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Man teleworking from home after coronavirus pandemic

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
April 24, 2020

Categorized
Business and Finance, Work

Tagged
COVID-19, Remote working, Workplace}

Five Possibly Unexpected Ways the Post-COVID Office Will Change

_{We’ll all know more about remote working than we ever thought we would} _{Denyse O'Leary
April 24, 2020

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Business and Finance, Work}

Some managers worry that remote employees will not be productive. They don’t always consider that the remote worker is the person in charge if something affects her work. For example, in an office building, if the water is shut off due to a street repair, a manager would likely co-ordinate. But at home, the worker must decide for herself how best to deal with it, while remaining productive. A level playing field would recognize overall long-term output vs. costs in either case.

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Jonathan Bartlett
Date
March 17, 2020

Categorized
Business and Finance, Global Technology, Social Media, Work

Tagged
COVID-19, Quarantine, Remote working, Teleworking}

We Will Never Go Back to the Pre-COVID-19 Workplace

_{The virus forced us to realize: Staying together apart has never been so easy} _{Jonathan Bartlett
March 17, 2020

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Business and Finance, Global Technology, Social Media, Work}

While many people (myself included) have railed against the excesses of technology and its tendency to weaken community spirit and understanding, it turns out that, in the present crisis, it is having the opposite effect. We aren’t really alone in the same way any more.

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Jonathan Bartlett
Date
March 17, 2020

Categorized
Business and Finance, Ethics, Global Technology, Medicine and Health, Work

Tagged
China, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Elon Musk, Quarantine, Tesla}

COVID-19: Do Quarantine Rules Apply to Mega-Geniuses?

_{How did Elon Musk, who has a cozy relationship with China, get his upscale car factory classified as an essential business during the pandemic?} _{Jonathan Bartlett
March 17, 2020

3

Business and Finance, Ethics, Global Technology, Medicine and Health, Work}

If we are going to hold some people up as business icons, why should it be those who—in the present COVID-19 troubles—have relations with China that necessarily raise questions?

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Heather Zeiger
Date
March 16, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Education, Surveillance, Work

Tagged
China, Employees, Productivity, Slack, Students}

DingTalk: Where the “Teacher” Really Is Always Watching You

_{The COVID-19 quarantine has spiked both virtual workplaces and classrooms in China, highlighting anger at the surveillance} _{Heather Zeiger
March 16, 2020

6

Artificial Intelligence, Education, Surveillance, Work}

Every human being, whether office worker or high school student, bucks against digital harnesses.

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Jonathan Bartlett
Date
February 27, 2020

Categorized
Business and Finance, Work

Tagged
Teleworking, Transportation}

The Future of Transportation is Not Going Anywhere

_{As legislators and lobbyists wrangle, we may be trying to solve a problem that is gradually solving itself} _{Jonathan Bartlett
February 27, 2020

4

Business and Finance, Work}

The last decade has resounded with failed predictions about the future of transportation. I can't speak for other locations, but the Great E-Scooter Revolution of 2019 has both come and gone in the city in which I live. Isn’t the real future of transportation working and shopping at home? Why not just let the electrons do the commute and streamline the grocery run?

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Brendan Dixon
Date
February 25, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Work

Tagged
emotion, Hiring}

Are Facial Expressions a Clear, Simple Basis for Hiring Decisions?

_{Marketing AI to employers to analyze facial expressions ignores the fact that correlation is NOT causation} _{Brendan Dixon
February 25, 2020

6

Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Work}

Have you heard of the Law of the Instrument? It just means, to quote one formulation, “He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail.” All any given problem needs is a good pounding. This is a risk with AI, as with amateur carpentry. But with AI, it can get you into more serious trouble. Take hiring, for instance.

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News
Date
February 23, 2020

Categorized
Business and Finance, Work

Tagged
Big Data, Featured, Gary Smith, Jay Cordes}

Which Career-Limiting Data Mistake Are YOU Most at Risk For?

_{Award-winning data science author Gary Smith says the odds depend on your relationship to the data} _{News
February 23, 2020

6

Business and Finance, Work}

Dr. Smith thinks that the most dangerous error is putting data before theory. Many data-mining algorithms that are now being used to screen job applicants, price car insurance, approve loan applications, and determine prison sentences have significant errors and biases that are not due to programmer mistakes and biases, but to a misplaced belief in data-mining.

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Jonathan Bartlett
Date
February 4, 2020

Categorized
Programming, Work

Tagged
Computer programmers, Job interview}

What To Ask a Programmer in a Job Interview

_{Does your candidate have the inner attributes needed to grow as a developer and face new challenges? Key questions can help you find out} _{Jonathan Bartlett
February 4, 2020

7

Programming, Work}

Good computer programmers are very opinionated people. If you find a computer programmer who is not opinionated, that’s usually because the programmer hasn’t taken the time to think about the task. Those types of people tend to be order-takers, not inventors.

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Jonathan Bartlett
Date
February 3, 2020

Categorized
Programming, Work

Tagged
Computer programmers, Hiring, Job interview}

Pro Tips for Hiring the Best Computer Programmers

_{It’s easier when we stop to think about how programming differs from other jobs} _{Jonathan Bartlett
February 3, 2020

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Programming, Work}

Hiring a programmer is different because you are rarely looking for a fixed set of skills. Nearly everything the programmer does is an invention. The thing you are usually hiring the programmer for is not a fixed task but the ability to adapt to whatever is coming up next. For example, twelve years ago, nobody knew the degree to which mobile phones would run our businesses. The idea of hiring mobile developers was unheard of.

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News
Date
January 24, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Technocracy, Work

Tagged
Courts, Law}

AI in the Courtroom: Will a Robot Sentence You?

_{Some experts think AI might be fairer than human judgment. Others are not so sure} _{News
January 24, 2020

5

Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Technocracy, Work}

One Superior Court judge has warned that many cases don’t come down to information alone, which is all AI can do. Law professor David DeWolf also expresses concern about increasing dependence upon law—a form of coercion—to regulate human behavior, a choice that is irrelevant to the growth of AI in the courtroom.

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Brendan Dixon
Date
January 21, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture, Business and Finance, Work

Tagged
AI Winter}

So Is an AI Winter Really Coming This Time?

_{AI did surge past milestones during the 2010s but fell well short of the hype} _{Brendan Dixon
January 21, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture, Business and Finance, Work}

Maybe both. AI will require more from us, not less, because how we choose to use these tools will make an increasingly stark difference between benefit and ruin.

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Brendan Dixon
Date
January 16, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Work

Tagged
Deep Learning, Hiring}

Can We Outsource Hiring Decisions to AI and Go for Coffee Now?

_{I would have fired any of my hiring managers who demonstrated characteristic AI traits immediately. So why do we tolerate it coming from a machine?} _{Brendan Dixon
January 16, 2020

5

Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Work}

With historically low unemployment, employers are tempted to reduce costs and speed up the process using artificial intelligence (AI) systems. These systems might help but, for best results, let’s have a look at the problems they can’t solve and some that they might create.

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News
Date
January 9, 2020

Categorized
Business and Finance, Work

Tagged
Jay Richards, Robots, Tax policy}

Robots Move? Tax Them!

_{Some policymakers see robots as a direct threat to jobs and hope taxes will slow them down} _{News
January 9, 2020

5

Business and Finance, Work}

Jay Richards asks: Just imagine if our government had taxed earlier technological innovations because they threatened jobs. Does anyone think a targeted “tractor tax” would have been a good idea in the early twentieth century?

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News
Date
January 2, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Global Technology, Work

Tagged
___longform, Big Data, Facial Recognition, Featured, Gary Smith, Robert J. Marks}

How To Fool Facial Recognition

_{Changing a couple of pixels here and there can stump a computer} _{News
January 2, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Global Technology, Work}

Both computers and humans can be fooled by patterns that appear significant but really aren’t. But the bigger the computer, the more random patterns it can find in the vast swathes of data processed.

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News
Date
January 2, 2020

Categorized
Business and Finance, Ethics, Global Technology, Work

Tagged
chatbots, Deepfakes, driverless cars, Predictions for 2020}

Five AI Predictions to Watch in 2020

_{We'll check on these a year from now} _{News
January 2, 2020

4

Business and Finance, Ethics, Global Technology, Work}

Some problems experts hope AI can help with may be outside AI's capacities. Some people may simply want to believe doctored images and deepfakes, for example.

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News
Date
December 12, 2019

Categorized
Arts & Culture, Machine Learning, Work

Tagged
Archeology, Language, Mesopotamia}

Can AI Help Us Decipher Lost Languages?

_{That depends mainly on the reasons we haven’t yet deciphered ancient texts} _{News
December 12, 2019

7

Arts & Culture, Machine Learning, Work}

AI can speed up translation of ancient documents where only a few scholars know the language. Whether it can help with mysterious unknown languages like Minoan A is another question.