Automated self-service is Silicon Valley’s trick for automating the service economy and for fueling machine learning and the knowledge economy.

The seeds of our primary interface with machine intelligence rest in the humble origins of the vending machine. Here is the brief story of this evolution of self-service.

Machine intelligence will teach us to expand our understanding of intelligence.

A (relatively) simple explanation of machine learning.

A look at the relationship between knowledge and artificial intelligence in an era when machines may soon break our monopoly on knowing.

Automated service platforms don’t just lead to large-scale unemployment in the services economy; they also redefine the nature of work.

The collective buying power of Decentralized Autonomous Communities will create a new breed of values-aligned markets, called “impact markets.”

A new, artificially intelligent design is emerging from the depths of machine learning, and as it does, Nature finds a new medium for expression.

Social impact strategy aligns societal and business objectives, creating enormous brand value in the process.