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Enrique Dans
On the effect of technology on people, companies and the society as a whole. (Writing in Spanish at enriquedans.com since 2003)
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Poker? Done that. Now the next challenge…
Poker? Done that. Now the next challenge…
Poker, as has previously happened to chess and Go, has joined the games that a set of algorithms is already capable of playing better than…
Enrique Dans
13 hrs ago
Further progress toward putting autonomous vehicles on the roads
Further progress toward putting autonomous vehicles on the roads
Daimler and Uber have announced a non-exclusive collaboration agreement by which the German automobile company will add its autonomous…
Enrique Dans
22 hrs ago
The autonomous car and the dilemma of responsibility
The autonomous car and the dilemma of responsibility
We all love a good dilemma, the sort that brush aside our assumptions. On this occasion I’m not sure if this dilemma holds up, but it’s…
Enrique Dans
3 days ago
Open versus closed: Apple and artificial intelligence
Open versus closed: Apple and artificial intelligence
Apple has announced it is joining Partnership on AI, an alliance of companies including Amazon, IBM, Facebook, Google and Microsoft, to…
Enrique Dans
3 days ago
Is the technology industry really prepared to stand up to Donald Trump?
Is the technology industry really prepared to stand up to Donald Tr...
The executive order signed by Donald Trump on January 25 entitled “Protecting the nation from foreign terrorist entry into the United…
Enrique Dans
4 days ago
Trump’s first week in office
Trump’s first week in office
I started out writing about Trump’s first week in office in response to his pathetic gag order, forbidding officials from government…
Enrique Dans
Jan 28
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At times of rapid technological development, it makes sense to rent rather than buy
At times of rapid technological development, it makes sense to rent rather than buy
Elon Musk’s reply on Twitter to the owner of a Tesla asking how to retrofit his vehicle, manufactured some years ago, with new…
Enrique Dans
Jan 26
Reducing the entry barriers to artificial intelligence
Reducing the entry barriers to artificial intelligence
Google has announced it intends to offer artificial intelligence development tools for the Raspberry Pi platform, the small €33 computer…
Enrique Dans
Jan 25
Running a city is about data management
Running a city is about data management
Uber Movement is an initiative that offers city authorities access to all information about the location of their vehicles in real time to…
Enrique Dans
Jan 24
The electricity revolution is coming
The electricity revolution is coming
With electricity prices at record highs in Spain due to chronically inefficient models, it is hard to imagine that a revolution that will…
Enrique Dans
Jan 23
Artificial intelligence is not a threat to humanity
Artificial intelligence is not a threat to humanity
An independent report by a group of scientists commissioned by the US Defense Department argues that the increasingly impressive…
Enrique Dans
Jan 22
When it comes to technology, it’s time we all grew up
When it comes to technology, it’s time we all grew up
For some reason, the rapid development of technology and the fears, uncertainties and inertia it often produces leads many of us to cling…
Enrique Dans
Jan 20
Distributed vs. Centralized
Distributed vs. Centralized
An interesting article by Farhad Manjoo in the New York Times entitled “Clearing out the app stores: government censorship made easier…
Enrique Dans
Jan 20
Facebook as a media company
Facebook as a media company
Throughout its twelve-year life, Facebook has always defined itself as a technology company. That definition has clearly conditioned its…
Enrique Dans
Jan 20
Why carpooling is the future, whether you like it or not
Why carpooling is the future, whether you like it or not
An MIT study shows that a fleet of 3,000 vehicles used on a shared basis would be sufficient to replace New York’s 13,237 taxis covering 98…
Enrique Dans
Jan 17
Automatization is destroying jobs: or is it?
Automatization is destroying jobs: or is it?
In the photo, an Amazon robot. It was originally created by Kiva Systems after it’s creator, Mick Mountz got tired of Webvan’s logistical…
Enrique Dans
Jan 16
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