Editor-in-Chief, Backchannel
Steven Levy is founder and editor-in-chief of Backchannel, part of the Wired Media Group at Conde Nast. Previous posts include senior staff writer at Wired and Newsweek’s chief technology correspondent. He is the author of seven books including Hackers, Artificial Life, Crypto, and In the Plex.
Session Description: Unmanned aircraft of all sizes, self-driving cars, ships, and robots—all are moving quickly towards autonomous mobility capability. But it’s not just about smart systems and sensors. What policies, changes in social attitude, and other...
“The idea that fake news on Facebook…influenced the election in any way, I think is a pretty crazy idea,” said Mark Zuckerberg onstage at Techonomy 2016. He has subsequently recanted.
MANkind’s evolving relationship with tools and MACHINES is nothing new. But the speed at which we, and everything around us, are becoming more closely connected and NETWORKed is.
