“Artificial intelligence is improving rapidly, and a lot of people are worried that it will lead to massive job losses. In the past, technology mostly displaced workers doing routine tasks or manual labor.”
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“In an interview with Variety, first lady Michelle Obama weighs in on diversity in Hollywood, going into particular detail about why she thinks it’s important that television and film represent people of all different backgrounds — to combat stereotypes and ignorance:
My mom says it all the”
“In an interview with Variety, first lady Michelle Obama weighs in on diversity in Hollywood, going into particular detail about why she thinks it’s important that television and film represent people of all different backgrounds — to combat stereotypes and ignorance:
My mom says it all the”
“Late-night TV is experiencing, in Larry Wilmore’s own words, an Unblackening. Comedy Central announced Monday that, with just 12 weeks to go before the presidential election, the network is canceling The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore, with the final episode of the show airing Thursday.”
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“Struggling to reduce its high murder rate, the city of Chicago has become an incubator for experimental policing techniques. Community policing, stop and frisk, “interruption” tactics — the city has tried many strategies.”
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“The idea was born in a hotel room. In 2005, Hanna Wallach, a machine-learning researcher, found herself bunking with colleagues to attend the Neural Information Systems Processing (NIPS) conference.”
“Almost every network executive introducing their fall TV schedule at the 2016 Television Critics Association summer press tour was quick to tout the diversity of their programming lineup, or to reassure the assembled critics that they take diversity seriously, they know they can do better with di”
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“As some would have it, robots are poised to take over the world in about 3 … 2 … 1 … But one machine-learning expert — who is, after all, in a position to know — thinks that’s not the biggest issue facing artificial intelligence. In fact, it’s not an issue at all.”
“We hold certain truths about cities to be self-evident.”
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“When CBS announced its 2016 fall TV schedule a few months ago, the lack of diversity was glaringly obvious: All six new shows are led by white male actors.”
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