The 4th Industrial Revolution
Ken Collings is a member of U3A Beachside and in particular a member of our International Finance and Economics group.
He is a former accountant, an economist and a committee member of TECT.
Ken has researched the growing reality that there is probably a 4th Industrial Revolution underway. This appears to be mainly technology driven, with huge changes brought through disruption to the status quo in many areas of business and other .
Energy, Materials Handling, Agriculture, Computing, Medicine, Space are a few examples of the changes that have taken place, and what is likely to happen in the near future
Coupled with globalisation, the rise of cryptocurrency, the power of social media influences and the emergence of AI and the likes of GPT chat and there is a massive change impacting our societies and live .
Ken describes these forces and attempts to put some context around the impact that these events could have.
He will also provide a demo of what GPT Chat is about.
A lively discussion is assured.
U3A Beachside - Papamoa, Mount Maunganui, Te Puke 