Another DOT COM crash? The End Of The Fourth Industrial revolution.

About this episode

This episode examines the Fourth Industrial Revolution and its potential pitfalls, comparing it to the dot com bubble.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution has been sold as the next great leap in human progress, a fusion of artificial intelligence, robotics, automation, crypto, quantum computing, biotechnology and data systems that will supposedly make society smarter, cleaner, more productive and more efficient. But what if that promise is built on an illusion? In this TechEyeSpy episode, we examine the Fourth Industrial Revolution as a top-down project promoted by the World Economic Forum, global institutions, corporate executives, management consultants, technology billionaires and political technocrats. The public story is that AI and automation will benefit everyone. The harder reality is that the gains may concentrate among the companies that control chips, cloud infrastructure, data centres, energy contracts, software platforms and digital payment systems, while ordinary workers, communities and taxpayers carry the cost. We compare today’s AI, crypto and quantum boom with the dot com bubble. The internet was real, but many internet companies were not durable businesses. The same may now be true of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Artificial intelligence may survive, but many AI stocks may…

People in this episode

Host: PRSC Whitley

Topics covered

• Fourth Industrial Revolution
• AI and automation
• crypto and quantum computing
• economic impact
• business sustainability
• technology and society

Keywords

• Fourth Industrial Revolution
• AI
• automation
• crypto
• quantum computing
• dot com bubble
• economic disparity
• technology
• business

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: World Economic Forum

Products: artificial intelligence, robotics, automation, crypto, quantum computing, biotechnology, data systems

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