
The Turing Transformation: Artificial intelligence, intelligence augmentation, and skill premiums
Almon Brown Strowager, an American undertaker from the 19th century, allegedly angry that a local switch operator (and wife of a competing undertaker) was redirecting his customer calls to her husband, sought to take all switch operators to their employment graves. He conceived of and, with family members, invented the Strowager switch that automated the placement of phone calls in a network. The switch spread worldwide and, as a consequence, a job that once employed over 200,000 Americans has almost disappeared.
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Discrimination bigger concern from AI than human extinction, says EU
Discrimination is a more pressing concern from advancing artificial intelligence than human extinction, says the EU’s competition chief.
Margrethe Vestager told the BBC “guardrails” were needed to counter the technology’s biggest risks.
She said this was key where AI is being used to help make decisions that can affect someone’s livelihood, such as whether they can apply for a mortgage.
The European Parliament will vote on its proposed AI rules on Wednesday.
The AI Act is being considered by politicians amid warnings over developing the tech – which enables computers to perform tasks typically requiring human intelligence – too quickly.
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ChatGPT and health care: implications for interoperability and fairness
Since its debut to the world, ChatGPT has sparked an immense interest within the health care community. It is an example of large language models that use deep learning algorithms to process natural language and generate responses to user inputs in a conversational manner. This technology has the potential to improve the way patients interact with health care providers and enhance the overall quality of health care services.
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