Top news of the week: 17.04.2020.
#AI #RPA #Automation #DigitalTransformation #mentalhealth #academiclife #wellbeing
Applied Use Cases
"[V]arious news articles have dramatized the role #AI is playing in the pandemic by overstating what tasks it can perform, inflating its effectiveness & scale, neglecting the level of human involvement, & being careless in consideration of related risks."
https://t.co/a2HWhl4EmT
OpenA guide to healthy skepticism of artificial intelligence and coronavirus
Don’t overestimate the power of AI to fight coronavirus.
RT @thefuturesoc: 🚀The Future Society is hiring !
See AI Policy Researcher & intern job openings & apply now: https://t.co/vax8UtnUn6
OpenInternship: AI Policy Researcher
The Future Society is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit think-and-do tank. We advance the global governance of Artificial Intelligence and other emerging technologies.
The biggest ray-traced game yet: Minecraft RTX Beta debuts April 16 on PC https://t.co/OaUVGWISLK by @samred
OpenThe biggest ray-traced game yet: Minecraft RTX Beta debuts April 16 on PC
Requires jumping through hoops, currently optimized for Nvidia's “RTX” line.
Here are some of those stories:
@antonioregalado on the race to find an antibody drug https://t.co/Gs92n1C6NM
OpenThe race to find a covid-19 drug in the blood of survivors
The blood sample arrived in Vancouver by courier on February 25. It wasn’t much to look at, but to the scientists at the 117-person biotechnology company AbCellera, it was precious. The ...
“Unfortunately, by the time someone complains, many have already been disproportionately impacted by the model’s biased performance.” @rajiinio on bias in the time of covid-19 @algorithmwatch https://t.co/fSLULVdeXj
OpenGoogle apologizes after its Vision AI produced racist results
A Google service that automatically labels images produced starkly different results depending on skin tone on a given image. The company fixed the issue, but the problem is likely much ...
Meet the 2020 Microsoft Research Faculty Fellows https://t.co/zn0YK5tv5g. Fabulous group of folks, early in their career trajectories, working on intriguing, challenging problems & making impt contributions @compcomcon @TheOfficialACM @Cornell @Stanford @UWMadison @msftresearch
OpenMicrosoft Research Faculty Fellowship 2020: Researchers in academia at the forefront of technology
The Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship recognizes innovative, promising new faculty, whose exceptional talent for research and innovation identifies them as emerging leaders in their ...
RT @66Iot: Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in corporate real estate and facilities management. Link > https://t.co/hYLqMNL1u6 @DeloitteInsight via @antgrasso #RPA #Automation #DigitalTransformation https://t.co/ejkrkxAASB
OpenRobotic process automation in corporate real estate and facilities management
This Deloitte point of view is the first in a two-part series on how to apply RPA in the CRE and FM environment.
RT @IAugenstein: Have you ever wondered how you could increase your happiness and well-being as an academic? I certainly have. I've written a blog post with some suggestions, backed up by psychology research.
https://t.co/oJEzevWZFC
#wellbeing #mentalhealth #academiclife
Comments welcome 🙂
OpenIncreasing Well-Being in Academia
Academia is far from the best work environment from a mental health perspective. From reports on high suicide rates among PhD students to…