Thanks for sharing with us the birth of Nova Andrew and Carol. I look forward to Nova life changing activities.
Regards. Peter On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 8:56 AM Yosem Companys <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends, > > Carol and I are delighted to announce the birth of our daughter, Nova Ng. > > We’re enjoying this precious time with our first child. As probably every > parent understands, we’ve also been reflecting on the world Nova will grow > up in. Specifically, the long term impact of AI and where we are focusing > our efforts in the AI community. > > Building for the AI natives > > Nova belongs to the first generation of AI natives. She and her peers will > grow up taking for granted voice controlled devices, auto-graded homework, > customized news feeds, facial recognition, and unprecedented levels of > AI-powered automation. > > She will come of age in a world shaped by the choices we make now. > > We in the AI community hold an awesome power and responsibility to step up > and make that world better than the one we know today. > > Working on the big problems > AI is not a panacea. It cannot solve all problems. And like every > technological disruption before it (the steam engine, internal combustion, > electricity), it will bring about disruption good and bad. > > But we’re living in an exciting moment. More students are studying AI, > both in universities and online. More research is being funded, more > patents are being granted, and more valuable companies are being built > using AI than ever before. > > There’s already tremendous momentum behind using AI to create businesses. > But I hope this momentum will also spur the global AI community — > engineers, researchers, government officials, entrepreneurs, and subject > matter experts of all kinds — to think creatively about how AI can be used > to tackle our most pressing issues, such as: > > - Climate change > - Access to education > - Income inequality > - Diversity and inclusion > - Enhancing human connections through technology, rather than > disintegrating them > - Accessible and affordable healthcare > - Good governance for all > > Technology alone won’t solve these problems. But I say to every person in > the AI community: Whenever you see a meaningful opportunity to help with > these global issues, please step up. > > We are working on some projects of our own, but would love to hear your > ideas as well. Please feel free to post below, or tweet at us at @AndrewYNg > and @robot_MD. > > Thinking about what Nova’s life might be like in 2100 makes us more > optimistic than ever about humanity, but also more determined than ever to > work with all of you to build the world we want. > > Andrew and Carol > > https://medium.com/@andrewng/nova-ng-38c9fb2883bb > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable from any major > commercial search engine. Violations of list guidelines will get you > moderated: https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/listinfo/lt. Unsubscribe, > change to digest mode, or change password by emailing > [email protected]. -- <https://about.me/petertaiwoakinremi?promo=email_sig&utm_source=product&utm_medium=email_sig&utm_campaign=gmail_api&utm_content=thumb> Peter Taiwo Akinremi about.me/petertaiwoakinremi <https://about.me/petertaiwoakinremi?promo=email_sig&utm_source=product&utm_medium=email_sig&utm_campaign=gmail_api&utm_content=thumb>
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