https://www.scmp.com/rss/320560/feed Dr Yanto Chandra is a professor of public strategy and governance at City University of Hong Kong. His interests span innovation and emerging technologies and their implications on policy, society, economy and how to better govern them. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Yanto Chandra Yanto Chandra The protests that have sprang up across Indonesia are a warning about the state of the country and a wake-up call for better governance. Social media posts are filled with photos of lawmakers who left the country in a rush to find safety. Picture an administration running a huge fiscal deficit. Interest payments on loans take up an increasingly large part of the national budget, state spending is soaring amid efforts such as a national school lunch programme costing more than 300 trillion rupiah... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3323912/protest-hit-indonesia-badly-needs-new-ideas-root-out-corruption?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3323912/protest-hit-indonesia-badly-needs-new-ideas-root-out-corruption?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Sep 2025 08:30:08 +0000 What do the outcomes from the “two sessions”, China’s highest political meetings, mean for the US-China science and technology rivalry? After all, this area is the new battleground and the defining point of US-China relations in the 21st century. Can the meetings help China escape the “middle technology trap” and leapfrog towards tech supremacy, if it is not already there? Since the tech war launched by former US president Donald Trump and amplified by his successor Joe Biden, China seems to... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/world/article/3255120/china-must-face-its-weaknesses-escape-middle-technology-trap?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/world/article/3255120/china-must-face-its-weaknesses-escape-middle-technology-trap?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Mar 2024 21:30:21 +0000 When a toymaker warns the world of the dangers of the new toy, the world should pay attention. Such is the case with Geoffrey Hinton, the creator of generative artificial intelligence, on AI’s existential threat to humanity and its potential to trigger massive global unemployment. A recent report by employment agency Challenger, Gray & Christmas shows there were more than 20,000 lay-offs in the US tech industry in May alone. Goldman Sachs economists estimate that 300 million full-time jobs... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3236783/how-keep-generative-ai-fully-replacing-humans-soft-skills-and-entrepreneurship?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3236783/how-keep-generative-ai-fully-replacing-humans-soft-skills-and-entrepreneurship?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Oct 2023 09:30:14 +0000 The rise of ChatGPT has prompted debate in academic circles as to whether artificial intelligence should be banned for students (and professors). Some universities have proudly banned ChatGPT while others are harnessing its benefits. One major concern is the potential for abuse, such as in turning in AI-generated essays or programming codes as one’s own work. The fear is that using AI would reduce the quality of learning. Having short cuts to quick wins would make students lazy. And university... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3214311/how-academia-can-embrace-chatgpt-and-reignite-love-learning?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3214311/how-academia-can-embrace-chatgpt-and-reignite-love-learning?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Mar 2023 07:45:09 +0000 ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence-powered chatbot that took five days to gain one million users, has been touted as the next big thing in tech history, an innovation that “will change our world”, according to Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Despite its current limitations, and the ethical concerns about AI chatbots, the nascent tool could change how we search for information on the internet. ChatGPT is a large language model-based AI. The output generated by a searcher’s prompt is textual,... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3211809/move-over-google-chatgpt-and-its-will-change-how-we-search-online?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3211809/move-over-google-chatgpt-and-its-will-change-how-we-search-online?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Mar 2023 00:15:10 +0000 NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are a lucky draw for investors looking to make a quick fortune, a gold mine for fraudsters and scammers, and hopefully, an opportunity to make the world a better place. Estimated to be worth US$41 billion last year, the global NFT market is inevitably a mixed bag of both legitimate and illegitimate activity. But how NFTs could be a positive driver of change remains unknown. Given their relative infancy, we still know very little about the social impact of NFTs,... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3173881/nft-platform-provides-viable-market-struggling-marginalised-artists?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3173881/nft-platform-provides-viable-market-struggling-marginalised-artists?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Apr 2022 14:00:34 +0000 It’s the year 2025. Thirty per cent of Hong Kong’s population lives in affordable housing. But who are the property developers? They are social enterprises who work transparently: they openly share their costs (e.g., land acquisition, materials, and labour) and add 2-3 per cent as profit margin. They are not profit-hungry. These social enterprises embrace the “asset and profit lock” principle, so that one day if they are dissolved, all assets and profit must be reinvested for the community, not... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2040526/hong-kong-needs-property-developers-put-social-mission-ahead?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2040526/hong-kong-needs-property-developers-put-social-mission-ahead?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 28 Oct 2016 08:02:46 +0000 Uber and other sharing economy apps have stirred great awe and controversy recently in Hong Kong, and globally. But let's stop playing the blame game. Slow-drive protests and roadblocks are counterproductive to our already slowing economy. Each stakeholder can bring something constructive to the table. For the taxi sector, the rise of such apps is a wake-up call to adapt to the needs of 21st-century customers. By and large, a major redesign of the traditional taxi business model is needed.... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1853330/how-government-uber-and-traditional-taxi-sector-can-work?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1853330/how-government-uber-and-traditional-taxi-sector-can-work?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 28 Aug 2015 02:56:09 +0000