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Doomsday Predictions Around ChatGPT Are Counter-Productive

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In a world where most tech companies tend to over-inflate the good their products can do, it’s incredible that the generative AI movement is using their hype to propagate apocalyptic doomsaying instead. The post Doomsday Predictions Around ChatGPT Are Counter-Productive first appeared on The Horizons Tracker.

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What Can Past Technological Revolutions Tell Us About Today?

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Unequal distribution As we might expect, there are winners and losers from any new technology, and the distribution in terms of productivity and standards of living was far from evenly spread, even though society in general improved with each new technology. Across four categories of jobs, there were some noticeable differences.

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Automation, COVID, And The Future Of Work

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Ever since Oxford’s Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael Osborne published their paper on the potential for jobs to be automated in 2013, a groundswell of concern has emerged about the impact of the various technologies of the 4th industrial revolution might have on the jobs market. Societal wellbeing.

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There's No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. | Rich Gee Group

Rich Gee Group

Dean Harris was a wonderful man who reached out to me at different junctures of my college career — giving me sage advice (and reprimanding me when I stepped over the line). How To Be More Productive When You Work From Home. He’s a special person in my life. at 1:03 PM Rich – Great entry. Guaranteed. Smile or Die!

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12 Bible Verses to Encourage Christian Leaders

Ron Edmondson

Leadership is ultimately a product of the heart we have for others and the vision we’ve been called to lead. My friend, Larry Osborne, wrote a great book about the subject. Looking back on my leadership career I’ve done this many times. I’m convinced humility might be the most attractive leadership quality there is these days.

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Is 8 Hours Of Work Per Week Ideal For Our Health And Wellbeing?

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Back in 2013, Oxford researchers Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael Osborne predicted that 47% of jobs would be automated within a decade. Such statistics have prompted some researchers to propose an optimum working time , from a productivity perspective at least.

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Technology Isn’t Destroying Jobs, But Is Increasing Inequality

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Whilst the likes of the Frey and Osborne paper predicted a pretty widespread demolition of 47% of all jobs, the reality is that those with low-skilled, routine jobs are far more at risk. Amid the concern around the automation of jobs, a long-standing truism has perhaps been overlooked.