Feb 3, 2022 | Science & Technology
How can we use AI to help treat asthma? Amy Chan is using artificial intelligence to derive better ways for asthmatics to stay on top of their condition. Watch a short video of Chan explaining research recognised with a 2021 Te Taumata Rangahau|Research Excellence...
Sep 30, 2021 | Science & Technology
What role did big data play in New Zealand’s covid response and how can AI be applied to address other local and global challenges? We have seen the critical role that big data has played in the pandemic, from detecting outbreaks to identifying new variants. This...
May 25, 2021 | Science & Technology
Māori are at the forefront of indigenous AI, creating new areas of technological and cultural discourse. With deep kete of traditional knowledge, whanau are hosting broad discussions on the future impact of global tech like AI, IoT, Autonomous Driving and Big Data,...
May 16, 2021 | Science & Technology
Humans are quite good at thinking, relative to other animals, plants, and rocks. But we are, perhaps, sometimes not as good at it as we might be. Fortunately, perhaps, our ability to think has given us the means to upgrade our ability to think, both at an individual...
Oct 15, 2020 | Science & Technology
Artificial Intelligence (AI) promises to make improvements to our lives in so many ways, including enhancing efficiencies in the workplace, generating productivity gains and having a positive impact on our wellbeing. It also promises to help with even bigger issues...
Oct 14, 2020 | Science & Technology
Artificial Intelligence (AI) promises to make improvements to our lives in so many ways, including enhancing efficiencies in the workplace, generating productivity gains and having a positive impact on our wellbeing. It also promises to help with even bigger issues...
Oct 1, 2020 | Business & Economics, Science & Technology
Artificial Intelligence (AI) promises to make improvements to our lives in so many ways, including enhancing efficiencies in the workplace, generating productivity gains and having a positive impact on our wellbeing. It also promises to help with even bigger issues...
Jun 17, 2020 | Business & Economics, Science & Technology
By Gilbert Wong A general purpose AI is inevitable and New Zealand could lead the way as the nature of work is transformed. When is too much knowledge a bad thing? According to the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers there are...
Oct 15, 2019 | Business & Economics, Science & Technology
In a lecture given at the University of Auckland, Professor Judith Bessant (RMIT University) speaks about her work looking at techno-human futures and how this could affect work cultures moving forward. Judith Bessant is a Professor in the School of Global, Urban and...
Feb 1, 2018 | Science & Technology
Professor Jeremy Wyatt (University of Birmingham) is a world-leading expert on robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence. In this episode of What IF? Professor Wyatt talks about the new frontier of “third wave” dexterous robots that combine...