It is underappreciated how, in point 3, employee choices (to stay at margin versus leaving) plus length of the pipeline (and turning radius of an aircraft carrier) all contributed to the overshoot. Everyone acting rationally and a situation where no one was thrilled at result.
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Generative AI Pioneers: Exploring Responsibilities and Societal Impact
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Had great fun @StanfordHAI on Tuesday Explored the conference’s theme of New Horizons in Generative AI to an exploration of the Responsibilities of the Pioneer. Text of the talk on my blog (and the video on HAI YouTube soon). https://
blog.shakirm.com/2023/10/respon
sibilities-of-the-pioneer-generative-ai-and-its-sociotechnical-foundations/
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Synchronized Movement Boosts Empathy in Digital Communication
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“Multiple social-psychology studies show that we’re more likely to be empathetic and cooperative toward people that we've synchronized movements with.” Interesting story about Zoom waves that also once again reminds me (an extrovert) how much I miss regularly seeing people IRL.
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Death Unsolved: AGI and Existential Questions
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Really? Death is not solved yet, as far as we know. https://
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AI Decision-Making Transparency and Fairness in Human Affairs
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AIs will ultimately make better trade-offs, more consistently and more fairly, on our behalf. Plus they'll be transparent in ways the human brain can never be https://
technologyreview.com/2023/09/15/107
9624/deepmind-inflection-generative-ai-whats-next-mustafa-suleyman/
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LLMs as Assistive Technology: Potential and Limitations
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What could LLMs contribute to a more perfect society? Where is it weak? @aurore_ge sifts through the optics to highlight its assistive potential in translation, neurodiversity and more. There are just a few caveats… atelier.net/insights/llms-as…
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BSI Study: Global Mistrust towards AI and French Concerns
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International BSI Study: "The World, France and AI, between Mistrust and Questions" https://actuia.com/actualite/etude-internationale-bsi-le-monde-la-france-et-lia-entre-mefiance-et-interrogations/
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Digital Technology Reverses Firm Cost Structures, Reducing Salaried Jobs
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Sur la définition de l'entreprise c'est surtout une structure de couts plus efficace avec le salariat qu'avec des artisans… Mais ce phénomène s'inverse avec le numérique. Voir la théorie de la firme de Ronald Coase (prix Nobel déco). A terme on aura beaucoup moins de salariés.
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3D Printing Enables Functional Biological Body Parts for Prosthetics
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Los avances en impresión 3D son enormes y no queda mucho para que podamos crear partes del cuerpo humano con esta tecnología, completamente funcionales y con material biológico.
— Juan Merodio (@juanmerodio) 25 octobre 2023
Esto abre un nuevo horizonte para todas las personas con prótesis que podrán ver cómo su vida… pic.twitter.com/jBorNAI9bhLos avances en impresión 3D son enormes y no queda mucho para que podamos crear partes del cuerpo humano con esta tecnología, completamente funcionales y con material biológico. Esto abre un nuevo horizonte para todas las personas con prótesis que podrán ver cómo su vida
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Professional Managerial Class Access Inequality and Bureaucratic Barriers
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Professional managerial class, or, “Who in America will always win a race to get through a ten page web application where the URL and start time are published in a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying Beware of the Leopard.”