by Gavin Moore | Dec 6, 2024 | All, Artificial Intelligence
The coming wave of AI holds much promise. Leaps forward in automation. Tailored, on-demand healthcare. Increased personalisation of any service you can name. But AI could make us more apathetic. And what if AI’s ubiquity also just makes things, well, more...
by Hester Cameron | Nov 15, 2024 | All
Why did we get an International Space Station before an International Antarctic Station? This question, posed by Alan D. Hemmings back in 2011, seems to be more topical than ever today. Of the 70-plus active research stations run by over 29 countries across the...
by Sam Douglas-Bate | Nov 5, 2024 | All
I’d like to coin a new hybrid word, I call it AI-pathy. Sure, it doesn’t roll off the tongue, but I think it speaks to a trend we’re likely to see play out in the years ahead. As the world fundamentally transforms and artificial intelligence makes our lives easier,...
by Bora Ristic | Oct 30, 2024 | Current Affairs
Our analysis of China’s housing market continues in the second instalment of Canaries in the Coalmine. Beijing’s recent policy response to this complex issue has profound implications for the future of the global economy. It will be top of the in-tray for next...
by Bora Ristic | Oct 8, 2024 | Current Affairs
Welcome to Canaries in the Coalmine, a series of posts focused on the future of China and its relationship to the rest of the world. In recent years, the country’s economic surge has become an economic sputtering. Lower growth, an ageing population, increasing debt...
by Sam Douglas-Bate | Feb 23, 2024 | All, Trends
“If you’re not at the table then you could be on the menu.” Who said it first? Lots of people have been given credit. While the utterer has been lost in the mist of time, the meaning is pretty clear. Make sure you have an input or a voice, or it could come back to...
