Artificial intelligence and machine learning are words that evoke a sense of inhumanity, of cold and mechanical functions. In reality, AI is coming closer and closer to reaching human understanding through capabilities like deep learning and natural language processing (NLP). With early chatbots, you had to ask exactly the right
Grappige TV-reclame, of Artificial Intelligence? Gelukkig heb ik meer verstand van verzekeren! Kent u deze slogan nog? De non-millenials onder ons vast nog wel. De tussenpersoon van de RVS (dat was een verzekeraar, beste millenial. En een tussenpersoon was: …laat maar…). Leuke TV-commercials waren het. Maar ja, waar zien we
In the first part of this series, I argued that dealing with artificial intelligence (AI) and ethics is not a purely philosophical or sociopolitical issue. One thing is clear: The ethics debates will continue this year, and they will be more about the realistic possibilities and risks of AI. Companies
As machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities develop in leaps and bounds, we are seeing the fulfilment of concepts and ideas that only a few years ago seemed like pure science fiction. Every day seems to bring a new story of how AI will help humans do what we
When we talk about artificial intelligence (AI) and ethics, we are not referring primarily to dystopian applications in which an autonomous robot stubbornly makes decisions about life and death without human control in Terminator fashion. Of course, this does not mean that a critical discourse, for example, on autonomous weapons,
Some say that the insurance industry is a long, quiet river on which stately steamships cruise. Others say it is a shark tank where only the strongest survive. Which is right? The answer is both. The insurance market is clearly mature, with a limited scope of action for individual players.
"Hello, Mr Kaiser!" Remember him? At least our dear German readers will: From the 1970s to the early 2000s he came to our living room before every newsreel. As the insurance representative of the nation, he embodied trust, closeness and fairness. Whether property, casualty or motor vehicle insurance, Günther Kaiser
May you live in interesting times – or so the old Chinese curse goes. Well, we’re certainly doing that. In 2017, the global economy was firing on all cylinders, and things weren’t looking too bad. Since then, a mixture of protectionism, the Sino-US trade war and economic uncertainty has changed
As Malcolm Gladwell reminded us at the World Business Forum There is a time to innovate and a time to reap success. History, both recent and less recent, is full of examples of great innovations that had to wait years, if not centuries, to become successful. Why was this, though?
It suddenly seems as if artificial intelligence (AI) is all around us. It is already having a huge impact in a wide range of sectors, including health care. We are now starting to see it move into the manufacturing sector as an important part of Industry 4.0, the digitisation of
