Several venture capital firms are collaborating with the U.S. commerce department to craft “responsible AI” guidelines for themselves and the businesses they fund, according to Axios.
Category: 3 October 2023
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AI LIKELY TO HARM MORE PEOPLE THAN IT HELPS, MIT ECONOMIST WARNS
Economists tend to hold an optimistic view of technological change: yes, the people who make wagon wheels and kerosene lamps are thrown out of work, but they—and a whole lot more people—find jobs in the new technological realm, conventional economic wisdom says.
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COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE LEARNING SKILLS ALREADY BECOMING OBSOLETE, CEO WARNS
College students are learning skills in business and technology that AI is likely to render obsolete by the time they graduate, Chris Hyams, CEO of jobs website Indeed, warned in a Fortune essay.
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AI IDENTIFIES ILLNESS-CAUSING GENE MUTATIONS
One of the hardest and most tedious tasks in genetic science is figuring out which of the countless mutations in human genes cause which illnesses.
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HALF OF CEOs SAY AI COULD REPLACE THEM
Forty-nine percent of CEOs say artificial intelligence could carry out “most” or even “all” of their functions, a poll by education website edX found. The site queried 800 C-suite workers, including CEOs, and 800 workers below the executive level.
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ECONOMIC UPDATE — MARKET OVERVIEW
It’s all in the numbers. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 430 points today and the S&P 500 fell to its lowest level since the start of June.
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THE SYSTEM IS ON THE CUSP OF LOCKING UP, AGAIN!
If you were to ask the average person “what happened during the 2007-2008 Stock Market Crash/Financial crisis?” What caused it? You may hear answers like; “it was brought on by banks who were writing subprime mortgages, giving mortgage loans to anyone with a heartbeat-regardless of if they had a job, or even the ability to make mortgage payments.”
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BIDEN VOWS TO KEEP SENDING WEAPONS TO UKRAINE DESPITE AID FOR UKRAINE OMITTED FROM STOPGAP BILL
President Joe Biden worked Sunday to assure Ukraine that American support will continue after Republican members of the House omitted Kyiv funding from its stopgap bill to keep the government funded until 17 November.
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NO CONSPIRACY AT ALL: SCIENTISTS WORKING OVERTIME TO GENETICALLY REDESIGN HUMANS AND EVERY OTHER LIVING THING
A report this past week detailed how scientists are now perfecting technology that can deliver mRNA “vaccines” through the air.
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RETAILERS IN U.S. REPORT ‘UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS’ OF THEFT
The National Retail Federation released a survey last Tuesday that stores across the U.S. lost an “unprecedented” $112.1 billion to theft in 2022.