government and Public Affairs (IGPA). Episodes released bi-weekly. Hosted by Jeremy Riel, Science & Technology Working Group Co-Lead and Assistant Professor, ...

Join Dan Lieberman and Randol White as they explore how transit agencies are working to solve public transportation challenges, improve the rider experience, and build a more connected future..Each Wheel Talk episode features insightful conversations about navigating travel — whether on foot, by bicycle, SamTrans bus, Caltrain commuter rail, or car. Listen to in-depth interviews with transit experts, agency leaders, planners, and community advocates who share transparent insights into the challenges and opportunities shaping Bay Area mobility.Also, seasonally, check out Hop Off Here — ...

AI Futures is a serialized problem-space exploration of artificial intelligence and its quiet disruption of modern society.This is not a sci-fi podcast. There are no killer robots, no sentient machines, and no sudden collapse. Instead, this series examines a more plausible trajectory: a world where AI integrates smoothly, efficiently—and outcompetes human labor without ever declaring war on it.Each episode isolates a single variable—full-scale AI adoption—while holding everything else constant. No new laws. No universal basic income. No political reset. Just today’s economic, ...

Metaviews is a podcast about the big picture and what comes next. As an open source intelligence agency, Metaviews is focused on the future while also grounded in the present. Hosted by Jesse Hirsh and featuring a diverse range of guests, the show looks at the collision of political economy, technology, culture, and society.

Securing Our Future is a podcast and publication from New North Ventures (NNV). NNV is a venture capital fund that is solving large and unmet national security problems and commercial opportunities. To learn more about how commercial and national security sector collaboration can accelerate innovation subscribe to our newsletter at securingourfuture.us

This is a show for anyone who cares about using digital approaches in the public sector to deliver better outcomes. We explore stories from around the world, where public servants have been successful at driving change. We meet the people behind the stories, to hear their first-hand experiences and lessons learned. Throughout the series we discuss technology and trends, as well as the cultural aspects of making change happen.

The New Face of Finance, Where Finance Finds Its Future. Future of Finance has one overriding goal. It is to host meetings (at the moment virtual meetings) that bring together long established members of the financial services industry (banks, brokers, asset managers, insurers, financial market infrastructures) with entrepreneurs (challenger banks, technology companies and FinTechs) and market authorities (central banks, regulators and policymakers) to explore how the financial services industry can grow faster by being more open, more innovative and more trustworthy. If you would like to get ...

Lessons from the lives and experiences of those that have shaped the history, and will shape the future, of the US Air and Space forces.

L’intelligenza artificiale è intorno a noi. Ha applicazioni tecnologiche che salvano vite, ma le può anche condizionare in modi che troppo spesso ignoriamo. Ha creato lavori che non esistevano, ma fa anche temere per il futuro dell’impiego. Oggi con l’intelligenza artificiale si può fare di tutto: una start-up, una cyberwar e perfino un’opera d’arte. La rivoluzione dell’A.I, tra le bolle di mercato, i problemi che l’Unione Europea sta provando a correggere, potenzialità e scenari distopici, perché gli algoritmi replicano le storture della società che li ha concepiti. Un ...

Through conversation with experts in technology, law and military affairs, this series explores how new military technology and international law interact. Edited and produced by Dr Lauren Sanders and Dr Simon McKenzie, the podcast is published by the Asia-Pacific Institute for Law and Security. Until July 2024, the podcast was published by the University of Queensland School of Law.Note: the views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views of any other organisation (such as Government, or Departments of Defence), unless the speaker ...

In this rambling essay, Bertrand Russell reflects on the future of the world while the memory of the First World War was still strong in the public imagination. Russell notes the concomitant development of technology and the rise of political autocracies and explores whether man can be considered fit to handle the vast new powers at his disposal.