Calculators and AI, Circular Economy & Automation

Calculators didn’t replace mathematicians, and AI won’t replace humans

AI re-allocates low-level, repetitive tasks to machines, allowing workers to focus on higher-level functions.

Circular economy: Ancient populations pioneered the idea of recycling waste

But for most of the past, most things were not in abundance, and so a core practice of a  was adopted. This did not happen due to ideological motivation, but out of necessity.

Automation is set to hit the heartland the hardest — again

Share of jobs at highest risk of being disrupted by automation.

What Riddles Teach Us about the Human Mind

Yale SOM’s Shane Frederick and his co-authors investigated why certain riddles can confound us. They found that these “stumpers” expose mental models that blind us to possible answers.

PRISONS ACROSS THE U.S. ARE QUIETLY BUILDING DATABASES OF INCARCERATED PEOPLE’S VOICE PRINTS