Integrate automation into your business strategy or risk getting left behind. Over the last year, companies had to embrace technology and automation to maintain operations and keep customers serviced. Almost every business had to implement new systems and solutions rapidly to overcome immediate challenges brought on by the pandemic. Even if the trend existed before 2020, the last year saw unprecedented acceleration that is likely to continue. Every business owner now understands what benefits are available from process automation and advanced IT infrastructure.

Meadows and Dinwiddie: The Venus Project is a non-profit organization that presents a new socio-economic model utilizing science and technology. For the past 40 years, we have maintained a 21-acre research center in Venus, Florida. We propose a new scientific foundation in transcending humanity's current problems by testing a new social design for organizing our society as a global "operating system". Taken as a whole, the Venus Project fills the egregious gap between the sciences and the humanities by combining a social philosophy of the future with technical knowledge applied at a global scale to solve the problems of the human condition. Our methodologies are designed to realize the full potential of science and technology to achieve social betterment for all living systems-- without exception. Our approach to social organization calls for changes in governance, economics, urban planning, education, human relationships, language, and values.

Artificial intelligence enabled automation is sweeping through society and it will have a species level impact on humanity during this century. During a keynote address on August 22, 2019, at the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture in Kolkata, we explore this evolution and the nuances of humanity's future. It's a great honor and immense pleasure for me to return to this forum after three years to discuss a topic that I had spoken on back in October 2016: The Future of Capitalism. Some of you may have heard that talk either here, in person, or on YouTube. Let me summarize the basic premise of what we discussed, before I address today's topic, Man and Superman. I had said that I am optimistic about the next couple of decades. I believe, strongly, that entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial capitalism can be democratized, and wealth can be created in the middle of the pyramid using capitalistic principles. In the next 2-3 decades, the potential for distributed capitalism is very high and the outcome should be extremely positive around the world. That is the mission upon which my current work with One Million by One Million is based. We're trying to help a million entrepreneurs achieve a million dollars in annual revenue and beyond, thereby creating a trillion dollars in global GDP and 10 million jobs. However, beyond our entrepreneurship development work, there is tremendous inequality due to technology and automation on the horizon.

RENO – Mining companies from around the world have begun using artificial intelligence in their operations.

In this piece, Erica explores the current impact of technology and AI on recruitment and AI, and why in this talent short era, embracing bots is more crucial than it's ever been. Ten years ago, the idea of robots and Artificial Intelligence in the workplace, let alone recruitment and HR, would certainly have been met with scepticism. Times have changed and the simple fact is bots are here, valuable and, quite frankly, businesses across America need to embrace them. Aside from the fact that the emerging generation of employees has had constant interaction with some form of AI or Bot since childhood - leading to expectations that all user experiences should match those in the social and consumer world - there's arguably a more critical reason for starting your journey with AI and robotics in talent acquisition. As the Americas region faces a shortage of available talent, the solution for many businesses lies in artificial intelligence and robotic process automation (RPA) to better source, capture, engage and manage their workforces.

Technology, be it the driver-less cars or the ubiquitous smartphone, is impacting every sphere of our life. Technology-driven automation is omnipresent and pervading our lives like never before. From robots and chatbots to virtual/augmented reality, machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI) and beyond, the physical space is littered with digital influence. The impact of increased automation is already upon us and influencing our lives in all possible ways. Up till now technology adoption has never been so rapid, versatile and secular but the presence of connectivity has enabled this growth.