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How to Foster Human Capacity in a Tech Driven Economy

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The idea of managing human capacity is fundamental to how firms move forward with their organization strategy. What a sustainable philosophy requires is the open recognition of a changing workforce, and the understanding that even the ability to manage human capacity needs to be supplemented with an open mind and forward thinking. Artificial Intelligence (AI), computerization, and automation, devalue certain human skills, and in time will completely overhaul the job market. At this point it will be our uniquely human potential that is valued in workplace. Working with human strengths and deficiencies in order to get the best out of your company is going to be a defining aspect of keeping up with the pace of innovation and change in the next few decades.


10 Reasons Why People Should Not Fear Digital Health Technologies

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The development of digital health technology causes many concerns regarding bioethics. Here are 10 examples why people should not be afraid of, but rather embrace the advancements of such technologies. The fear from the unknown is as old as mankind itself, thus the fear from technological development has the same age as advancement itself. When the telephone was introduced to Sweden in the late 1800s, people were afraid that the contents of the lines would spill out in some way if there was a break and many elderly persons refused to touch a telephone for fear of electrical shock. The fear is even scarier when it comes to one's health. Shortly after Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen introduced his discovery about the X-Ray, people got scared that it might read their thoughts, and they were afraid that such omnipotent gaze will see through their body and soul. Merchants even offered X-Ray proof underwear.


How Clever Are You Really? Scientists Can Now Accurately Measure Human Intelligence

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The aim of the research was to discover how intellect works in the human brain and thereby inform how Artificial Intelligence (AI) works in the future. The study used MRI scans to observe thousands of brains and was only possible due to recent developments in brain imaging techniques. They conclusively found that the more variable a person's brain is - how frequently you can change neural connections with the other parts of the brain over minutes or seconds - and the more frequently these parts connect with each other, the higher a person's IQ and creativity. The discovery of these dynamic functions inside the brain could be applied to building artificial networks that mimic the brain, with the ability to learn and adapt – a current obstacle in the effectiveness of AI. Not only does this study have implications for technology, it is important in understanding mental health.


Amazon Is Winning the Robot Wars -- NewCo Shift

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Cutting Into Amazon's Robot Lead: Some upstarts are trying, but the company's Kiva grab guarantees it dominance for now. How Bad Are Low Wages? But they're not killing people in the way a study suggested. The Future of Soda May Not Be Sweet: Even innovators are toiling in a shrinking market. Questioning an Unquestionable Mind: Is Bill Gates reading the right books?


AI and health: Could robots replace our doctors?

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Numerous companies in the healthcare space are experimenting with artificial intelligence, but what does the future hold in this sphere? You'll probably know IBM's supercomputer, Watson, from its 2011 appearance on Jeopardy. Up against two of the US quiz show's longest-running and highest-earning contestants, Watson clinched a 1m prize after answering a series of quick-fire general knowledge questions. It wasn't a close call either – at the final score, Watson's total was 31,547 ahead of its rivals' combined. But in the five years since, IBM's supercomputer has been working towards another goal, one far more lucrative than the Jeopardy!


Clinical Utility of Machine-Learning Approaches in Schizophrenia: Improving Diagnostic Confidence for Translational Neuroimaging

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Machine-learning approaches are becoming commonplace in the neuroimaging literature as potential diagnostic and prognostic tools for the study of clinical populations. However, very few studies provide clinically informative measures to aid in decision-making and resource allocation. Head-to-head comparison of neuroimaging-based multivariate classifiers is an essential first step to promote translation of these tools to clinical practice. We systematically evaluated the classifier performance using back-to-back structural MRI in two field strengths (3- and 7-T) to discriminate patients with schizophrenia (n 19) from healthy controls (n 20). Gray matter (GM) and white matter images were used as inputs into a support vector machine to classify patients and control subjects.


How will deep learning change your business?

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The media interest surrounding deep learning has grown exponentially in the last few years. But what does it actually mean, and how will it change business and society? Deep learning is a subset of machine learning that refers to mapping artificial neural networks to recreate some of the same processes that the human brain performs, and using algorithms with speech, images and text, to recognize, identify and understand patterns in the data. Although this sounds simple, it involves complex processes and functions – but once trained, the application of deep learning algorithms could be world changing. For instance, a machine that learns like a human, but can rapidly process thousands of images and recognize patterns, is already showing promise for applying deep learning to medical imaging.


Event[0] Has You Build a Relationship With an AI to Return to Earth Alive - Niche Gamer

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Independent French developer Ocelot Society has announced their new game, Event[0]. The sci-fi game is focused on both narrative and exploration, only the focus is on building a relationship with a lonely artificial intelligence and not just walking down hallways. Featured above, you can view the game's announcement trailer. Clearly inspired by sci-fi classes like 2001: A Space Odyssey, players will be tasked with building exploring dialogue as they slowly build a relationship with the AI known as Kaizen. As you explore the ship and talk with the AI, you'll eventually uncover the situation and hopefully return to earth.


How Machine Learning Will Help You Make Healthier Choices At Work

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It's not easy to be healthy. And it's even harder to be healthy at work, where chances are--despite the vogue for standing desks and the like--you're parked in a chair for most of the day, focused on a screen. The average workweek, by one recent measure, is now 47 hours and counting. By and large, more time spent at the office means more time hunched over a computer, probably eating lunch at a desk. Stress--which has been linked to increased risk of stroke, heart disease, and other health issues--is just about inevitable as a result.


As Robots Take Our Jobs, Guaranteed Income Might Ease the Pain

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The worry is that new industries and occupations that will potentially be created won't come in time and won't be enough to provide jobs and incomes for the millions of workers displaced by new technologies. In the past few weeks, I had the opportunity to visit a handful of centers of innovation and speak with some of the world's leading experts in technology information and robotics. As is usual in this environment, there was an air of contagious optimism. But there was also a lot of worry about the impact new technologies would have and many doubts about the societal, economic and political capability to adapt to it.