What's interesting this week...

Develop Impact - Issue 155

Happy Monday!

I hope you had a great weekend and are ready to start the week off strong. It's Women's History Month! Let's continue to create a more inclusive and equitable society for all.

In this week's newsletter, I have another five articles that I found informative and thought-provoking. I hope that you find value in this newsletter for your current or future projects.

This community is all about learning, sharing, and growing together. Please let us know if you have any interesting resources or thoughts to share. Let's continue to use technology as a tool for the greater good.

Let’s make it a great week!

Jesse

What’s interesting…

Why artificial intelligence needs to understand consequences

Rohit Bhattacharya began his Ph.D. in computer science with the aim of creating a tool that would help physicians identify people with cancer who would respond well to immunotherapy. But he discovered that his algorithms weren't up to the task. Bhattacharya was stymied by the age-old dictum that correlation does not equal causation, which is a fundamental stumbling block in artificial intelligence. Machines are typically at a loss when it comes to cause and effect because they lack a common-sense understanding of how the world works. Incorporating models of cause and effect into machine-learning algorithms could help mobile autonomous machines make decisions about how they navigate the world.

Generative AI is changing everything. But what’s left when the hype is gone?

OpenAI's DALL-E text-to-image model, which converts short written descriptions into pictures, was clear to everyone involved that this was something special. But nobody could have predicted just how big a splash this product was going to make. Future versions of familiar tools may use machines that enhance human creativity, rather than replace it. This means pushing machines to be more autonomous, giving them creative responsibility, and getting them to curate as well as create. We will have to wait to see what lasting impact these tools will have on creative industries and on the entire field of AI.

Can frontier tech solve the problems of Japan's declining population?

Japan is using frontier technology to solve social problems, such as the declining population, and is a proof of concept for the rest of the world. The population of Japan has been declining since 2008 and is estimated to dip below 50 million by 2100. Fukuoka city has been promoting an initiative called Fukuoka 100 to create sustainable communities that utilize technology to prepare for the upcoming super-aging society.

Economic Survey: Govt harnessed technology for social good, efficient resource utilization

ET Prime has raised the bar in providing analyses that draw perspective and insights and has redefined journalism away from just reporting. Their reporting on Fintech has been quite prescient, and they have a strong perspective with all facts, figures, and quotes from eminent industry stalwarts.

Tech, Disasters, and Gender: Leveraging Digital Technologies for Flood Response

Climate change is already affecting every region of the world, with low-income countries experiencing the most acute effects. To mitigate climate change, the imperative is to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This article explores how digital technologies are being used to mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from flood events, using a gender perspective.