Interview: Andrew Ng, chairman and co-founder of Coursera - Stephen Ibaraki, IT World Canada

There is an impending digital tsunami — or D-Quake — that can drive enterprises to destruction if they don’t continually update their business model canvas for competitive advantage. Massive open online classes (MOOCs) will reduce training costs by over 80 per cent. Robots and off-shoring are changing labour roles, Google is testing self-driving cars and Amazon is testing drones for package delivery. There are the new wearable / embedded devices with more than 10 sensors and the ubiquitous Internet of Things forming a planetary nervous system. Virtual reality systems (Oculus Rift/Facebook, Sony, Microsoft), glasses (Google), Amazon’s dynamic perspective providing 3-D-like capabilities in their new smart phones are already here. Big data will be smart data with machine learning, deep learning where computers grow brain-like capabilities. At the root of much of this is Andrew Ng, whose efforts are recognized by magazines, fellowships and awards. http://www.itworldcanada.com/blog/interview-andrew-ng-chairman-and-co-founder-of-coursera/94863