Artificial Intelligence and Jobs: Evidence from Europe
Occupations potentially more exposed to AI-enabled technologies increased their employment share.
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Russian Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina and Head of “BRICS Bank” Throw Cold Water on BRICS Currency Project
We’re late to a story that interestingly has been very much under-reported, perhaps because it is contrary to the anti-globalist narrative….already a minority faction in the Anglosphere. We’ve said for some time that the prospects for replacing the dollar are a long way away, even more so with a newly-created, reserve currency aspirant. Our views […]
Read more...Rage, Neoliberalism, and Phone Trees
How neoliberalism is contributing to the collective sour mood.
Read more...The Big Problem With Small Nuclear Reactors
Diminutive nculear reactors are likely to be just as prone to delays and cost overruns as their behemoth predecessors.
Read more...KLG: Owning the Sun: A People’s History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to COVID-19 Vaccines – A Review-Essay
Unless we figure out a way to spend our wealth on what gives life instead of what takes life, the oncoming crisis that has been called the “Jackpot” here will most certainly be a crisis without a solution.
Read more...Interview: The Ethical Puzzle of Sentient AI
Philosophy professor Jonathan Birch says the potential for conscious AI raises a host of moral concerns.
Read more...Promising Assisted Reproductive Technologies Come With Ethical, Legal and Social Challenges – A Developmental Biologist and a Bioethicist Discuss IVF, Abortion and the Mice With Two Dads
New assisted reproductive technologies are creating ethical dilemmas.
Read more...When Artificial Intelligence Becomes a Central Banker
Artificial intelligence is expected to be widely used by central banks as it brings considerable cost saving and efficiency benefits
Read more...The Education System Isn’t Ready for Another Widespread Closure
Can online learning be saved? Lessons from the pandemic school closures.
Read more...Twitter’s Lost Weekend (“Something Went Wrong”)
A lively weekend on the Twitter!
Read more...Are Rocks The Future Of Solar Power Collection?
Why rocks like granite may have potential as thermal storage media.
Read more...CalPERS Refuses to Spend $1 Million, or $1.30 Each, to Prevent Sale of Personal Data of 770,000 Beneficiaries on Dark Web
How CalPERS is inexcusably throwing nearly 800,000 beneficiaies under the bus in a massive data heist.
Read more...3M Offers $10.3B Settlement Over PFAS Contamination in Water Systems – Now, How Do You Destroy a ‘Forever Chemical’?
One big challenge is making sure remediation efforts don’t make the problem even worse.
Read more...Artificial Intelligence and Your Health – Thoughts on Virtual You: How Building Your Digital Twin Will Revolutionize Medicine and Change Your Life
Virtual You is (supposedly) coming! Should you embrace it or run the other way?
Read more...Firms’ Use of Artificial Intelligence: Cross-Country Evidence on Business Characteristics, Asset Complementarities, and Productivity
Evidence of polarised adoption – with larger and more productive firms more likely to use AI – indicates the potential for widening gaps between leaders and other firms and reinforces the need for policies aimed at fostering an inclusive digital transformation.
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