Among the general public, robots have always been a sign of innovation and “coolness” when seen in public. What has changed is that now people also recognize robots as necessary and useful – contributing real value to certain operations such…
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When it comes to business AI, companies should focus on creating intelligent systems that explain the rationale behind their decisions and do not discriminate against people based on their ethnicity, age, gender, religion, or place of residence. Read more in…
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a nonprofit organization called Common Ground conducted an experiment: a winter count of the homeless individuals in New York City’s Times Square. The Common Ground team went out to the field. They suspended judgment, postponed analysis, and drew conclusions based…
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Let’s make one thing clear: No one is saying this AI is bringing back Klimt’s original works. “It’s not a process of recreating the actual colors, it is re-colorizing the photographs,” Read more in Wired Can AI Truly Give Us…
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she leads
5 ways to get more women working in AI By Kay Firth-Butterfield and Beena Ammanath
2 September 2021Views: 441Research suggests women account for only 26% of data and AI positions in the workforce; Increasing representation and diversity in AI development is crucial to producing better products of value to more people and avoiding biases; From supporting STEM education…
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brands and culture
Shhhh, they’re listening: Inside the coming voice-profiling revolution By Jojeph Turow
8 May 2021Views: 415If you hear, “This call is being recorded for training and quality control,” it isn’t just the customer service representative they’re monitoring. It can be you, too. Read more in Fast Company Shhhh, they’re listening: Inside the coming voice-profiling revolution…
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talk the trends
The Future of Jobs in the Era of AI By Rainer Strack, Miguel Carrasco, Philipp Kolo, Nicholas Nouri, Michael Priddis, and Richard George
11 April 2021Views: 442BCG recently collaborated with Faethm, a firm specializing in AI and analytics, to study the potential impact of various technologies on jobs in three countries: the US, Germany, and Australia. Using the underlying demographics in each country, we developed detailed…
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There are signs that people may be increasingly receptive to robotic help, preferring, at least hypothetically, to be picked up by a self-driving taxi or have their food delivered via robot, to reduce their risk of catching the virus. Read…
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energy & eco
This is how AI could feed the world’s hungry while sustaining the planet By Mark Caine
5 October 2020Views: 807The agricultural sector employs over 25% of the world’s working population and is responsible for sustaining 7.5 billion people. Despite decades of efforts by governments and industry, more than a quarter of those people – a staggering 1.9 billion –…
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