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Eric Siegel has been in the AI field since 1991. He’s “horrified” by the AI hype bubble, but not for the reason you think.
He peppers his sentences with words like “neat” and “cool,” he’s not great at working the room after dinner — oh, and he's a peerless visionary.
Like ultra-hardy plants that thrive in harsh conditions, businesses that see crises as opportunities are likely to win in the long run.
Vijay Tella — CEO of enterprise orchestration unicorn Workato — joins Big Think Business for an exploration of our “agentic” future.
These missions will put us one step closer to the ultimate goal: crewed trips to Mars.
Welcome to the Big Think debut of The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
How has tennis changed in recent decades? The wear and tear on Wimbledon’s Centre Court may tell the tale.
More accurate uncertainty estimates could help users decide about how and when to use machine-learning models in the real world.
Today, the Large Hadron Collider is the most powerful particle physics experiment in history. What would a new, successor collider teach us?
The lithium-ion alternatives could help create a safer, greener future.
Four startup founders explain how to derive lessons from the past while still looking ahead to what’s possible.
The rise and fall of Josh Harris — the genius who anticipated the digital revolution just a little too soon.
AI researcher and author Ken Stanley wonders how our rear-view perspective on success fits into a serendipitous mode of innovation.
"Business Adventures" by John Brooks was first published in 1969 and remains a must-read for all CEOs.
Why the best entrepreneurs should be more Obi-Wan Kenobi than Luke Skywalker.
Big Think asks startup legend and VC heavyweight Ben Horowitz to reflect on his bestseller "The Hard Thing About Hard Things."
The new corporate landscape demands an approach to leadership based on empowering the “inner CEO.”
Can AI-powered “answer engines” replace the 10 blue links model?
Alan Turing and Christopher Strachey created a ground-breaking computer program that allowed them to express affection vicariously when so doing publicly, as gay men, was criminal.
Hypersonic aircraft can fly at least five times the speed of sound. They would make for terrifying weapons.
9 minutes of cruel history may cure the anti-progress delusion.
The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) will have a light-collecting power 10 times greater than today's best telescope.
Adams was infamously scooped when Neptune was discovered in 1846. His failure wasn't the end, but a prelude to a world-changing discovery.
It's knowledgeable, confident, and behaves human-like in many ways. But it's not magic that powers AI though; it's just math and data.
The world needs a moral defense of progress based in humanism and agency.
Our relationship with chatbots is undergoing a sea change — here’s how the transformation will most affect you and your team.
Google’s first Chief Innovation Evangelist — Frederik Pferdt — lays out a map for navigating unprecedented change and innovation.
Comparing Elon Musk's Mars rocket to NASA's new ride.
Concerns about privacy and pressures regarding the physical appearance of women and their homes contributed to the failure of AT&T’s 1960s Picturephone.
The military is courting tech startups to help it win the AI arms race.