Technology

You’ve probably heard of Watson, the IBM supercomputer that famously beat Jeopardy! champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter in a 2011 exhibition match. Watson deserves credit for stoking the recent artificial in telligence frenzy , but one...

As a computer scientist in the early eighties, I dreamt of automatons similar to those of the 18th century: a realistic sculpture representing an aesthetic human with the ability to sing, write and, for example, play a piano, which can be...

W e are on the precipice of a new kind of revolution. This is not a revolution of despots and dictators, nor tyrants and taxation, nor of racism, religion, or oppression. Instead, we are amidst an ideological revolution, a reformation of...

I n recent years, global growth has been fueled by Asia’s rapid economic development, with China and India leading the way. China is poised to surpass the U.S. as the world’s largest economy, and India is expected to become the third...

R etaining agility and flexibility will be the biggest challenge facing businesses in Asia in the future. Some of Asia’s most famous recent success stories, such as China’s Alibaba and Tencent, have built massive multi-industry businesses...

We believe shared prosperity is an important issue for institutional investors because they recognize that the companies in which we and other institutions invest for the long term can only be as successful as the broader economies and...

Prosperity is commonly thought of as a synonym for wealth, but it’s also defined as a successful, flourishing, or thriving condition. Wealth is nice, but flourishing and thriving is a bigger deal: It speaks to the dimensions that make us...

Technological advances have the power to alleviate suffering and improve living standards, but we still have much work to do before we can realize their benefits broadly, on a global scale. We cannot take innovation, or the benefits it...

The State Technology and Science Index (STSI) measures states on their science and technology capabilities and broader commercialization ecosystems that contribute to firm expansion, high-skills job creation, and broad economic growth. It...

Jim Mellon is an entrepreneur, investor, and frequent speaker on topics ranging from longevity investment to future trends in technology. In an interview with the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging, Mellon talks about his book...