New era
In a future dominated by full automation, will the world be ready for the ‘fourth industrial revolution’ that will have a colossal, historical impact on the social contract in capitalist societies? The Yuan talked with Dr George Zarkadakis, Chief Innovation Officer at Syndesis Health (1) and author of ‘In Our Own Image: Will Artificial Intelligence Save us or Destroy Us?’ (Rider Books) (2) and ‘Cyber Republic: reinventing democracy in the age of intelligent machines’ (MIT Press) (3), to find out about democratizing the AI economy to smoothly transition to a future where wealth comes mostly from capital and know-how, not labor.