The Week Was Awesome 3 May 2019

Happy belated Labour Day to everyone. Special shout out to the folks who didn’t take the day off because they were busy keeping civilisation going… from the Police, to the utilities people to the staff at the ice-cream store serving screaming kids, Happy Labour Day!

1. Surface Extension
Another way to look at IBM’s vision of Augmented Intelligence – machines as an extension of human ingenuity and talent.
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/artificial-intelligence-extended-intelligence

2. What’s New with Big Blue: Poetry in Ocean
Oh I forgot to wish y’all a Happy Earth Day! Come check out how IBM’s Power systems are helping to rid the world of plastic…

https://ibm.co/2OQNa64

3. You’re gonna do time cos AI can predict the crime
Uh-oh, we’re headed into dangerous “Minority Report” territory here. Is this the first step into a dystopian AI-controlled future?
What’s next? AI-controlled education systems that funnel you into “recommended” learning streams based on your perceived propensities?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-04/the-ai-cameras-that-can-spot-shoplifters-even-before-they-steal

4. Face off
Speaking of dystopian futures, how about tapping into publicly accessible camera footage, cross-referencing it on publicly available websites and using it to actually IDENTIFY SOMEBODY. I’m gonna start buying shares in sunglass manufacturers.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/16/opinion/facial-recognition-new-york-city.html

5. What Kenvi learned this week: Ah-Tissue! (Bless you)
As I held the useless tissue crumbling in my hands, desperately trying to wipe the last vestiges of sushi off my grubby fingers,I wondered… how come wet paper tears more easily versus when it’s dry?

https://www.wonderopolis.org/wonder/why-does-paper-rip-easier-when-wet

I went to see the doctor because I kept singing “Green Green Grass of Home”. He diagnosed me with Tom Jones Syndrome. I asked him if it was rare. He said it’s not unusual.