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‘So clever I don’t understand a word of what I am saying’ – AI’s potential for handling text-based data is far from unlimited

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The often-expressed fear that AI robots are on the verge of infiltrating and taking control of every aspect of our lives is admittedly understandable, given the capabilities of AI already proclaimed today: writing guest articles for newspapers, answering basic customer service queries, diagnosing medical conditions, solving long-standing scientific problems in biology and much more – if you believe the sources [1],[2]. But are these purported successes really evidence of unlimited potential? Will AI systems really be able to solve any task given enough time and data?  » Read more about: ‘So clever I don’t understand a word of what I am saying’ – AI’s potential for handling text-based data is far from unlimited  »

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Teleworking, teletravail, teletrabajo… Who is working remotely?

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In Washington D.C., metro ridership is only 30 percent of the 2019 ridership. The hustle and bustle of the city has not returned as employers are uncertain on when and how to reopen offices due to the Delta variant and at present Omicron. A Capital Covid survey conducted by the Greater Washington Partnership revealed that less than half of employees were expected to be back in the office on an average workday this fall.  » Read more about: Teleworking, teletravail, teletrabajo… Who is working remotely?  »

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“Dr. Cab Driver”: High rates of over- and under-qualification, despite ‘progress’ in education.

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Does this situation seem familiar to you? On the Uber ride to the airport, you get caught up in a conversation with the driver and before you know it, you’re in the middle of a discussion about the potential of genetically modified bacteria to create cancer drugs. It quickly turns out that there is an extremely educated person in the driver’s seat who is currently putting his education to rather limited use. A new report from the International Labor Organization (ILO) on this matter now shows that only half of all workers worldwide have an occupation that matches their level of education.  » Read more about: “Dr. Cab Driver”: High rates of over- and under-qualification, despite ‘progress’ in education.  »

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Wanted: healthcare workers – but why aren’t these jobs being filled?

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Despite improvement, there will still be a significant gap between supply and demand of healthcare staff by 2029 in Switzerland, according to the national 2021 report on future healthcare staff needs, published by the Swiss Health Observatory in September.
The report estimates that by 2029, the personnel demand in the healthcare sector may rise to 222,100. Compared to a base number of 185,600 recorded staff in 2019, an additional number of 36,500 staff will be required.  » Read more about: Wanted: healthcare workers – but why aren’t these jobs being filled?  »

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Follow-Up on Equal Pay, or; The monster in our closet that we all ignore

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This is a follow-up post to our last article on the Gender Pay Gap (GPG), in which we suggested that focusing on a pay gap based on gender is not enough and that shifting the focus to the concept of performance would be useful. As a kind of continuation, we turn here to the topic of fast fashion and discuss this ubiquitous ‘monster’ in all our closets, including from the perspective of equal pay.

Lack of initiative despite well-known problems
We all know it,  » Read more about: Follow-Up on Equal Pay, or; The monster in our closet that we all ignore  »

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