Booz Allen Partners with the Atlantic for Washington Ideas

Throughout the past 3 years, Booz Allen has partnered with The Atlantic as a sponsor for some of the broadest thought leadership events in the country, including the Washington Ideas Forum, 15 Years Later: Are We Any Safer, and the Aspen Ideas Festival. At each of these events, The Atlantic curates conversations of our time with leading experts from around the world. Booz Allen leaders are proud to participate in these events and provide our own insights and expertise in these conversations.

In 2017, we are pleased to partner with The Atlantic to release A Guide to Technologies That Will Change the World. In this guide, we explore different aspects of technology—from a survey of the general public and tech elites, to a strategy for artificial intelligence, to the implications for cybersecurity—our articles share different perspectives that decision makers need to know. Read on to check out these articles.

For millenniums societies focused on making individuals smarter and more creative. As humans, we possess a deeply curious nature, which lead us to investigate, wander, and ultimately create. In our present knowledge age, we expanded human capacity to produce amazing innovations, technologies, and insights. We began the first steps to expand our knowledge through connection—first to our computers, then our phones, now our watches.  We’ve quickly realized the benefit of connecting with the power of intelligent things to increase our own knowledge.

Today, we operate in what experts coin the machine age. We no longer rely solely on human capacity, as we harness the power of machines. Our thing­s—from cars and buildings to watches and refrigerators—are getting smarter. We taught cars to drive themselves. We trained robots to fight our wars. We connected our light switch to our phone. With each step, we are harnessing the power of intelligent things to our benefit.

But what does this mean for our society? We must understand what technologies will change this paradigm. We need to wrap our heads around how the government can and should engage. We must recognize how to protect ourselves in the cyber environment that will grow increasingly broad as more things come online and begin communicating.

We built Power of Intelligent Things: A Guide to Technologies that will Change the World to share some of our best research and insights into today’s quickly evolving technology landscape. 

The articles included in this guide explain:

• Technologies that Will Change the World: Booz Allen, in partnership with leading opinion polling firm Ipsos, launched a survey to understand what technologies will change the world in the next decade, what industries will be impacted, and what the government can do to drive the next era of innovation.  The survey identified a set of technologies that will revolutionize how we live and work, as well as recommendations on how we can continue to power innovation.
• Artificial Intelligence: We Need a National Strategy: As technological advances propel artificial intelligence, we must open a thoughtful dialogue within the government to help spur and harness innovation to benefit our country and the world.  The time is now to declare our national policy for artificial intelligence and articulate our priorities, investments, and goals.    
• Stop the Madness: Real Security for a Connected World: As our watches, refrigerators, and cars—just to name a few—become connected, we increase our vulnerability to a cyber attack. Can a different approach to cybersecurity save us from these vulnerabilities?

At Booz Allen, we empower people to change the world. We know the power of intelligent things is just one of many ideas that will help us make that happen.