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Quantum-computing pioneer warns of complacency over Internet security
When physicists first thought up quantum computers in the 1980s, they sounded like a nice theoretical idea, but one probably destined to remain on paper. Then in 1995, 25 years ago this month, applied mathematician Peter Shor published a paper1 that changed that perception. Read full Article
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AI pioneer Geoff Hinton: “Deep learning is going to be able to do everything”
Thirty years ago, Hinton’s belief in neural networks was contrarian. Now it’s hard to find anyone who disagrees, he says. The modern AI revolution began during an obscure research contest. Read full Article
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Algorithms Are Making Economic Inequality Worse
The risks of algorithmic discrimination and bias have received much attention and scrutiny, and rightly so. Yet there is another more insidious side-effect of our increasingly AI-powered society — the systematic inequality created by the changing nature of work itself. Read full Article
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Facebook serves as an echo chamber, especially for conservatives. Blame its algorithm.
Steven L. Johnson, Brent Kitchens and Peter Gray are information technology professors at the University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce. Read full Article
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How COVID-19 has pushed companies over the technology tipping point—and transformed business forever
A new survey finds that responses to COVID-19 have speeded the adoption of digital technologies by several years—and that many of these changes could be here for the long haul. Read full Article
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These 6 skills cannot be replicated by artificial intelligence
The COVID-19 crisis is going to accelerate a number of changes and transformations in human society. Notably, the pandemic is expected to significantly accelerate the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Read full Article
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The 2020 data and AI landscape
When COVID hit the world a few months ago, an extended period of gloom seemed all but inevitable. Yet many companies in the data ecosystem have not just survived but in fact thrived. Read full Article
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‘Machines set loose to slaughter’: the dangerous rise of military AI
Autonomous machines capable of deadly force are increasingly prevalent in modern warfare, despite numerous ethical concerns. Is there anything we can do to halt the advance of the killer robots? The video is stark. Two menacing men stand next to a white van in a field, holding remote controls. Read full Article
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Here’s how we can break up Big Tech
Twenty-five years ago, Facebook, Google, and Amazon didn’t exist. Now they are among the most valuable and well-known companies in the world. It’s a great story — but also one that highlights why the government must break up monopolies and promote competitive markets. Read full Article
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4 scenarios for the future of Facebook
As of June 30, a record 2.7 billion people — exactly a third of the population of Earth — enter the social network at least once a month. Some 1.8 billion of us, another record, use Facebook at least once a day. Just counting these devotees, Facebook has a population larger than the U.S. Read … Continue reading "4 scenarios for the future of Facebook"
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Big powers must set rivalry aside to combat shared threats like COVID and climate change – but how?
The United Nations is 75, and, according to Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, it is showing its age. Read full Article
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Preparing For Tomorrow’s Workforce In A World Run By Machines
Our increasing fascination with the hyper-performance of machines, smart software and AI is casting a shadow over our elusive and ephemeral ‘human-only skills.’ As our working environments shift dramatically it’s time for a change in our performance metrics, too. Read full Article
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Best Futurists Ever
Through history there have been many wonderful visionaries, seers, futurists and writers who have presented us with glimpses of the future. Read full Article
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‘The Social Dilemma’ Documentary Director Compares Tech Giants to Fossil Fuel Industry
Jeff Orlowski, director of the new documentary on Netflix about how tech giants affect everything from mental health to politics, says, “only years later did we realize there are huge, huge consequences” There’s an oft-quoted saying about tech companies: If you aren’t paying for the product, you Read full Article
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How to build a fairer gig economy in 4 steps
You’ve probably heard at least two things about the gig economy. First, that it’s big. In 2019, roughly one-in-10 workers in the UK earns a living in the gig economy. In the US, the equivalent figure is an estimated 8%. Earlier this year, there was a pan-African survey that showed that 1. Read full Article
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Neuralink: 3 neuroscientists react to Elon Musk’s brain chip reveal
What does the future look like for humans and machines? Elon Musk would argue that it involves wiring brains directly up to computers – but neuroscientists tell Inverse that’s easier said than done. Read full Article
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Study: Global business travel will survive COVID-19
Global business travel has largely ground to a halt during the pandemic. Read full Article
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The case for regulating Amazon just like a railroad
Looking at Big Tech as the next Big Oil. On Wednesday, the US House Judiciary Committee will hear testimony from four titans of tech: Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Google’s Sundar Pichai, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, and Apple’s Tim Cook. Read full Article
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Why efficiency is dangerous and slowing down makes life better
We worship efficiency. Use less to get more. Same-day delivery. Multitask; text on one device while emailing on a second, and perhaps conversing on a third. Efficiency is seen as good. Inefficiency as wasteful. There’s a sound rationale for thinking this way. Read full Article
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The semi-satisfied life
Two years earlier, in Hamburg, Johanna’s husband Heinrich Floris had been discovered dead in the canal behind their family compound. It is possible that he slipped and fell, but Arthur suspected that his father jumped out of the warehouse loft into the icy waters below. Johanna did not disagree. Read full Article
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