Writer
George Zarkadakis is a science writer, novelist and artificial intelligence engineer. His latest book is In Our Own Image: Savior or Destroyer? The History and Future of Artificial Intelligence (Rider Books, 2016). He is currently helping build a blockchain-based open protocol to democratize AI and enable self-sovereignty of data. He is also writing a new book on AI and politics. He lives in London.
essayFuture of technology
Do platforms work?
The distributed network has gobbled the hierarchical firm. Only by seizing the platform can workers avoid digital serfdom
George Zarkadakis
ideaFuture of technology
The economy is more a messy, fractal living thing than a machine
George Zarkadakis
essayReligion
Ladder to heaven
I have turned away from the church but, up on Mount Athos, I turned on to the mysteries of Orthodox meditation
George Zarkadakis
essayBeauty and aesthetics
Love machines
From Pygmalion to Bladerunner, we keep falling for our robot creations. But then, what else is AI good for?
George Zarkadakis