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Here Are Some Links For Your Weekly Reading - August 7th, 2022

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

Lighter Links:

• AI's Role in Modernizing Intellectual Property and Bolstering National Security. (USChamber)
• Digital Transformation in 2022 and Beyond: These are the Key Trends. (ZDNet)
• To-Do Lists Free Up Memory for Other Tasks, Study Finds. (Discover)
• People are Drawn to Others With Similar Body Odor. (Discover)
• An Overview of What You Should Know About Monkeypox. (Cumberland)

 

Trading Links:

• More Than 60% of the World's Biggest Companies are Concentrated in Just 3 Countries. Here's a Map of the Fortune Global 500. (Fortune)
• 10 Finance Firms Effectively Own Half of All Future Carbon Emissions. (NewScientist)
• Prediction: These Will Be the 10 Largest Stocks by 2030. (MotleyFool)
• Every Asset Class Suffers Outflows in Second Worst Month on Record. (Investmentweek)
• Stock Buybacks Have Hit Record Levels this Year But They're About to Get Hit by Taxes. These 10 Companies Have Been the Biggest Buyers of Their Own Shares in 2022. (Markets)

What Tasks Should AI Take Over?

One of the most common pop-sci questions about Artificial Intelligence is whether it will take our jobs.  

There's a lot of fear from workers about a future where their roles are taken. Gartner recently surveyed workers on what tasks they wanted AI to handle. 

Gartner via Statista

According to VentureBeat, some survey respondents did not want to use AI at work at all. Their reasons were privacy and security concerns. 

I think one of the tasks that will be thrust upon AI companies is to help workers understand that AI is not meant to replace or take over their jobs, but to help workers be more effective and focused on higher-value tasks. 

Onwards.