VR/AR, Blockchain, Bitcoin, Artificial Intelligence and The Internet of Things

Nearly all big tech companies have an artificial intelligence project, and they are willing to pay experts millions of dollars to help get it done.

Saving the planet, fixing healthcare, replacing conventional currency–there is apparently nothing that the shared-database technology known as blockchains can’t fix.

The gaining momentum of digital currencies and the Chinese reinvention of a financial system led not by traditional banks but by technology companies are potent signs that Western financial architecture of the 20th century may not long survive the 21st.

The war for tech supremacy is moving to newer technologies such as augmented reality and voice assistants, as giant internet companies grasp for an ever-fleeting portion of people’s time.

AI is generating new approaches to business models, operations, and the deployment of people that are likely to fundamentally change the way business operates. And if it can transform an earthbound industry like agriculture, how long will it be before your company is affected?

The grid edge is becoming too shaky to shield with traditional defenses.

Here is an excellent video on what is Blockchain and how it works:

It could displace central banks, conventional banking, and challenge the monopoly of national monies.

"A clear and crisply written account of machine intelligence, big data and the sharing economy. But McAfee and Brynjolfsson also wisely acknowledge the limitations of their futurology and avoid over-simplification." — John Thornhill, Financial Times

The ultimate goal is to facilitate paid work: "Anywhere there’s a phone, there’s a job. You just pick up a phone and whatever your skills, people will send you digital-currency-based jobs. You can click buttons and make money anywhere in the world."