The Robots Are Coming…But Will They Make Friends?

The Robots Are Coming…But Will They Make Friends? The idea that advances in robotics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence will produce massive job displacement is currently all the rage, fed by studies like Frey and Osborne (2013) which concluded that 47 percent of U.S. jobs were at risk. Perhaps not. A new report out by

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How To Make Machine Learning More Human

How To Make Machine Learning More Human There are cases where bias is intentionally built into AI and machine learning algorithms and that will fundamentally affect people's lives. If precautions are not taken now then they will have long-lasting consequences. For example, if employers want to avoid hiring women who are likely to become … Link

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Trends in Enterprise Productivity with Digital

Trends in Enterprise Productivity with Digital Technologies such as Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Information Management are driving significant productivity … Employment in non-routine cognitive and non-routine manual tasks have grown whereas employment in routine jobs have been broadly flat largely as a … Link to Full Article: Trends in Enterprise Productivity with

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Will China Really Supplant US Economic Hegemony?

Will China Really Supplant US Economic Hegemony? As artificial intelligence reshapes the global economy, economists who once argued that China's massive population would propel it to superpower … True, it is highly unlikely that President Donald Trump's huffing and puffing and bluffing will bring about a large-scale return of manufacturing jobs to the … Link to

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Apple hopes new blood will make Siri intelligent

Apple hopes new blood will make Siri intelligent Other notable recruiting efforts include looking for a machine learning scientist as well as multiple engineers to address areas like Proactive Intelligence (Siri's ability to anticipate info you might need), the SiriKit developer framework and speech generation. The Tame Apple Press claims this recruiting … Link to Full

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Apple hiring engineers for its virtual assistant, Siri

Apple hiring engineers for its virtual assistant, Siri To augment the experience between a user and its Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered virtual assistant Siri, Apple has posted several job openings for engineers at … “This marks a jump in hiring for the keyword of 24% in just over a month,” Thinknum, a web platform that allows

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Gazing into the future

Gazing into the future They will discuss distance learning technology, social media, automated trucking, cybersecurity awareness, nontraditional products and services in agriculture, robotics and artificial intelligence. Estevan will share its story with e-commerce. Dwight Fitz Bramble, Estevan's economic development … Link to Full Article: Gazing into the future

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Apple is Hiring Engineers to Make Siri Smarter

Apple is Hiring Engineers to Make Siri Smarter When it came to the patterns in the job titles, the most common title is "Siri — Software Engineer", of which there are five positions. Three positions, "Siri — iOS Engineer" has three replicated openings. "The rest is a smattering of engineering skill sets, from Infrastructure Engineers

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When will machines take over insurance jobs?

When will machines take over insurance jobs? A report on artificial intelligence and automation from Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has made predictions about when and how machines will take over jobs. “The potential substitution of many low- and middle-income jobs could bring extensive unemployment,” according to the “The Rise … Link to Full Article:

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