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This is the hopeful AI narrative, the one where the emergent technology rescues humanity. Reducing food waste, improving the supply chain, bringing personalized menus that meet your individual tastes and optimize your microbiome. Forget about apps to order your lunch….
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This was meant to be Uber’s week in the sun, the long-awaited mega IPO for the reigning king of the sharing economy. But then came the strike. Tens of thousands of grossly underpaid drivers, many of whom earn less than…
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The Stanford Launchpad startup teams circled around adjunct professors Perry Klebahn and Jeremy Utley in the d.school’s Studio One. On the central whiteboard each of the dozen squads had penned their startup sales. The professors then laid down two long…
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The promise and perils of AI are a hot topic among experts worldwide. Will it improve our lives? Take our jobs? What about ethics? Last week in San Francisco there was a rare opportunity to hear a radically different view…
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