What’s the future of Blockchain?

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Brendan from Block.one sat down with CNBC’s Brian Sullivan to discuss some of the big questions businesses are asking today. What impact is Blockchain having on enterprise? Why governments are primed for Blockchain? What can we learn from the 90’s technology bubble and more.

South Korea announces ambitious plan into robotics industry

South Korea recently announced a 300-million-dollar research and development plan for the robotics industry. It’s part of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. But independent studies estimate 800 million people could be displaced globally by automation and the rise of artificial intelligence in the next decade. And as Joseph Kim reports, in a high-tech economy such as South Korea, the transition could be devastating to the workforce.

AdShares: Decentralized Programmatic

Adshares is the first genuinely decentralized marketplace for programmatic advertising. It is also the most advanced blockchain-based project in the advertising market. We use own blockchain to connect publishers and advertisers and let them make direct deals. Adshares is not about a group or an individual controlling the market, but about creating a decentralized space for the market to grow freely.

Debating IBM’s Artificial Intelligence – BBC Click

Computer scientists around the world are working on ways to make artificial intelligence indistinguishable from humans – with varying degrees of success. One way this is being tested is in debates between people and computers. This week IBM’s AI system was on stage at Cambridge University and Jen Copestake was in the audience to see the results.

Nanotechnology 2.0

Nanotechnology may one day allow the molecular fabrication of many products from basic raw materials. This video by futurist Christopher Barnatt explains current “top down” nanotechnologies, as well as potential future “bottom-up” innovations in molecular self-assembly.