The Future of Work: How Technology Will Change the Way We Work
Technology has dramatically changed the way we work: it automates processes, collects and organizes our information, and offers new lines for global communication. It both opens new industries and shutters traditional strongholds at an accelerating pace, and it continually redefines what it means to “work” in the world today. Advances in areas such as robotics and artificial intelligence have caused equal amounts of excitement and alarm. How will technology of the future continue affect our work? Will the pace of innovation continue to accelerate?
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THIS SEPTEMBER COMMUNITY CINEMA SHOWCASES MAKERS:
WOMEN IN SPACE MAKERS IS A NEW PBS SERIES THAT SPOTLIGHTS AND CELEBRATES GROUNDBREAKING WOMEN
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What happens when machines surpass humans in general intelligence? Will artificial agents save or destroyus? If machine brains surpassed human brains in general intelligence, then this new superintelligencecould become extremely powerful—possibly beyond our control.
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When you go for a jog, are you focused only on the miles ahead? Running might seem simple to us, but running requires the effective coordination of hundreds of muscles and joints, as well as the underlying physiological processes that govern and support them. How is your hip extension? Do you tend to overstride when you run? What about your posture?
The basic biomechanics of running involves contact with the ground, “flight time,” stride length, stride rate, and the motion of the joints. Small differences in the interactions of the muscles, joints, and physiology can affect the biomechanics of the runner. Scientists use sophisticated technology to help them understand the details of this complicated process.
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Join Chicago Council on Science and Technology for Science in the Second City!
CHICAGO, Illinois (June 3, 2014) –Enjoy stimulating conversation with Chicago’s scientific, business and philanthropic community, become immersed in hands-on science exhibits and demonstrations, and enjoy a stunning view of the Chicago skyline at the Adler Planetarium on Thursday, June 5. Join C2ST for our forth benefit, Science in the Second City.
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Chicago Council on Science and Technology brings military, climate experts together to discuss “The Multiplication of Threats: Climate Change & the Risks to National Security”
Climate security has brought environmentalists and militaries across the world into a unique accord: both are concerned by the effects that climate change does and will have on existing situations of insecurity. The U.S. Department of Defense declared the threat of climate change impacts a very serious national security vulnerability that, among other things, could enable further terrorist activity. They deem climate change a “threat multiplier.”
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