{"id":64289,"date":"2018-08-14T05:00:59","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T09:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=64289"},"modified":"2018-08-11T22:14:52","modified_gmt":"2018-08-12T02:14:52","slug":"the-beginning-of-a-wave-a-i-tiptoes-into-the-workplace-lohr-3-other-items-re-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2018\/08\/14\/the-beginning-of-a-wave-a-i-tiptoes-into-the-workplace-lohr-3-other-items-re-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;&#8216;The Beginning of a Wave&#8217;: A.I. Tiptoes Into the Workplace&#8221; [ Lohr] + 3 other items re: AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/08\/05\/technology\/workplace-ai.html\">\u2018The Beginning of a Wave\u2019: A.I. Tiptoes Into the Workplace<\/a><\/strong> &#8212; from nytimes.com by Steve Lohr<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">There is no shortage of predictions about how artificial intelligence is going to reshape where, how and if people work in the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">But the grand work-changing projects of A.I., like self-driving cars and humanoid robots, are not yet commercial products. A more humble version of the technology, instead, is making its presence felt in a less glamorous place: the back office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">New software is automating mundane office tasks in operations like accounting, billing, payments and customer service. The programs can scan documents, enter numbers into spreadsheets, check the accuracy of customer records and make payments with a few automated computer keystrokes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The technology is still in its infancy, but it will get better, learning as it goes. So far, often in pilot projects focused on menial tasks, artificial intelligence is freeing workers from drudgery far more often than it is eliminating jobs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techemergence.com\/virtual-medical-assistants\/\">AI for Virtual Medical Assistants \u2013 4 Current Applications<\/a><\/strong> &#8212; from techemergence.com by Kumba Sennaar<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In an effort to reduce the administrative burden of medical transcription and clinical documentation, researchers are developing AI-driven virtual assistants for the healthcare industry.<\/p>\n<p>This article will set out to determine the answers to the following questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What types of AI applications are emerging to improve management of administrative tasks, such as logging medical information and appointment notes, in the medical environment?<\/li>\n<li>How is the healthcare market implementing these AI applications?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/07\/26\/technology\/amazon-aclu-facial-recognition-congress.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Amazon\u2019s Facial Recognition Wrongly Identifies 28 Lawmakers, A.C.L.U. Says\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>&#8212; from nytimes.com by Natasha Singer<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">In the test, the Amazon technology incorrectly matched 28 members of Congress with people who had been arrested, amounting to a 5 percent error rate among legislators.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The test disproportionally misidentified African-American and Latino members of Congress as the people in mug shots.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201cThis test confirms that facial recognition is flawed, biased and dangerous,\u201d said Jacob Snow, a technology and civil liberties lawyer with the A.C.L.U. of Northern California.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">On Thursday afternoon, three of the misidentified legislators \u2014 Senator Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts, Representative Luis V. Guti\u00e9rrez of Illinois and Representative Mark DeSaulnier of California, all Democrats \u2014 followed up with a letter to Jeff Bezos, the chief executive of Amazon, saying there are \u201cserious questions regarding whether Amazon should be selling its technology to law enforcement at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Back from January:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/louiscolumbus\/2018\/01\/12\/10-charts-that-will-change-your-perspective-on-artificial-intelligences-growth\/#1b55d3b34758\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>10 Charts That Will Change Your Perspective On Artificial Intelligence&#8217;s Growth\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>&#8212; from forbes.com by Louis Columbus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018The Beginning of a Wave\u2019: A.I. 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