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This Valentine’s Day – are you ready for AI love?
Spielberg, your dreams may have come true
Valentine's Day: a celebration of cherubs, chocolates and human contact. Until COVID-19 hit. As the global pandemic continues to rip up the dating rulebook, and with loneliness at an all-time high, is now the right time to consider if we can start to love machines?
<p><strong>Robot relationships become a real possibility this Valentine's</strong></p>
<p>Tinder. Bumble. Grindr. The notion of digitized matchmaking is nothing new, but normally a love match is followed by dating in real life. However, with COVID-19 bringing feelings of <a href="https://whatworkswellbeing.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/COVID-LONELINESS-2020.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">isolation, detachment and loneliness</a>, even digital dates don't satisfy our need for human interaction. The answer? AI-powered sex companions and robot relationships. </p>
<p>Back in 2018, <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/andreamorris/2018/09/25/prediction-sex-robots-are-the-most-disruptive-technology-we-didnt-see-coming/?sh=22a130736a56" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Forbes described sex robots</a> as "the most disruptive technology we didn't see coming," predicting robots will become familiar companions in the future. As people attempt to replace Netflix with new interactions, we may be on the cusp of a surge in AI, robot and virtual relationships.</p>
<p><strong>The year of love and loneliness</strong></p>
<p>Found in Kaspersky's <a href="https://media.kasperskydaily.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/86/2020/06/09142852/KAS0739-Kaspersky-Find-your-tribe-report-v3.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Love and Loneliness</a> campaign, 84 percent of people across Europe admitted they are lonelier during the pandemic than before. This detachment from human contact meant that nearly two in three 18 to 34-year-olds used technologies like video-calling, online dating and chatbots to fight feelings of loneliness. A clear sign that we're now more likely to seek companionship using tech in times of need. </p>
<p><strong>Be still, my mechanical heart</strong></p>
<p>A year has passed since COVID-19 entered most of our lives. During this time, we;ve become more confident and creative with the tech we use. And as feelings of loneliness intensify, it's fair to say that the idea of artificial comfort, company or closeness is no longer as bizarre as it may have seemed before the pandemic. </p>
<p>We're heading towards another Valentine's Day, and for those already feeling detached, technology could provide a (literal) release. Using AI and robots to enhance sex and relationships won't be for everyone, but for <a href="https://observer.com/2020/10/sex-robots-teledildonics-growing-popularity-covid19/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">those who do explore this novel territory</a>, it's a meaningful option. Just as using dating apps or going on a Zoom date was considered bizarre just a few years ago, this tech could be the future of love. </p><br/>We need to keep this new tech secure. The past year has called for <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-cyberattacks-2021-how-to-prepare-kaspersky-experts-2020-11?r=US&IR=T" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">heightened education</a> around email scams and other escalating cybercrime threats. It's knowledge that keeps people safe. And knowledge can only be shared if we're open to discussing these new technologies without stigma.<p><br/>Can we learn to love robots? Watch more stories about AI, robots and love in the Imagine Beyond episode: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btJfIcsPj8Y&feature=youtu.be" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Build Me Somebody To Love.</a></p>
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Why listen to these tech high-flyers about your work future?
Because they know what they're talking about.
The prevailing wisdom is that the fast pace of automation, digital change and AI (artificial intelligence) will soon leave most of us jobless. Talking with some of the most successful tech entrepreneurs around the world, not one agreed with this dark premonition. Rather, they pointed to a different kind of future we should prepare for.
<p>A new two-part video series, The Future That Works, probes the minds of people who are harnessing AI and emerging technologies to help solve some tough problems. They see work changing beyond recognition in the future, but it's not all bad.</p><p>Watch The Future That Works, Part 1:</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube">
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</p><p><br/></p><p>Why listen to these people when it comes to predicting our technological future? Let's take a look at some of the innovative businesses they front.</p>
Breaking our addiction to devices and social media
<p><a href="https://simby.com/" target="_blank">Simby</a> is a fully personalized, wearable AI technology that aims to break our addictions to our devices and social media while still giving us all the benefits of being digitally connected. Co-founder and head of product Andrew Doherty believes technology should benefit our lives and do no harm, and that users should have full control of their data. This 'sassy best friend' is still under development but coming soon.<strong></strong></p>The buzz around Beep
<p>Organizations can be as buggy as bad software, with minor frustrations putting a damper on everyone's concentration and creativity. Doing something about these problems can feel like swimming upstream, especially when management doesn't understand how much energy small annoyances suck out of their staff.</p><p>Katz Kiely is part of the team behind <a href="https://wearebeep.com/" target="_blank">Beep</a>, a system that rewards and recognizes people for raising problems and finding solutions in their business. It puts leaders in touch with their employees' real challenges, flattening the hierarchy and reconnecting people with meaning in their work.</p>Growing a business like a garden
<p>Author and tech entrepreneur Aaron Dignan knows exactly how hierarchy and bureaucracy hold back progress in business. He gleaned this wisdom from in-depth study of organizations known for adapting to change and getting fast results, like Spotify, Burning Man and Basecamp.</p><p>He's not only published these findings for the benefit of other entrepreneurs in his popular 2019 book <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brave-New-Work-Reinvent-Organization/dp/024136180X/" target="_blank">Brave new work: Are you ready to reinvent your organization</a>? He's also founder of <a href="https://theready.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Ready</a>: An 'operating system' that helps businesses change their culture and see themselves <a href="https://medium.com/the-ready/the-operating-system-canvas-420b8b4df062" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">more as a garden than a machine</a>.</p>Smartening up the factory
<p><a href="https://cloudnc.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CloudNC</a> is bringing safety and accuracy to factories with AI and autonomous manufacturing. Their clients manufacture parts for air travel, space exploration and defense, among other industries, where perfection is necessary every time.</p><p>Full automation in manufacturing also allows for on-demand production. This option is in high demand since COVID-19 has made the global market and labor supply hard to predict. Co-founder Theo Saville says <a href="https://cloudnc.com/an-interview-with-theo-saville-forbes-europe-2019-manufacturing-industry/" target="_blank">making manufacturing more environmentally sustainable is also top of CloudNC's agenda</a>.</p>Blockchain on the farm
<p>Agriculture is one of the fastest-changing industries on the planet, while soil depletion, habitat loss and methane emissions come to the fore in the public consciousness. Farmers often face little choice in how they operate because they're time-poor, isolated and face high set-up costs for change.</p><p><a href="http://www.agriledger.io/home/" target="_blank">AgriLedger</a> Founder and CEO Genevieve Leveille wants farmers to get the best price for their hard work, giving them more choice and making sure doing better for people, animals and the environment pays dividends. Using blockchain, AgriLedger brings users benefits like supply chain traceability, market information and access to finance.</p>From Your Site Articles
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AI won’t steal all our jobs – tech entrepreneurs predict something different.
With COVID-19, businesses have changed fast, but leaders see bigger changes coming.
Entrepreneurs in cutting-edge tech don't believe AI, robots and automation will replace all human jobs, leaving us nothing to do. A new two-part video series, The Future That Works, looks at how work is about to change beyond recognition.
<h2>Forcing an economic rethink</h2><p>As automation changes the workplace, ever-increasing output is leading us to another crisis. Technology entrepreneurs argue we must make fundamental changes in why businesses exist and how economies work to reduce the inequality that threatens to destabilize society.<br/></p><p>Watch the film to explore how experts including Aaron Dignan (Founder, The Ready), Katz Kiely (Founder, Beep) and Theo Saville (CEO, CloudNC) are imaging a future that works.</p>
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