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We must shift our strategy from automation (replacing heads) to augmentation (increasing value). Data shows that job numbers ...
It feels like the Yankees are finally cleaning out the junk drawer in the bullpen, and nobody should be shedding a tear over ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...
False alarm rate of artificial radioactive aerosol continuous monitor is inevitable. When the standard deviation of artificial radioactive aerosol concentration is determined, the minimum detection ...
Three new books warn against turning into the person the algorithm thinks you are. Like a lot of Netflix subscribers, I find that my personal feed tends to be hit or miss. Usually more miss. The ...
Iranian cinema has risen to international prominence in recent decades, largely through the meticulous realism of such directors as Abbas Kiarostami and Jafar Panahi, who probe ordinary people’s lives ...
Introduction: Ablation of non-pulmonary vein triggers (NPVTs) after pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) may reduce atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence. Localizing a trigger which initiates AF after a ...
From the physical world to the virtual world, algorithms are seemingly everywhere. David J. Malan, Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University, has been challenged to explain the science of ...
People’s daily interactions with online algorithms affect how they learn from others, with negative consequences including social misperceptions, conflict, and the spread of misinformation, my ...
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