Tech Magic or Hype: Can We Teach Machines to Predict?

Technology Revolution: The Future of Now

Bonnie D Graham

Business News, Technology, News

4.9 • 108 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2018

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

The buzz: "Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge." (Lao Tzu) Given the uncertainty, pace, and unexpected nature of today's world, there are too many unknowns for us to effectively predict the future. Reality check: A convergence across science, technology, politics, society, economics, the environment, and growing ethics discussion, has created a complex web that requires the type of system thinking that may exceed our human capacity. Do machines hold the answer? Can they predict the path of an overwhelming number of possible futures? The experts speak. Frank Diana, TCS: "We have a duty to think hard about what may be, so as to better prepare society for the changes that may come" (Richard Baldwin). Gray Scott, Futurist: "Prediction is not just one of the things your brain does. It is the primary function of the neo-cortex, and the foundation of intelligence" (Jeff Hawkins). Join us for Tech Magic or Hype: Can We Teach Machines to Predict?

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0:00.0	Welcome to the most nutritious hour of business talk all week.
0:13.3	This is Coffee Break with Game Changers, presented by SAP.
0:17.3	The best run business is run SAP.
0:19.9	Your host and moderator is Bonnie D. Graham.
0:22.3	You'll hear from the innovators who have learned to use game-changing technologies to shake up the status quo and help move today's businesses in new directions.
0:30.2	Now, here's Bonnie D. Graham.
0:32.4	Welcome, welcome, welcome.
0:33.9	If you want to run with the game changers and make the world a better place run with us we are
0:38.4	here and you are in the right place welcome if you're keeping track this is episode number
0:43.1	three hundred twenty nine of a series we started back in october 2011 but who's counting let's see
0:48.5	what the buzz on the street is today i have a quote from and i'll pronounce it the best i can, Lao Tsi, Lao Tzu, spelled in many different ways.
0:57.7	He was literally the old master, an ancient Chinese philosopher, writer, and semi-legendary figure.
1:04.5	I don't even know what that means.
1:06.0	He's reputedly the author of the Tao Te Ching, the founder of philosophical Taoism, and a deity in religious
1:13.6	Taoism and traditional Chinese religions. During the Tang Dynasty, he was granted the title
1:19.3	supremely mysterious and primordial emperor. I think two of our panelists today might want
1:27.1	to grab that title. I think it's very interesting.
1:29.5	So here's the quote. Those who have knowledge don't predict. Those who predict don't have knowledge.
1:36.4	Just let me let that sink in for a second. So what are we talking about here? Well, we all know.
1:41.3	We are living in a world with uncertainty, with a hectic pace.
1:44.7	There is an unexpected nature of what's happening in the world, and there are a lot of unknowns.
1:48.9	How in the world can you effectively predict the future?
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