In September 2017, the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico was devastated by Hurricane Maria. It was a disaster of historic proportions, and reports have said that the island will never be the same. It has been six months since the hurricane changed the lives of every Puerto Rican, and it has ensued a fraught conversation […]
SXSW captures the attention of our most brilliant minds. It inspires us to play, to solve complex problems with technology, and to continue to push the envelope. When we get together, we wonder about the future of driving, the future of public health, and the future of food systems et cetera—but what is continuously missing […]
Nikos Acuña cannot wait for the future. A futurist, author, and recently named Chief Visionary of Sizmek, Acuña’s belief that artificial intelligence will guide us to the tomorrow of our dreams is both an optimistic and precisely-measured prediction. “We are the tool-forging species,” Acuña reminds us in one of his videos, explaining that AI is a technology we […]
I’ve read the description of the panel you’re on, but in your own words, what will you be discussing at Couples Who Eat, Sleep & Build Businesses Together? We both lost our NYC jobs in the recession of 2008, and like many people had to reassess what our future was going to look like. We […]
Authors: Logan Self & Nicole Jones Twitter Introduces New Way to Save Tweets No longer do Twitter users have to favorite a tweet save and read it later. This week, Twitter announced their latest feature, the “Bookmark.” Users sometimes felt uncomfortable favoriting something just to save it, since they may not actually “like” the content. […]
In your own words, what will you be discussing at SXSW for the A Roboticist, Ethicist, & Novelist Walk Into a Bar panel? One of our points of discussion will be the contrast between the robots of science fiction and real-world robots. Sci-fi and popular press often make out robots and AI to be technology […]
As the global temperature continues to rise, the gap widens between those fighting to end climate change and those who do not believe it is an existing issue. Like any of the complex problems on the docket, there are both myriad threats and solutions for this issue that touches every corner of the globe. SXSW […]