Dr. James Kennedy opens up the 2024 @HRI_Conference
, discussing robots and holographic characters. His 4 tips: design characters (not agents), create coherent and consistent personality, allow for groups, and make people feel heard. #hri2024
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Dr. Kennedy’s Tips for Designing Robot Characters and Holographic Personas
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AI Accelerates Battery Material Discovery for Clean Energy
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Anyone arguing that AI isn't tackling major challenges isn't paying attention. Everyone knows batteries are integral to the clean energy transition but aren't where we need them to be. Now we're seeing serious strides in new battery materials thanks to AI, which narrowed 32
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SAS Innovate 2024: Data, AI, and Cloud Analytics Conference
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Vibes , Viya, and Vegas, baby. Secure your seat for SAS Innovate 2024, and tell us where you are traveling from . Data, AI, and cloud analytics friends, this one is for you! http://
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CNBC Lists Top Global Fintech and Insurtech Companies 2026
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Calling all fintech (and insurtech!) companies: For a second year in a row, CNBC is listing the top fintech companies globally, in partnership with @StatistaCharts
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Conversation with Tim Berners-Lee, Web Inventor
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(P.s. it should go without saying but I feel BEYOND privileged to have gotten to spend any amount of time talking to the man who invented the WWW: thanks again @timberners_lee for taking the time to speak with me!!!)
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Tim Berners-Lee warns web downsides: social media anger, disempowerment
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Sir Tim said he couldn’t have imagined the web becoming the ubiquitous tech it is today. But he also cautioned about the downsides, like social media causing people to feel angry and hateful, and a “disempowerment” of ppl and businesses. (Tip @Techmeme
) https://
cnbc.com/2024/03/12/wor
ld-wide-web-turns-35-tim-berners-lee-gives-predictions-for-future.html
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Web inventor predicts AI future and Big Tech breakup
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The World Wide Web turns 35 today. I spoke with its inventor, @timberners_lee
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Metaverse Transforms Hospitality and Tourism With Digital Avatars
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From venue visualisers to digital avatars: How the #metaverse is reshaping the future of hospitality and tourism @ExpComputer https://
expresscomputer.in/guest-blogs/fr
om-venue-visualisers-to-digital-avatars-how-the-metaverse-is-reshaping-the-future-of-hospitality-and-tourism/109935/
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OpenUSD Drives Industrial Metaverse Evolution Forward
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Fueling an evolutionary leap for the industrial #metaverse with OpenUSD https://
venturebeat.com/virtual/fuelin
g-an-evolutionary-leap-for-the-industrial-metaverse-with-openusd/
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Chris Dixon discusses Read Write Own and internet future
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Come see me talk with @Kr00ney about Read Write Own & the future of the internet at @cwclub in SF on March 19th. I'm also signing books there. More info & tickets: https://
commonwealthclub.org/events/2024-03
-19/chris-dixon-building-next-era-internet
… All proceeds (aside from optional book purchase) will go to the non-profit Club.