
Coming soon: The Future, This Week Season 3
Season 3 of The Future, This Week is coming next week!

Engineers, philosophers and sociologists release ethical design guidelines for future technology
A report released today by the world’s largest technical professional organisation is designed to help humanity avoid a robot apocalypse.

The Future, This Week 22 December 2017
The Future, This Year: the most interesting, the weird and the wonderful, what's in store for 2018, and a Christmas story.


Watson’s health problems
IBM’s medical artificial intelligence program Watson for Oncology is merely rudimentary.


AI can’t see my cat
Adversarial examples reveal AI weakness in machine learning process.


The Future, This Week 10 November 2017
This week: AI can't see my cat, predicting is creating, and it's a Musk.


The myth of the thinking machine
Why do we believe in the existence of intelligent machines? Why do we believe that computers can do inherently human activities, such as decision-making, better than we do?




The Future, This Week 27 October 2017
This week: scary tales about superhuman robots, a global waste blockage, and tricking cars.


The motor car: love in a digital age
Carlos Ghosn, CEO of the Renault–Nissan Alliance and one of the world’s most influential business leaders, predicts what we can expect from the future of the automotive industry.


How China’s AI experts can beat Google and Microsoft by 2030
China is more than capable of reaching its goal of global AI leadership, but it will require a change in mindset to carry out and support groundbreaking research, not just follow existing technology.




The Future, This Week 08 September 2017
This week: pay with a smile, fake reviews and regulating AI.


Capturing China’s middle class potential
The emergence of China's middle class is one of the greatest economic stories of the 21st century and a game changer for the global markets.