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Sharing your children’s bad behavior on social media is making it worse

Jan11
by on January 11, 2019 at 11:39 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media, syndication


Matt Cox knew he would be criticized when he forced his 10-year-old daughter to walk 5 miles to school in 36-degree weather as her punishment for being suspended from the school bus twice for bullying. “I know a lot of you parents are not going to agree with this, but that is alright, because I’m doing what I feel is right to teach my daughter a lesson and to stop her from bullying,” Cox said in a Facebook Live video that he posted of her punishment in December 2018. The video quickly garnered over 15 million views. Although some online…

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New blockchain center opens in New York amid cryptocurrency market woes

Jan11
by on January 11, 2019 at 11:11 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


The city of New York has a new blockchain center. Opened by the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) as part of a partnership with FuturePerfect Labs (an affiliate of FuturePerfect Ventures) and GBBC Labs (a subsidiary of the Global Blockchain Business Council), the new facility is expected to play a significant role in developing the city’s blockchain ecosystem. The center, located in the city’s Chelsea district, will seek to provide entrepreneurs and innovators with business support, space, and mentorship. It will also bring together industry, government, investors, innovators, and academia in a bid to advance the dialogue about…

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New blockchain center opens in New York amid cryptocurrency market woes

Jan11
by on January 11, 2019 at 11:11 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


The city of New York has a new blockchain center. Opened by the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) as part of a partnership with FuturePerfect Labs (an affiliate of FuturePerfect Ventures) and GBBC Labs (a subsidiary of the Global Blockchain Business Council), the new facility is expected to play a significant role in developing the city’s blockchain ecosystem. The center, located in the city’s Chelsea district, will seek to provide entrepreneurs and innovators with business support, space, and mentorship. It will also bring together industry, government, investors, innovators, and academia in a bid to advance the dialogue about…

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New blockchain center opens in New York amid cryptocurrency market woes

Jan11
by on January 11, 2019 at 11:11 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


The city of New York has a new blockchain center. Opened by the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) as part of a partnership with FuturePerfect Labs (an affiliate of FuturePerfect Ventures) and GBBC Labs (a subsidiary of the Global Blockchain Business Council), the new facility is expected to play a significant role in developing the city’s blockchain ecosystem. The center, located in the city’s Chelsea district, will seek to provide entrepreneurs and innovators with business support, space, and mentorship. It will also bring together industry, government, investors, innovators, and academia in a bid to advance the dialogue about…

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Don’t overestimate AI’s understanding of human language

Jan11
by on January 11, 2019 at 8:39 am
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence, syndication


This article is part of Demystifying AI, a series of posts that (try to) disambiguate the jargon and myths surrounding AI. It’s very easy to misread and overestimate achievements in artificial intelligence. And nowhere is this more evident than in the domain of human language, where appearances can falsely hint at in-depth capabilities. In the past year, we’ve seen any number of companies giving the impression that their chatbots, robots and other applications can engage in meaningful conversations as a human would. You just need to look at Google’s Duplex, Hanson Robotics’ Sophia and numerous other stories to become convinced that we’ve reached a…

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