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Why Engineers Still Need the Humanities

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So far Ive uncovered the names of more than 200 women who contributed to electrical engineering, the first step in an eventual book project. The only way to discover it is to go to the library in person and leaf through the papers. Most of the content is unavailable on the Internet or anywhere else. Martin, Jr., In 1961, C.R.

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Worry About Sentient AI—Not for the Reasons You Think

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Birch lays out these concerns in his book The Edge of Sentience: Risk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AI , published last year by Oxford University Press. Birch: My own personal view is that sentience has tremendous importance. Can you explain this perspective?

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BMW providing 10 pre-owned i3 EVs to UC Davis for 18 months

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We’re moving toward a transportation system of reduced personal car ownership. This is one slice of conditioning the market, users and institutions like this university to think along those lines. They will also conduct surveys to determine how people’s opinions change about electric vehicles before and after driving one.

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How the Computer Graphics Industry Got Started at the University of Utah

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Their groundbreaking research, conducted at the University of Utah , in Salt Lake City, and at their company, Evans and Sutherland , helped jump-start the computer graphics industry. A ceremony was held at the university on 24 March to recognize the computer graphics and visualization techniques with an IEEE Milestone.

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Improve Your Chances of Landing That Job Interview

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You borrow the credibility of the person who gave a vote of confidence. Most commonly, this will be your university or workplace. Engage with university alumni working in interesting roles, or reconnect with an ex-colleague to see what theyre up to. A strong referral has two benefits: Your profile gets increased visibility.

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Vaclav Smil: Cars weigh too much

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And so the outlook is for ever-better engines or electric motors in heavy vehicles used in a way that results in the worst weight-to-payload ratios for any mechanized means of personal transportation in history. He has published 35 books and more than 400 papers on these topics. —Vaclav Smil. 24,24 doi: 10.1109/MSPEC.2015.6995626.

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AI’s Threats to Jobs and Human Happiness Are Real

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One such effort is a book that came out last fall called AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future. The book is co-written by. Universal basic income. Charles Simonyi , the person who created Microsoft word. In the book, you say that an entirely new social contract is needed. Kai-Fu Lee on….

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