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Your Next Job Interview May Be With a Robot—Whether You Realize It Or Not
Many companies have turned to artificial intelligence to lead hiring processes and cherry-pick job applicants.
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Sex Robots, Teledildonics, and the Rise of Technosexuals During Lockdown
How Coronavirus and Protests Broke Artificial Intelligence And Why It’s A Good Thing
From the COVID-19 pandemic to the Black Lives Matter protests, 2020 has been a year characterized by global unpredictability and social upheaval. Technology has been a crucial medium of effecting change and keeping people safe, from test and track apps to the widespread use of social media to spread the word about protests and petitions. But amidst this, machine learning AI has sometimes failed to meet its remit, lagging behind rapid changes in social behavior and falling short on the very thing that it is supposed to do best: gauging the data fed into it and making smart choices.
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Coronavirus Has Scrambled the Sex and Porn Industry. Cam Girls Are Cashing In.
For many businesses, coronavirus has been a disaster. Amidst stay-at-home orders and a faltering economy, spending is plummeting and tens of millions of people have lost their jobs. The unprecedented circumstances, however, has led one industry to thrive. A surge in demand for digital sex work means that cam girls are finding that their services are increasingly being sought out as even the most intimate and physical parts of our lives move online.
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