#Pope Francis Wants You to Pray for Ethical Robots

#Pope Francis Wants You to Pray for Ethical Robots

“#Pope Francis Wants You to Pray for Ethical Robots ” Screenshot: Vatican News/YouTube There’s a lot of folks worried about the ethics and future of AI and robotics. Apparently, you can count Pope Francis among them. Each month, the pope issues a new prayer intention. The topics vary from month to month—September, for instance, was…

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#Why software developers might be obsolete by 2030

#Why software developers might be obsolete by 2030

“#Why software developers might be obsolete by 2030” In 1930, John Maynard Keynes predicted we’d be having 15-hour workweeks by the end of the century. But by the time it was 2013, it was clear the great economist had gotten something wrong. Welcome to the era of bullshit jobs, as anthropologist David Graeber coined it. Since the 1930s,…

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#Using AI, Canadian city predicts who might become homeless

#Using AI, Canadian city predicts who might become homeless

“#Using AI, Canadian city predicts who might become homeless” TORONTO – As makeshift tent cities spring up across Canada to house rough sleepers who fear using shelters due to COVID-19, one city is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to predict which residents risk becoming homeless. Computer programmers working for the city of London, Ontario, 170km southwest…

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