«Cette coopération résulte d’une vision sur le long terme. En laissant les universitaires continuer à former la future main-d’œuvre, on s’assure qu’il n’y aura jamais de pénurie en IA» – Jean-François Gagné (Element AI).
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« Physicists are excited when there’s something wrong with physics, and we’re in a situation now where there’s not a lot that’s wrong »
Boykin is no longer a physicist. He’s a Silicon Valley software engineer. And it’s a very good time to be one of those.
In other words, all the physicists pushing into the realm of the Silicon Valley engineer is a sign of a much bigger change to come. Soon, all the Silicon Valley engineers will push into the realm of the physicist.
Source : Google, Facebook, and the Rest of the Silicon Valley Crowd Need More Physicists | WIRED
«Smaller towns in Japan are greying even faster than cities, and there are just not enough workers to operate buses and taxis».
Source : Japan trials driverless cars in bid to keep rural elderly on the move
« In the latest research and development in self-driving vehicles, Volvo Group, together with Swedish waste and recycling specialists Renova, is testing a pioneering autonomous refuse truck that has the potential to be used across the urban environment ».
Source : Volvo pioneers autonomous, self-driving refuse truck in the urban environment
Google promet plus de « transparence » avec un véritable retour et suivi sur les pages et vidéos où seront affichées les publicités, afin d’éviter les mauvaises surprises qui ont déclenché ce boycott.Pour mettre en place ces changements, Philip Schindler promet un recrutement massif et l’utilisation de nouveaux outils basés sur de l’IA.
Source : Propagande haineuse : tout comprendre au boycott massif des publicités Google – Business – Numerama
« Before accepting rides on his Uber app each day, Seattle driver Fasil Teka must first choose whether to listen to company-run podcasts on voting rights, collective bargaining and city council hearings. He and other drivers in the city have received text messages, meeting invites and phone surveys from ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc. in an attempt, the company says, to sway them against unionizing ».
Source : Uber Gears Up to Block Bid to Form a Union in Seattle – WSJ
Kalanick: “Some people don’t like to take responsibility for their own shit. They blame everything in their life on somebody else. Good luck!”
Kamel: “Good luck to you, but I know [you’re not] going to go far.”
Source : In Video, Uber CEO Argues With Driver Over Falling Fares – Bloomberg
« Facebook may suggest that this move is a natural extension of people already using the social network to connect and find jobs, but it could also be a path to additional revenue for the platform since businesses will be able to leverage Facebook’s advertising tool to market open positions, targeting them to specific demographics » – Ken Yeung @THEKENYEUNG.
« There will be fewer and fewer jobs that a robot cannot do better. I want to be clear. These are not things I wish will happen; these are things I think probably will happen. And if my assessment is correct and they probably will happen, than we have to think about what are we going to do about it? I think some kind of universal basic income is going to be necessary. The output of goods and services will be extremely high. With automation there will come abundance. Almost everything will get very cheap. I think we’ll end up doing universal basic income. It’s going to be necessary ». – Elon Musk
Source : Elon Musk says automation will make a universal basic income necessary soon
The ride-sharing company will pay the Federal Trade Commission $20 million to settle charges that it misled people over how much they could earn driving. Uber is also settling an FTC claim that its vehicle-financing programs, designed to make cars available to people who need them, were not in fact the “best financing options available.” By settling, Uber has not explicitly admitted to any of the FTC’s allegations. But the evidence against the company is compelling. For years, the company exaggerated and o
Source : Uber is paying the FTC $20 million for misleading drivers about how much they really make — Quartz