How To Create A Future That Is More Star Trek Than Terminator

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Can we create a future that's more Star Trek than Terminator? Nov, 2019 Video AI, Analytics and Big Data Read time: Technological advances of the last two decades have benefited society collectively and rewarded innovators handsomely, contributing to a growing wealth gap. Professor Joshua Gans argues innovation does not mean giving up on equality. Joshua Gans holds the Jeffrey S. Skoll chair in technical innovation and entrepreneurship and is a professor of strategic management at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. He also holds a cross-appointment in the department of economics at the University of Toronto. He serves as chief economist of the Creative Destruction Lab. He’s co-author of Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence (HBR Press, 2018) and Innovation + Equality: How to Create a Future That Is More Star Trek Than Terminator (The MIT Press, 2019) Keywords: artificial intelligence behavioural economics behavioural science consumer behaviour investing psychology stock exchange technology

Can we create a future that's more Star Trek than Terminator?

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Technological advances of the last two decades have benefited society collectively and rewarded innovators handsomely, contributing to a growing wealth gap. Professor Joshua Gans argues innovation does not mean giving up on equality.

Joshua Gans

Joshua Gans holds the Jeffrey S. Skoll chair in technical innovation and entrepreneurship and is a professor of strategic management at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. He also holds a cross-appointment in the department of economics at the University of Toronto. He serves as chief economist of the Creative Destruction Lab. He’s co-author of Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence (HBR Press, 2018) and Innovation + Equality: How to Create a Future That Is More Star Trek Than Terminator (The MIT Press, 2019)

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Can we create a future that's more Star Trek than Terminator?

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