New technologies, however remarkable they might seem, are fundamentally just tools made by people for people.
Interpretation
Technology is created by humans to serve human needs.
Klaus Schwab's quote emphasizes that despite the impressive nature of new technologies, they are ultimately tools crafted by people to meet the needs and demands of society. This perspective highlights the human element behind technological advancements, suggesting that our intentions and purposes shape the tools we create and use.
In practice
In a technology conference, to illustrate the importance of the human aspect in innovation.
We must address, individually and collectively, moral and ethical issues raised by cutting-edge research in artificial intelligence and biotechnology, which will enable significant life extension, designer babies, and memory extraction.
Of all the many leaders I have met in the course of my life, none made a deeper impression on me than Nelson Mandela. His courage, compassion, humility and wisdom were without parallel on the world stage, and he himself was an enduring source of inspiration.
Corporate social responsibility is measured in terms of businesses improving conditions for their employees, shareholders, communities, and environment. But moral responsibility goes further, reflecting the need for corporations to address fundamental ethical issues such as inclusion, dignity, and equality.
Talent is a by-product of education; the quality of a country's human capital depends on it.
The world must become aware of the fantastic transformational power of social entrepreneurship and the Foundation will work as a catalyst in this effort.
As technology increasingly takes over knowledge-based work, the cognitive skills that are central to today's education systems will remain important; but behavioral and non-cognitive skills necessary for collaboration, innovation, and problem solving will become essential as well.
Social capital may turn out to be a prerequisite for, rather than a consequence of, effective computer-mediated communication.
Learning how to understand how technology evolves, using tools like a Technology Road Map, is what you need more than anything to ride on top of the tsunami instead of being crushed by it.
The illiterate of the future will not be the man who cannot read the alphabet, but the one who cannot take a photograph.
Together, we could open up government and invite citizens in, while connecting all of America to 21st century broadband. We could use technology to help achieve universal health care, to reach for a clean energy future, and to ensure that young Americans can compete - and win - in the global economy.
AR is going to play such an infinite role in our lives that we have to establish clear ground rules respecting everyone's rights. That means open platform and open ecosystems and protections that put user privacy first.
The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don't really even notice it, so it's part of everyday life.
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