Programs from our archives that focus on technology. Watch them in their entirety by visiting our website, book tv. Org and use the search function at the top of the major. First from march 2019, nyu Stearns School of business professor argues that Artificial Intelligence is giving too much power to big corporations. My job is to model risk for a living and i primarily focus on technology and i over and over come back to the same companies that control the lions share of patents, that have an extraordinary amount of money, that are able to attract the best talent because they have the best food. That much have the relationships with universities, and it doesnt mean that there arent other Companies Like salesforce or nvidia or uber that arent doing amazing things, but its three the Nine Companies that this throws. And it touches all of these nine. In addition theyre building the frameworks and custom silicon chips and the code basis, all roads lead to these Nine Companies and the challe
Best talent because they are the best food. You know, that have the relationships with universities and it doesnt mean there arent other Companies Like salesforce or uber that are doing Amazing Things but it is these Nine Companies that Everything Else flows. The entire ai ecosystem, in some way or the other, touches these nine. In addition to all the things that i just mentioned they are building the framework and the custom silicone tips and they have the code bases. All roads lead to these Nine Companies in the challenge that i have is that if it is the case that Artificial Intelligence is not just being built to create a better microwave although that is cool that instead to optimize our lives using data as currency what does it mean when we relegate that to just a handful of companies and a handful of people working at these companies who probably dont look like us and dont have the same worldviews as us and what are the longerterm downstream invocations of that look like . Three
Nine companies, the same companies that control the lions share of patents, that of an extraordinary of money that are able to attract the best talent because of the best food, you know, that have the relationships with universities here it doesnt mean there are not other Companies Like salesforce or nvidia over for not doing Amazing Things but its through these Nine Companies that Everything Else flows. The entire ai ecosystem in some way or another touches these nine. In addition to all of the things i just mentioned, they are also building the frameworks and the custom silicone chips and they have the code bases. All roads lead to these Nine Companies, and the challenge that i have is that if its the case that Artificial Intelligence is not just being built to create a better microwave, although thats cool, but instead to optimize our lives using data as currency, what does it mean when we relegate that are just a handful of companies and handful of people working at these companies
Business professor amy webb argues Artificial Intelligence is giving too much power to big corporations. My job is to model risk and i focus on technology and i come back to the same nine companies. They have relationships with universities and it doesnt mean that there are not other Companies Like salesforce or guber that are not doing Amazing Things they are also building the frameworks and theyve got the code bases. All of the roads lead to this end of the challenge that i have is if it is the case that Artificial Intelligence is not just being built to create a better microwave, although that is cool but to optimize our lives using a. Companies that dont look like us and dont have the same worldview as assess their publicly traded companies but i lived in china and japan and anybody that watches does publicly traded companies are still under the thumb of beijing aso there is no escape. It is because you are in lockstep with the Chinese Government and that matters because they had a
War i. In november of 1918 the people of combat nation felt relief that the years of warfare and death were over. Yet another threat to life was reaching across the nations into homes and schools and hospitals, the flu. Influenza pin democrat 1918 killed more people worldwide then killed in combat in the war. Many records housed in the National Archives here in the Washington Area and many other field locations, documents this effort break in the United States and writers reports, books, telegrams show the reach of the 1918 influenza epidemic to all parts of the nation. These records opena a window oo the world of 101 years ago and show us the human and societal cost of the pandemic. They allow us not only to look back at times but perhaps also to look ahead. As thepa information may help guide present inquiries and increase our understanding of the disease. Doctor jeremy brown is an emergency physician and was a Research Director in the department of emergency medicine at the George W