

Bernard Marr's Future of Business & Technology Podcast
Bernard Marr
In this podcast, Bernard Marr explores the biggest trends and questions in business and technology
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Oct 13, 2020 • 15min
Is Artificial Intelligence Dangerous And Poses A Threat To Humans?
In this interview, I talk with Oxford University Professor Nick Bostrom, who is the New York Times best-selling author of the book "Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies". I visited him at the Future of Humanity Institute, which he founded, to discuss whether AI is dangerous and poses a threat to humans.

Oct 7, 2020 • 22min
'The Technology Trap' - Joined Carl Benedikt Frey
In this interview, I speak to Carl Benedikt Frey about his new book ’The Technology Trap’ to discuss the impact of automation on the economy, society and employment.If you would like more information on this topic, please feel free to visit my website and sign up for content updates! I write articles every week on various different topics such as Big Data, AI and Key Performance Indicators.Visit the Early Tech Innovations topic page here: https://bernardmarr.com/default.asp?c...

Oct 2, 2020 • 55min
COVID-19 Vaccine: The Biggest Supply Chain Challenge Ever
When it arrives, the Covid vaccine will be the world’s biggest and most important supply chain challenge ever. What will be the logistics and supply chain challenges to overcome? How will the supply chain be sure and how can the vaccine be authenticated? These are the questions I will explore with Larry St. Onge, President of the Life Sciences and Healthcare sector at DHL and Jon S. Chorley, Chief Sustainability Officer and Group Vice President, Supply Chain Management Product Strategy at Oracle.

Oct 1, 2020 • 1h 2min
The Future of Data Science - with Kirk Borne
In this conversation, I will be joined by Kirk Borne, The Principal Data Scientist & Data Science Fellow, and Executive Advisor at Booz Allen Hamilton. We will talk about data science and artificial intelligence today as well as the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

Sep 29, 2020 • 51min
In Discussion with IBM - The Mayflower Autonomous Ship Project And The Future Of Automation With Jonathan Batty
I am joined by Jonathan Batty, IBM's Head of Communications for the Mayflower Autonomous Ship Project, to discuss the launch of the Mayflower autonomous ship and the future of automation, and what that means for our oceans and us humans.

Sep 29, 2020 • 14min
Can We Have Conscious Artificial Intelligence and Other Mind-blowing Things Science Can’t Answer - with Oxford Prof Marcus du Sautoy
What questions can science not answer? In a recent conversation with Professor of Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University, mathematician, broadcaster and author Marcus du Sautoy we explored some questions that he pondered in his book What We Cannot Know: Explorations at the Edge of Knowledge.

Sep 29, 2020 • 1h 1min
Making AI work for people with data storytelling
In this conversation, we will discuss how to use AI for the good of people. In particular, we will explore the role of Natural Language Processes (NLP), which gives machines the ability to understand and produce human language. To to this, I will be joined by Nate Nichols, chief scientist at NarrativeScience. We will look at the state of the art in NLP and how AI is enabling machines to tell stories from data. We will also look into the future and explore how this might change the role of humans in the work place.

Sep 17, 2020 • 1h 4min
Growth IQ: Paths To Customer Growth - with Tiffani Bova from Salesforce
In the live session, I am joined by Tiffani Bova, the global customer growth and innovation evangelist at Salesforce and author of the best-selling book Growth IQ: Get Smarter About the Choices that Will Make or Break Your Business. We will be discussing the key paths to success in a post-coronavirus world.

Sep 16, 2020 • 45min
Using Artificial Intelligence To Create A Better World - with Microsoft & Guests
In my latest podcast, I am joined by Hadas Bitran, Alice Piterova, Kelvin Summoogum and Greg Bowman from Microsoft.Together we will be talking about AI and how this technology is having a transformative effect on our society and different parts of the world.

Sep 14, 2020 • 1h 1min
How Recommendation Engines Are Changing Our World - with Michael Schrage from MIT
Recommendation engines have become hugely important and powerful tools for companies today. The way Netflix, Amazon, or Facebook use them influence us daily. In this session, we will explore how companies can best use that technology but also how recommendation engines have transformed developments in consumer culture and have changed our relationship with choice. To discuss this topic I am joined today by Michael Schrage, author, innovation expert and research fellow at the MIT Sloan School of Management.


