Category: advanced technology

Worker Mobility Will Place People Over Robots in Future Labor Market, Experts Say

June 15, 2023
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Lant Pritchett says the world’s wealthiest nations will face a significant labor shortage, and labor mobility is the best way to deal with it. Pritchett is an economist and research director for the Labor Mobility Partnerships (LaMP). He joined Simon Johnson, professor of entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management, on…

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‘Godfather of AI’ Quits Google to Warn About ‘Scary’ Technology

May 1, 2023
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A groundbreaking innovator in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) is sounding the alarm over the dangers imposed by the technology for which his work laid the foundation. Geoffrey Hinton, the British computer scientist who has been called the “Godfather of AI,” recently left his position as a vice president and engineering fellow at Google…

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Educators Say Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality Use in Classrooms Needs Limits

January 10, 2023
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Technology in U.S. classrooms is about to jump a level this year with research showing virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and gamification are set to be among the top education trends in 2023. High-tech and game-related components are quickly becoming a new reality in classrooms, and some teachers are concerned. Part of that is because it’s happening amid…

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The Misnomer of Communist China’s Authoritarian Capitalism

September 2, 2021
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Commentary The long-term goal of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is world economic dominance in all spheres: manufacturing, trade, control of natural resources, policy, legal, technology, and more. With economic dominance comes geopolitical and military dominance. That goal was set long before Xi Jinping came to power in 2012-2013. Xi’s grandiose plans, including the Belt…

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