A war, by any other name would smell…
Russia’s Looming Economic Collapse
This is terra incognita for economic policy. No country has ever faced this kind of global freeze-out.
… While Russia holds the military advantage over Ukraine on Battlefield One, it is getting destroyed by a Western alliance on Battlefield Two. In the past few days, the United States and several major European countries have declared a series of financial penalties and sanctions against Russia that are without modern precedent for a major economy. These policies are triggering a financial catastrophe in Russia.
Getting a proper grip on the second battlefield requires breaking down the news of the past several days into three categories: the global boycott of Russia, the economic crisis within Russia, and the worldwide ripple effects that we’re already starting to see.
My AI says, “Yes.”
TechTank Podcast Episode 39: Civil rights and artificial intelligence: Can the two concepts coexist?
Artificial intelligence is now used in virtually all aspects of our lives. Yet unchecked biases within existing algorithmic systems, especially those used in sensitive use cases like financial services, hiring, policing, and housing, have worsened existing societal biases, resulting in the continued systemic discrimination of historically marginalized groups. As banks increase AI usage in loan and appraisal decisions, these populations are subjected to an even greater precision in denials, eroding protections provided by civil rights laws in housing. Meanwhile, the use of facial recognition technologies among law enforcement has resulted in the wrongful arrests of innocent men and women of color through poor data quality and misidentification. These online biases are intrinsically connected to the historical legacies that predate existing and emerging technologies and stand to challenge the policies created to protect historically disadvantaged populations. Can civil rights and algorithmic systems coexist? And, if so, what roles do government agencies and industries play in ensuring fairness, diversity, and inclusion?
On TechTank, Nicol Turner Lee is joined by Renee Cummings, data activist in residence and criminologist at the University of Virginia’s School of Data Science, and Lisa Rice, president and CEO of the National Fair Housing Alliance. Together, they conduct a deep dive into these difficult questions and offer insight on remedies to this pressing question of equitable AI.
You can listen to the episode and subscribe to the TechTank podcast on Apple, Spotify, or Acast.
Management is management. Where and how it is applied is all that changes.
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/ai-can-change-how-you-measure-and-how-you-manage/
AI Can Change How You Measure — and How You Manage
Data-driven leaders are using AI to surface new key performance indicators and increase alignment.
With apologies to Peter Drucker, it is no longer simply what you measure that determines what you manage. It’s how you discover what to measure that determines how you manage. In industry after industry, we see innovative measurement systems leading to innovative metrics and new organizational behaviors that drive superior outcomes. More organizations are recognizing that benchmarking and executive expertise don’t always determine the best key performance indicators (KPIs). These data-driven companies employ predictive analytics such as machine learning, along with leadership acumen, to identify and refine key strategic measures. More finely tuned measures lead to better alignment of behaviors with strategic objectives.
Even when Covid is “over” it won’t be done…
https://www.bespacific.com/even-mild-covid-is-linked-to-brain-damage-scans-show/
Even mild Covid is linked to brain damage, scans show
Inside Daily Brief: “Even mild COVID-19 infections are associated with loss of brain volume. cognitive impairment, and subtle tissue damage, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Oxford analyzed brain scans of 401 individuals between the ages of 51 and 81, the majority of whom had only had mild COVID-19 cases months earlier; however, they still found excess brain volume loss equivalent to about a full year of additional aging…”
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