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32e54441e6382a7fbacbbbaf3c450059-Supplemental.pdf
We only included a candidate variable if the nearest neighbor match was exact, i.e., we could find We compared the "fnlwgt" data to all weight variables "UH_WGTS_A1", which has a similar distribution. Since we did not identify an exact match for "fnlwgt" and the variable is not a property of an individual, we do not utilize it further in We vary the threshold from 6,000 to 72,000. Concretely, for a given threshold, e.g. In our experiments, as the "unconstrained" base classifier, we use the gradient boosted decision tree B.1 ACSIncome Predict whether US working adults' yearly income is above $50,000. T arget: PINCP (Total person's income): an individual's label is 1 if PINCP > 50000, otherwise 0. ACS PUMS data differently, and construct a new prediction task. Features: AGEP (Age): Range of values: - 0 - 99 (integers) - 0 indicates less than 1 year old.
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32e54441e6382a7fbacbbbaf3c450059-Supplemental.pdf
We only included a candidate variable if the nearest neighbor match was exact, i.e., we could find We compared the "fnlwgt" data to all weight variables "UH_WGTS_A1", which has a similar distribution. Since we did not identify an exact match for "fnlwgt" and the variable is not a property of an individual, we do not utilize it further in We vary the threshold from 6,000 to 72,000. Concretely, for a given threshold, e.g. In our experiments, as the "unconstrained" base classifier, we use the gradient boosted decision tree B.1 ACSIncome Predict whether US working adults' yearly income is above $50,000. T arget: PINCP (Total person's income): an individual's label is 1 if PINCP > 50000, otherwise 0. ACS PUMS data differently, and construct a new prediction task. Features: AGEP (Age): Range of values: - 0 - 99 (integers) - 0 indicates less than 1 year old.
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China using AI to ease economic woes, but focus is to stand at the 'center of the revolution,' experts warn
AI expert Marva Bailer tells Fox News Digital how the availability of artificial intelligence can have negative impacts and talks potential federal legislation to control it. China may rely on artificial intelligence (AI) to manage approaching economic troubles, but that is just one part of the spectrum of goals Beijing has for the burgeoning technology, experts told Fox News Digital. "Certainly, China has put artificial intelligence at the center of its economic and its military modernization efforts," Matt McInnis, senior fellow for the Institute for the Study of War's China program, said. "[China] sees artificial intelligence as a potential way to achieve economic and military superiority and potentially even help, you know, kind of provide a long-term foundation for much greater prosperity than it has been able to achieve in the past five years or decade. "I think China, in many ways, has almost put perhaps too many eggs in the AI basket, which I think is going to be concerning for them overtime, even though we all know that AI could be a real game changer in the world economy," McInnis added. "I don't think that's any different for China than it is for the United States.
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What Tesla's Robot Tells Us About Bias in Design
The company's previous demo had involved marching a human out in a robot-like bodysuit, so when Optimus walked slowly around the stage, it was met with delight from the cheering crowd. Despite the show's futuristic framing, robotics experts were mostly underwhelmed by the reveal. Optimus' clunky attempts at something like a dance seemed less advanced than other humanoid robots, such as Honda's ASIMO, which played soccer with former President Barack Obama back in 2014. Tesla engineers boasted that Optimus' hand had as many as 11 degrees of freedom (that's to say, all the ways in which robotic parts can bend). In comparison, a robotic hand designed by a Japanese engineer back in 1963 had 27. What is it about Optimus that makes us feel threatened?
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What Tesla's Robot Tells Us About Bias in Design
The company's previous demo had involved marching a human out in a robot-like body suit, so when Optimus walked slowly around the stage, it was met with delight from the cheering crowd. Despite the show's futuristic framing, robotics experts were mostly underwhelmed by the reveal. Optimus' clunky attempts at something like a dance seemed less advanced than other humanoid robots, such as Honda's Asimo, which played soccer with former President Barack Obama back in 2014. Tesla engineers boasted that Optimus' hand had as many as 11 degrees of freedom (that's to say, all the ways in which robotic parts can bend). In comparison, a robotic hand designed by a Japanese engineer back in 1963 had 27. What is it about Optimus that makes us feel threatened?
- Asia > Japan (0.05)
- North America > United States > Arizona (0.05)
- Leisure & Entertainment > Sports > Soccer (0.55)
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Inclusion, inequality, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in Africa
Adoption of Fourth-Industrial-Revolution (4IR) technologies in sub-Saharan Africa could bring not only substantial economic growth and welfare benefits, but also social and economic disruption, including widening inequality if countervailing policies are not adopted, as discussed in our recent report. With a high share of the labor force working informally--a trend expected to continue for several decades--Africa's education and industrial policies need to strike a balance between encouraging private investment needed to create new formal jobs using advanced technology and ensuring that all new labor force entrants have the basic skills and infrastructure to make an adequate living. Much has been written about the current and potential disruptive effects in advanced economies, of the suite of new technologies called the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)--a group of technologies that fuse digital, biological, and physical innovation in applications such as advanced robotics using artificial intelligence, CRISPR digital gene editing, and the networks of sensors and computers called the Internet of Things. Studies estimated that globally in the manufacturing sector alone, 4IR technologies could create 133 million jobs by the end of 2022, but displace 75 million jobs, leading to a net gain of 58 million jobs. Researchers have demonstrated that in the U.S., the skill-bias of technological change in the production sphere disproportionately affected routine and middle-skilled occupations, creating an asymmetry of opportunities, earnings, and income between lower and highly educated workers, and exacerbating inequality trends.
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The Future of Work
The 1st of May is celebrated as International Labor Day, as it historically marks the relentless struggle of the working class to get the workday reduced to 8 hours and the workweek to 40 hours (Al Jazeera, 2019). The history of International Labor Day is rooted in the struggle for freedom and rights. It was initially called the "day of demonstrations," as peaceful protests for the demand of reducing working hours by workers in Chicago were countered by violence by the state. It also led to the sentencing to death of revolutionary leaders, who were tried only because of their political beliefs, without any evidence linking them to violence. Although this movement for labor rights started in the West, it soon reached other parts of the globe as well, where non-Western countries like India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan also initiated similar demonstrations to support better labor rights and opportunities.
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Future of AI: Future of Work and Life
Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of those terms which always manage to be one of the trending topics. A majority of us think of AI as rocket science or robots ruling the world, which is shown in sci-fi movies. However, in real world it is a different story i.e., AI and humans go hand in hand. Everyone has a fear that AI will steal jobs but it can create more employment than it eliminates. Artificial Intelligence is capable of creating more life simplifying tools which will in turn increase the employment rate and these simplifying tools aren't only helpful for people associated with tech, but such inventions are helpful for people in all genres.