Digitisation

Cooking series or SciFi adventures – Netflix knows what we want to watch. And Michelle Ufford knows which intelligent algorithms help make predictions and how they work. In an interview with the GDI, the former data manager of the streaming portal talks about Netflix, binge-watching and why we could be more creative than ever in a predictable world.

Reality or fiction? In terms of consumption, this question will soon be irrelevant. We are in the midst of a fundamental change in which the physical components of consumption are increasingly combined with virtual ones: "Entanglement" and “Vireality.”

We have seen a very significant surge of interest in AI recently, says Ajay Agrawal, Professor at the University of Toronto. In a video interview, conducted at the GDI conference "The Power of Predictions", he names three reasons for this phenomenon and points out the rising importance of human judgement when working with AI.

The possibilities of radically more accurate predictions through artificial intelligence will also radically change our lives. GDI Head of Research Karin Frick has put forward six theses regarding artificial intelligence.

On 7 May 2019, at a ceremony attended by top international representatives from the worlds of business, research and politics, the 13th Gottlieb Duttweiler Prize was awarded to the AI platform Watson – and accepted on its behalf by John E. Kelly III, IBM Executive Vice President.

On earth and in space, there are almost no unexplored regions. But a new atlas of blank spaces is emerging, which will enable an age of astonishing discovery

From attention hacking to artificial intelligence that recognises human emotions better than we humans do: at the GDI Trend Day 2019, thought leaders and innovative founders discussed the new interfaces of communication. A summary.

We are hacked - at least our attention, says Tim Wu, university professor and bestselling author. In a video interview with the GDI, Wu discusses why attention hacking is booming in online commerce, how it is changing us, but  why we don't have to be pessimistic.

Payment, ticketing and identification: these functions are intended to help microchip implants achieve worldwide success. At least this is the hope of Jowan Österlund, founder of the chip implant supplier Biohax International. On 13 March 2019, Österlund was a speaker at the GDI Trend Day. A video interview.

The Internet has made protest movements like Women's March, Climatestrike and Refugees Welcome global, says Harvard researcher An Xiao Mina. But where do protest movements get their inspiration from, today? And where do they find their audience? In a video and at the GDI Retail Summit An Xiao Mina gives insights.