Blockchain, at its most basic, allows humans to reach consensus on a shared digital history without a middleman. AI allows humans to find answers in vast amounts of data more efficiently than ever before. Together they can provide robust business and government processes that are both trustworthy and transparent, rather than trying to manage a hodgepodge of loosely connected entities and processes that were created through historical accident. The implications for society and business are huge. Today, we see blockchain and AI poised to provide a solution for a set of very real 21st century challenges: the deluge of Big Data, the growth of the IoT, increasing automation and robotics … Continue reading Alex Pentland, John Werner, Chris Bishop