The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
11 reasons computers can’t understand or solve our problems without human judgement Why data is uncertain, cities are not programmable, and the world is not “algorithmic”. Many people are not convinced that the Smart Cities movement will result in the use of technology to make places, communities and businesses in cities better. Outside their consumer enjoyment of …
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7 steps to a Smart City 1. Define what a “Smarter City” means to you 2. Convene a stakeholder group to co-create a specific Smarter City vision; and establish governance and a credible decision-making process 3. Structure your approach to a Smart City by drawing on the available resources and expertise 4. Establish the policy framework …
An Introduction to Humanitarian UAVs and their Many Uses Satellite images have been used to support humanitarian efforts for decades. Why? A bird’s eye view of a disaster-affected area simply captures far more information than most Earth-based data-collection technologies can. In short, birds have more situational awareness than we do. In contrast to satellites, UAVs offer significantly …
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An Operational Check-List for Flying UAVs in Humanitarian Settings The Humanitarian UAV Network (UAViators) has taken off much faster than I expected. More than 240 members in 32 countries have joined the network since it’s launch just a few weeks ago. I was also pleasantly surprised by the number of humanitarian organizations that got in touch with me …
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I’m looking for examples of the most cutting edge uses of technology in smart cities. What’s your thinking on the future of smart cities? If you were doing research on the future of cities, what would you focus on?
Applied Collective Intelligence 2.0 Can Open Source Evolutionary Cybernetics Leverage Distributed Human Intelligence While Advancing Artificial Intelligence? DOC (16 Pages): 20151018 Applied Collective Intelligence 2.0 DOC (3 Pages): D3 Innovation Memorandum 2.1 (to VP, SecState, SecDef, D/OMB, A/USAID delivered 14 October 2015) SHORT URL: http://tinyurl.com/Steele-ACI2 ABSTRACT The information and intelligence (decision-support) domains have lost their …
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Better intelligence services based on a new mathematical logic could have averted the attack on Saddam New mathematical logic to help intelligence services cope with uncertainty
