Pandemic
math:
Corona
19 = the 1st bottle in the 4th six-pack
It’s
not surveillance, it’s medicine. It won’t be surveillance until
the pandemic is over.
European
experts ready smartphone technology to help stop coronavirus
A
group of European experts said on Wednesday they would soon launch
technology for smartphones to help trace people who had come into
contact with those infected with coronavirus, helping the health
authorities act swiftly to halt its spread.
The
initiative proposes keeping a record of when a smartphone comes in
close range with another, so that should an individual test positive
for the virus, others at risk of infection can be quickly identified.
The
ability to track down those at risk of infection more accurately
could make it possible to ease country-wide lockdowns that have
brought economic activity in many countries to a near halt.
The
European initiative, called Pan-European Privacy Preserving Proximity
Tracing (PEPP-PT https://www.pepp-pt.org
), follows the successful use of smartphones in some Asian countries
to track the spread of the virus and enforce quarantine orders,
although their methods
would violate strict European data protection rules.
Time
for some serious technical reading?
Open
Access to ACM Digital Library During Coronavirus Pandemic
March
30, 2020 – “Dear ACM Members: As the coronavirus/COVID-19
pandemic continues, we at ACM would like to do what we can to help
support the computing community. Many computing researchers and
practitioners are now working remotely. In addition, teaching and
learning have also moved online as more and more campuses close. We
believe that ACM can help support research, discovery and learning
during this time of crisis by opening
the ACM
Digital Library
to
all. For the next three months,
there will be no fees assessed for accessing or downloading work
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and students maintain access to our publications as well as
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and magazines. Please be sure to inform your colleagues that the ACM
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Another
perspective.
Free PDF
download: Managing AI and ML in the enterprise 2020
As
artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) initiatives
reshape critical sectors, CXOs need to understand the ethical issues
of using AI and ML at their operations. ZDNet and TechRepublic
published a PDF ebook: Managing
AI and ML in the enterprise 2020,
which examines how companies manage, benefit from, and make ethical
decisions regarding their AI and ML usage.
Perhaps
they should hire a lawyer?
Shanghai
judicial courts start to replace clerks with AI assistants
… That
initiative started on Wednesday under a pilot programme in Shanghai,
where 10 courts replaced
clerks with AI assistants to transcribe case notes, pull
out files and present digitised evidence, according to a report by
Legal Daily.
“Replacing
manual records with recordings and automated transcribing, using
voice recognition [technology], will greatly improve efficiency in
courtrooms,” said Wang Jian, the presiding judge of the Xuhui
District People’s Court of Shanghai, in the report. “It also
helps reflect statements made in court in a more accurate and
comprehensive manner.”
A
little magic?
The
first Harry Potter audiobook voiced by Stephen Fry is now free to
stream
Harry
Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,
which was released as Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in
the US,
is now free to stream on Audible. It’s part of a
series of initiatives launched
by JK Rowling and friends to keep everyone entertained while they’re
cooped up at home. Better yet, it’s the version narrated by
Stephen Fry, which has previously been difficult to legally access in
the US.
… Meanwhile,
if you’d like to listen to the audiobook, then you can do so over
at stories.audible.com.
Unfortunately the offer is streaming only (with no option to
download), so you’ll need to make sure you’ve got a somewhat
stable connection to the internet during its nine and a half hour
runtime.
Why
not?
International
Treasure Dolly Parton Will Now Read Us Bedtime Stories
Nashville
Scene – The
superstar’s Goodnight With Dolly video series is exactly what we
need right now –
“It’s
no small thing to find comfort and solace in a time of widespread
panic. Most of us have never experienced a global pandemic of this
scale in our lifetimes. As we responsibly limit our interactions
with others by sheltering in place, it’s easy to feel isolated,
lonely and afraid. Dolly Parton isn’t giving up on us. The
Tennessean who gave us “Jolene,” who gave us “I Will Always
Love You,” who is one-third of the glorious feminist comedy 9
to 5,
who sends books to 850,000 children per month — the heroic angel
Dolly Parton will read us bedtime stories when we need them most.
The legend will kick off a 10-book video series at 6 p.m. on
Thursday, April 2, with The
Little Engine That Could,
and will continue weekly with other titles from Dolly
Parton’s Imagination Library...”
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