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Big data, argues Kenneth Cukier, senior editor for data and digital at The Economist, is epoch defining: the ability for humans to store and transmit information at a scale previously inconceivable will transform \u2018how we work, live and think\u2019 \u2013 much as fire, bronze and the paper press revolutionised earlier societies. But how should we respond to the economic dislocation AI will produce in conjunction with big data?\n\nKenneth\u2019s career in journalism is a distinguished one. The co-author of the New York Times Best Seller \u201cBig Data\u201d (2013) he manages new digital product development and oversees data analytics for The Economist. Prior to this, Kenneth served as technology editor of the Wall Street Journal Asia and also worked at the International Herald Tribune in Paris. In 2002-04 he was a research fellow at Harvard\u2019s Kennedy School of Government.\n\nSpeaking with Seedcamp partner Carlos Espinal, Kenneth claims that information has gone from \u2018a stock to flow\u2019. Instead of being stored in fixed media \u2013 such as clay discs 4,000 years ago \u2013 data is now liquid and dynamic. The application of machine learning techniques and algorithms to such data lets us do things once impossible, such as build self-driving cars or diagnose diseases at a far earlier stage. But, he cautions, \u2018it is the mark of an unwise society\u2019 and close to criminal that we are not properly sharing data in spheres such as healthcare.\n\nListen to understand how we can learn from the information we collect, what change needs to materialise before we feel AI\u2019s effect in proper, and how to respond to the job displacement that AI will bring about.\n\nShow notes: \nCarlos Medium: sdca.mp/2entVR3\nSeedcamp: www.seedcamp.com\nThe Economist: www.economist.com\nKenneth\u2019s TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pHzROP1D-w \n\nRelated bio links: \nCarlos: linkedin.com/in/carloseduardoespinal / twitter.com/cee\nKenneth: cukier.com / twitter.com/kncukier