Weekend Reading, Watching and Listening Recommendations [May 13, 2022]

How AI helped deliver cash aid to many of the poorest people in Togo, Why innovation prizes fail; The Velocity of Technology; How Drones Will Improve Our Lives, the Environment, & the Economy

1. Read: How AI helped deliver cash aid to many of the poorest people in Togo: Using machine learning to parse through mobile phone data, researchers could quickly identify those living on less than $1.25 per day, and target them for direct cash transfers. [via Fast Company]

2. Read: Why innovation prizes fail [via Works in Progress]

3. Listen: The Velocity of Technology: The real-world velocity of fundamental technology change explains the speed of the energy transition. Policies ignoring that reality will accelerate commodity inflation. [via The Last Optimist]

4. Watch: How Drones Will Improve Our Lives, the Environment, & the Economy | Michael Healander | TEDxDetroit