Arthur Goldstuck on “Should we be scared of AI?”

South African Arthur Goldstuck led early research into the size of the Internet user population and the extent of e-commerce in South Africa, which established trend lines for Internet growth in the country.

Today Goldstuck heads the World Wide Worx research organisation, and has led research into ICT issues like the impact of IT on small business, the role of mobile technologies in business and government, and the technology challenges of the financial services sector.

Goldstuck established the first benchmarks for web strategy and website evaluation in South Africa, and leads a team of usability experts that advises on website usability and strategy.

As a journalist, Goldstuck was news editor of the Weekly Mail (now the Mail & Guardian), SA correspondent for Billboard, and a freelance feature writer for the Times of London, among others. He was the winner of the online category in the Telkom ICT Journalist of the Year awards for 2003 and publishes the online consumer technology magazine Gadget.co.za. He is the author of 19 books, including South Africa’s best-selling IT book, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Internet, and the seminal work on urban legends in South Africa, The Rabbit in the Thorn-Tree. He has written five other books on South African urban legends.

Goldstuck will address the Cape Town Press Club on “Should we be scared of AI?” He will take questions.

His new book, The Hitchiker’s Guide to AI: A Handbook for All will be on sale.

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