The Best Technology Stories of 2015

December 29, 2015
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by Peter High, published on Forbes

12-29-2015

There have been a lot of great stories on technology this year that track hot topics like artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, self-driving cars, cybercrime, and the like.  Each of these topics among others are covered in great depth in the stories that follow, which are my take on the top technology stories of 2015.

What Is Code? by Paul Ford in Bloomberg BusinessWeek, June 11, 2015

On June 11, 2015, Bloomberg BusinessWeek dedicated an entire issue to the topic of coding and its importance. This 38,000 word masterpiece was the most bought issue up to that point, and the online version has interactive elements so that the reader can actually code while reading the piece. Author Paul Ford is both a writer and a coder, but he has a special gift for making a seemingly esoteric topic accessible.

To hear the author and Bloomberg Businessweek editor Josh Tyrangiel talk about the article, watch this great interview by Charlie Rose.

The AI Revolution: The Road to Superintelligence and The AI Revolution: Our Immortality or Extinction by Tim Urban in Wait but Why, January 22, 2015 and January 27, 2015, respectively

Artificial Intelligence is among the most written about topics today. Perhaps no one has written as cogently about the topic in the past year than Tim Urban on the long-form article site that he started called Wait but Why. Urban employs lucid storytelling and humor to provide the most comprehensive account of what Artificial Intelligence is and why it is so important.

  • Part 1 takes readers on a journey from Artificial Narrow Intelligence through Artificial General Intelligence.
  • Part 2 explores the mind numbing implications of Artificial Super Intelligence, an level the majority of experts believe we will achieve this century.

To read the full article, please visit Forbes

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