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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

6

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

8

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.

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 28, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture, Education, Work

Tagged
William Shakespeare}

Can AI Prove That Shakespeare Had Ghostwriters?

_{An author’s unique style is like a fingerprint. AI can fill it in} _{Denyse O'Leary
November 28, 2019

4

Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture, Education, Work}

Turning AI loose on some of these vexing problems should give literary scholars more to write about rather than less. The AI verdict may not always be right but it is bound to be food for thought.

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News
Date
November 28, 2019

Categorized
Religion, Work

Tagged
Archeology}

Does AI Challenge Biblical Archeology?

_{Many surviving documents are so damaged that they cannot be read using traditional methods.} _{News
November 28, 2019

3

Religion, Work}

The more scrolls are deciphered using new AI methods, the more archeologists will have to study and write about.

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News
Date
November 27, 2019

Categorized
Work

Tagged
Sabine Hossenfelder}

Will AI End Astrophysics As We Know It?

_{Astrophysicists will certainly be spending much less time staring at very slowly changing skies} _{News
November 27, 2019

3

Work}

Far from reducing jobs in astrophysics, AI is likely to create many more of them. As far more information becomes available, talented people will be needed to interpret, teach it, and write about it for the public.

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 26, 2019

Categorized
Business and Finance, Work

Tagged
Airbnb, Lyft, Uber, WeWork}

Why the Millennial High-Tech Urban Lifestyle May Soon Cost More

_{In the wake of WeWork’s woes, analysts are questioning the business models we love} _{Denyse O'Leary
November 26, 2019

6

Business and Finance, Work}

The problem is, WeWork is not a technology company. Neither is Airbnb or Uber. They all use software via the internet to leverage surplus physical space, whether the space is in an office building, a private home, or a privately owned car.

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Brendan Dixon
Date
November 23, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Work

Tagged
Automation, robotics}

Pizza Robots Get the Pink Slip

_{True, the doughbots didn’t make good pizza. But is the message about them or something else?} _{Brendan Dixon
November 23, 2019

5

Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Work}

I have nothing against robots. (I am against bad pizza.) I do, however, get very tired of the science fiction-fantasy of humanity-squashing robots. And that’s all it is: A fantasy.

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News
Date
November 18, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind, Work

Tagged
Antonio Damasio, chatbots, emotions, Featured, Feelings, Robots}

How Far Have We Come With Giving Robots Feelings?

_{Pretty far, in our own imagination} _{News
November 18, 2019

5

Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind, Work}

At times, we may think a more powerful illusion is a good enough substitute for reality.

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Brendan Dixon
Date
November 16, 2019

Categorized
Business and Finance, Machine Learning, Work

Tagged
Boeing, Elon Musk, robotics}

Boeing’s Sidelined Fuselage Robots: What Went Wrong?

_{It’s not what we learn, it’s what we forget} _{Brendan Dixon
November 16, 2019

4

Business and Finance, Machine Learning, Work}

By all means, let’s build machines that enhance our abilities. But let’s not forget that the really amazing thing is not the tool, but the tool builder.

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News
Date
November 15, 2019

Categorized
Business and Finance, Machine Learning, Work

Tagged
Automation, Automation failure, robotics}

Boeing Workers, Please Don’t Kick the Robot on Its Way Out

_{The jetliner manufacturer’s decision to give the robots’ job back to machinists underlines the hard realities of automation. For example, it doesn’t always work} _{News
November 15, 2019

5

Business and Finance, Machine Learning, Work}

Robot error turned out to be a bigger problem than human error.

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News
Date
November 1, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Work

Tagged
Jay Richards, Larry L. Linenschmidt, Peter Thiel, The Human Advantage, Zero to One (book)}

Robot-Proofing Your Career, Peter Thiel’s Way

_{Jay Richards and Larry L. Linenschmidt continue their discussion of what has changed—and what won't change—when AI disrupts the workplace} _{News
November 1, 2019

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Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Work}

We treat the assembly line as if it has always been here, says business prof Jay Richards, but it only dates back to Henry Ford, a century ago. It’s disappearing but work isn’t disappearing. It’s just changing a lot.

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Adam Nieri
Date
October 26, 2019

Categorized
Arts & Culture, Work

Tagged
Robots, Science fiction}

Will Plausible Robots Replace Movie Stars?

_{A short film prepares us to think about it} _{Adam Nieri
October 26, 2019

4

Arts & Culture, Work}

Do I believe AI will be emotionally indistinguishable from human connection? No, personally I don’t. Nonetheless, I loved the short film. It was simple but very well-executed. If you’re looking for a short but thought-provoking film about AI to give your mind something to chew on over the weekend, I would highly recommend Sprites.

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 23, 2019

Categorized
Religion, Work

Tagged
Catholicism, COSM, education, George Gilder, Innovation, Job Displacement, Machines, Peter Thiel, Silicon Valley, University}

Tech Entrepreneur Peter Thiel says Silicon Valley is losing its touch

_{Peter Thiel also compared universities today to the Catholic Church at its worst} _{Denyse O'Leary
October 23, 2019

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Religion, Work}

About the Big Tech companies, he says, “The story is not that they have done a lot of bad things but that they have not done enough good things. That remains the core challenge of Silicon Valley.”