"There is great potential for us to mobilise the power of data to help us make better decisions. However, the technology that has allowed us all to be so wonderfully connected has also allowed us each to live in our own world, separated from others. In our online lives, we risk connecting only with those with similar views to our [...]

How dangerous is big data? Anyone who has not spent the last five years living on another planet will be familiar with the term Big Data. Big Data means, in essence, that everything we do, both on and offline, leaves digital traces. Every purchase we make with our cards, every search we type into Google, every movement we make when [...]

"I think in general you don’t want to replace behavior or human-led functionality," Béhar says. Instead, AI can remove some of the pain points of life by reducing complexity and freeing up people's cognitive space so they can focus on more important endeavors. But ultimately designers must act as a bulwark against irresponsible, unethical use of AI. Ultimate, Béhar believes [...]