Agents Of Change: The Economy Of Algorithms - Professor Marek Kowalkiewicz (QUT)

Agents Of Change: The Economy Of Algorithms - Professor Marek Kowalkiewicz (QUT)

Author: Institute for Future Environments March 21, 2019 Duration: 42:31
IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 1 March 2019 at QUT Let's talk about the economy of algorithms. What is this new world, where the confluence of the ‘Internet of Things’, algorithms as economic agents and new business models changes the way we live, work, and think? What new opportunities does it bring? What could go wrong? And what is our role - as academics, citizens, customers, humans - in this new world? In the first IFE Grand Challenge Lecture for 2019, Professor Marek Kowalkiewicz will challenge your thinking and inspire ideas for the next steps: whether it is a new business model (how do you advertise to a fridge?), a research question (who is liable if something goes wrong?), or just a life-changing decision (I need to hire an army of robots). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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