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Vic Grout is Professor of Computing Futures at Wrexham Glyndŵr University; previously Professor of Network Algorithms, Head of Computing, Associate Dean & Director of the Centre for Applied Internet Research. He serves on the National Committee of the Council of Professors & Heads of Computing, as Chair of CPHC Wales, & the British Computer Society Information Privacy Expert Panel & Information Security Specialist Group Committee. He is a European Commission Horizon 2020 Expert & Ethics consultant.

Vic has worked in senior positions in academia & industry for nearly 30 years and published over 300 research papers, patents & books. His research covers several areas of computational mathematics & artificial intelligence, including large-scale ...more

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Or: How to Survive the Technological Singularity This may be a slightly mad idea! It may also contain obvious flaws beyond being somewhat fanciful. Most grand schemes do. But, given that the subject is the possible end of human control over the future – or even just humans, it might at least be worth thinking […]

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“Capitalism’s final victory will be that, as it destroys us, it has us all blaming each other.”
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“Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men for the nastiest of motives will somehow work together for the benefit of all.”
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