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WASHINGTON, DC/SAN FRANCISCO – Around the world, governments are making cities “smarter” by using data and digital technology to build more efficient and livable urban environments.
But as digital systems become more pervasive, there is a danger that inequality will deepen unless local governments recognize that tech-driven solutions are as important to the poor as they are to the affluent.
With smartphones serving as the primary interface in the modern city, closing the digital divide, and extending access to networks and devices, is a critical first step.
To realize this potential, however, poor cities must first overcome a more basic problem: gaps in digital infrastructure.
City planners have sometimes been accused of promoting digital conveniences that favor the rich and exclude the poor.
The alternative – the persistence and deepening of digital divides between communities – will not be easily undone.
In exchange for your dollars, pounds, euros, or other currency, an ICO issues digital “tokens,” or “coins,” that may or may not be used to purchase some specified good or service in the future.
The exceptions – whether individual genotypes, individual privacy preferences, or digital rights to use content in specific contexts – have become the rule.
The next generation of consumers will have grown up with digital technologies and will expect companies to anticipate their needs and provide instant, personalized responses to any query.
Advances in so-called “deep learning,” a branch of AI modeled after the brain’s neural network, could enable intelligent digital assistants to help plan vacations with the acumen of a human assistant, or determine consumer sentiments toward a particular brand, based on millions of signals from social networks and other data sources.
AI can also detect and defend against digital security breaches, and will play a critical role in protecting user privacy and building trust.
Thirty years from now, we will wonder how we ever got along without our seemingly telepathic digital assistants, just as today it’s already hard to imagine going more than a few minutes without checking the 1980s mainframe in one’s pocket.
We would have finally moved on from ancient tribal conflicts and fears, and embraced a networked, digital future.
They increasingly turn to one another to learn how to apply innovations in curricula, pedagogy, and digital resources; how to offer personalized learning experiences that maximize every student’s chances of success; and how to cope with diversity in the classroom.
So, too, does technology, which now allows for virtual talent mobility through video conferencing, digital platforms, online labor exchanges, and other applications.
In particular, the application of digital technology, introduced after a ferocious struggle with the powerful print unions, brought substantial cost savings and allowed a new era of journalism.
Meanwhile, digital advances are helping to close the gap between refugees and a university education.
Instead, millions of “independent workers” – self-employed, freelance, or temporary employees – sell their labor, services, and products through digital platforms to numerous employers or clients.
While digital platforms for independent work are still in the early stages of their development, and are being used by only 15% of independent workers, they are proliferating and expanding rapidly.
The policy issues for high-skill professionals acting as independent agents are not the same as those for low-skill workers selling their services through large digital platforms like Uber.
Of course, digital technologies have also played a vital role in facilitating the rise of independent work.
Aided by digital technologies, they are advancing their own interest in earning more, while benefiting from more flexible working arrangements.
We must reaffirm the importance of internationalism, openness, and democracy in this new digital age, while adapting our policies and rules to new realities.
Building a creative digital distribution system that eludes government censors would help news organizations establish and enlarge their markets.
Canadian researchers have discovered a vast Chinese surveillance system called “GhostNet,” which can compromise computers in organizations abroad through booby-trapped e-mail messages that automatically scan and transfer documents to a digital storage facility in China.
Given that many dictatorships collapse as a result of poor information, digital technologies could become an even more powerful prophylactic against bad decision-making than term limits.
And they should be protecting nature across borders and investing much more in science and technology to take advantage of the digital revolution.
Whereas China has created the world’s largest online bazaar and become a global leader in renewable energy, India has just begun to explore the potential of e-commerce;IT remains beyond the scope of millions of small and medium-size enterprises; and most citizens remain cut off from the digital economy.
To bring India up to speed, Modi’s government announced in August a national digital initiative: 1.13 trillion rupees ($19 billion) in investment to bring broadband communications to 250,000 villages, provide universal mobile access, expand online government services, and enable online delivery of all sorts of basic services.
The rapid decline in costs and increase in performance capabilities of a range of digital technologies – including mobile Internet, cloud computing, and expert systems – make large-scale adoption a distinct possibility in the coming decade, even in relatively poor India.
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