‘Jobs may disappear’: Nearly 40% of global employment could be disrupted by #AI, IMF says https://
cnn.com/2024/01/15/tec
h/imf-global-employment-risk-ai-intl-hnk/index.html
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IMF: Nearly 40% of Global Employment at Risk from AI
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AI Will First Hit Bullshit Jobs and Corporate Free Riders
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Mon pronostic : L'IA touchera en priorité les bullshit jobs/ passagers clandestins des entreprises (les grands groupes surtout) https://
lavoixdunord.fr/1418889/articl
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David Bowie’s 1999 Internet Prediction Applies to AI Today
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David Bowie saw what the internet was going to become back in 1999. Replace every time he says “internet” with “AI” and I think it would be just as accurate again today.pic.twitter.com/4XhVo95t02
— Matt Wolfe (@mreflow) 15 janvier 2024David Bowie saw what the internet was going to become back in 1999. Replace every time he says “internet” with “AI” and I think it would be just as accurate again today.
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Reflecting on Responsible AI Usage and Engagement Depth
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Responsible use of AI is important. The big question to be asked before any deep dive, how many hours did someone spend chatting with AI before jumping on the topic
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Microsoft’s Military AI Contracts and Democratic Power Concentration
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MS–Open AI's ~parent company–already has massive US military contracts. This is the biz model. It's also one more alarm re. the current AI paradigm, its reliance on concentrated corp power, & the undemocratic decision making power this gives these (primarily) US-based corps. https://
x.com/samfbiddle/sta
/samfbiddle/status/1745886504298381635
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AI Enables Jevons Paradox for Death in Warfare
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…for anyone prep'd to step to this post with arguments re. AI's potential efficiencies/precision leading to harm reduction in war, no. That's an unevidenced hope. Where we do have insight, it points to AI enabling "Jevon's paradox, but for death." See: https://
972mag.com/mass-assassina
tion-factory-israel-calculated-bombing-gaza/
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Future of Tech: CES Insights and Implications
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Headed to the airport from CES. I had an amazing week and feel like I got a peek into the future. Instead of just making a video showing all the cool tech, I’m working on a video that’s describing the future we’re creating, my thoughts on the pros and cons of these
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AI Systems Matching Human Performance in Five Years
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Just to make things a bit more concrete here, you're saying there is a 10% chance that an AI system can match or outperform people at 95%+ of these in 5 years
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56% of EU Citizens Possess Basic Digital Skills Report
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56% of EU people have basic digital skills https://
europa.eu/!9XyRNk via @EU_Eurostat #digital #skills #education #innovation #technology @PawlowskiMario @BetaMoroney @JolaBurnett @NatSchooler @Fabriziobustama @enricomolinari @RagusoSergio @sbretonniere @Khulood_Almani @enilev -
AI Companions: Emotional Connection Economics and Intimacy Evolution
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#Sextech aside, generative AI expands artificial intimacy into the realm of emotional connection: AI companions will be friends, lovers, coaches, and mentors. @Rahafharfoush introduces you to the players—and economics—behind this shift : atelier.net/insights/artific…