A future with AI (II)

Although there are already plenty of examples of success stories of Artificial Intelligence, there still are a lot of challenges that this new technology is facing or, in a near future, will have to face. For this blogpost in our series 'A future with AI' we talked to experts with different perspectives to get a clear view of what these challenges are and will be. We discovered that the challenges could be categorized into two groups. Some of these challenges have to do with the optimization of the technology itself, while others relate to the actual implementation. Let’s dive into what bumps we can expect along the future road of Artificial Intelligence.

Home cooks, shared cars and taskers: the rise of the 'prosumerism'

‘Social, sustainable and economically resilient’, that’s the promise of the sharing economy for our cities in the West. Is this also the case in developing countries? And what is needed to become a true sharing society? An opinion column.

A weekend in the Big Building, coding our future. | Dutch Blockchain Hackathon (Groningen)

This weekend was a legendary one, for me personally, and I think for the other 399 and more people in the Big Building in Groningen too. It was the World’s biggest blockchain hackathon, and the first hackathon I witnessed. More than 50 multidisciplinary teams and 100 coaches - Jedi’s - got together to build a new operational system for our society. Read the full experience here.

By Samantha van den Bos

How the Finns outsmart us

Päivää! Read more about Sam’s bumping into Santa Claus during her 2 days in Helsinki for the Smart City 2016 Conferene, and some of the latest Finnish Smart & Sharing insights (such as pro-active taxi (Uber) regulation & the world's first MaaS app!) & some travel tips for those planning a city trip any time soon to the White City of the North!

shareNLNovember 23, 2016smart city, sharing city, mobility, Uber, UberPOP, MaaS, Helsinki, Conference, Tampere, Finland, InnovationComment