IN SPOTLIGHT
Four scenarios on the future of circular economy
The circular economy holds the promise of a zero-waste future, yet formidable challenges in technology, finances, and regulation persist. How will governments and businesses overcome these obstacles to achieve true sustainability?
Four scenarios on the future of AI in creative industries
Generative AI is reshaping the creative field, stirring ethical debates, copyright challenges, and reigniting age-old questions about the very essence of creativity. We present four scenarios that explore how these forces may shape the sector’s future.
Generative AI and the Future of Foresight
How can AI enhance - and perhaps disrupt - the landscape of foresight work in the years and decades ahead?
2022 Recap: 5 Trends that Shaped the Year
2022 was a year of great upheaval and change, with a series of political and economic crises that will reverberate for many years to come. Looking back to the year, our team of futurists highlight five trends that shaped the trajectory of 2022 and will continue to shape the future.
Future of Work: Will a Robot Take Your Job?
Will artificial intelligence bring an end to the traditional labour market? Fears of mass technological unemployment have a powerful impact on economical policies, but modern economic theory suggests that these fears might be misplaced.
Can We Edit Our Emotions with a Brain-Computer Interface?
Thanks to rapid technological advances, it may one day be possible to track, measure and even modify our emotions. While the technology is still in its nascent phase, brain-computer interfaces may be a game-changer in mental health, entertainment, and advertisement industries.
Is Human-Machine Collaboration the Next Step in Strategic Foresight?
Although it is no news anymore that AI is better than us humans at spotting patterns across large data sets, machine intelligence is still not advanced enough to understand correlation and causality, which are among humans’ strong suits. Joining these two forces can help organisations streamline foresight processes and save time.
Future of education: AI becomes the teacher while humans mentor and coach
In our new article series, we zoom in on some specific areas and industries in the world that will emerge after the COVID-19 pandemic. This second instalment focuses on the future of education in the post-COVID-19 world. The article is based on an analysis by Futures Platform, with insight from the acclaimed Futurist Speaker Thomas Frey and Futures Platform’s Foresight Manager Marianna Mäki-Teeri.
What Should We Anticipate in Early 2020’s?
What role will Artificial Intelligence (AI) have in the workforce? How will economies and capitalism change in the future? In our webinar, Sitra’s Leading Foresight Analyst Mikko Dufva and Futures Platform’s Content Director Tuomo Kuosa discuss these themes and more.
Human-like Computers By 2029?
Back in 2014, Ray Kurzweil, famous futurist and "Googler," made a stark prediction: by 2029, we would have human-like computers. Now, only a decade away, we look at whether this prediction still makes sense.
Can AI Make Us More Rational?
Almost everything we do involves some sort of decision. We don't usually break down problems into all its constituents. Fortunately, artificial intelligence can be our friend - let's look at different ways in which it will help us with decision making in the future.
Will Programmers Have a Job in the Future?
Programming was considered in the 60s and 70s a "geek activity," today it has become one of the high-paying jobs. But programmers are no less susceptible than everyone else when it comes to losing their jobs. In this article, we ask the question, "will programmers still have a job in the future?”
The Future of Work
In this article, we go through the future of work, through 4 prisms: industry and manufacturing; automation, AI, and robotics; business and value chains; and work and income.