Curated Commons // Edition 72
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A sports data deep dive
A very interesting deep dive of data from a health wearable from a top American footballer in a major game - Read here
Inflation hits…Japan’s favorite snack
One of Japan’s favorite snacks is falling a victim to inflation, for the first time in four decades. - Read here
Computers are leaving us way behind in Chess
Very good read on how we taught computers to play chess, and then saw them run away with it. The linked website (https://tcec-chess.com/) is just a surreal view of algorithms battling it out with humans as bystanders. - Read here
On a related note, good read on how AI conquered Poker - Read here ($)
Who’s responsible for what in a driverless car?
Given an increasing number of automotive companies have models that have differing levels of autonomy, it is time we have a clear view of responsibility of the human, the algorithm, and the humans behind the algorithm. - Read here
Another day, another predictive algorithm stumbles
This has become the norm - algorithm overpredicting risk based on historic data leading to minority group being impacted more, producing more data for future that fuels the vicious cycle - Read here
The automation-means-job-loss narrative probably has to wait
Many sold automation based on fear, not on opportunity. We’ve all seen the headlines blaring forecasted job losses. Now, new research suggests that the direct effect of automation may be to increase employment, not reduce it. - Read here ($)
Groceries, robots, patents, and a remote village in Norway
This was an eye-opening read. A history of the origin of Ocado’s world-famous automation in warehouse robots and how they lie in a small Norwegian village and the ensuing patent wars. - Read here ($)
The digital transformation of philanthropy
Pay in installments comes to donate in installments. Interesting read on rise of Microphilanthropy through apps. - Read here ($)
AI building AI?
Can AI build AI? Researchers have made some progress. - Read here
What will you wear in the metaverse?
Whether you have decided or not, you already will be spoilt for choices, given the number of companies that have already set up shop. - Read here ($)
On a related topic, how might China’s metaverse (if that makes sense!) look? Clean, compliant and sanitized? - Read here
2022- what to expect in EV
Good set of charts from Bloomberg on what to expect from electric vehicles in 2022. China and Tesla all the way. - Read here
Personal transport drones are here. Almost.
When are you getting one? - Read here
Lab grown hair cells might soon be here to cure baldness
Biologists at several startups are applying the latest advances in genetic engineering to the age-old problem of baldness, creating new hair-forming cells that could restore a person’s ability to grow hair. - Read here
Movies, popcorn, and capitalism
If you are a fan of long reads, this is a good one on what it means to tie movies with food (including, yes, references to snack smuggling!) - Read here
More interesting reads:
Good thread on energy transition investment - Read here
What can we learn about sleep from the pre-industrial era - Read here ($)
ARK’s big ideas 2022 report is out - Read here
Long read on the garment industry in Honduras, and how companies worked closely with the US Govt to keep wages rock-bottom. - Read here
Meta has built an AI supercomputer it says will be world’s fastest by end of 2022 - Read here
The rise of AI fighter pilots - Read here ($)
Fab report on an artist and her online course on drawing for kids (@drawtogether) - See here
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