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  • About the revolution of the artificial intelligence

    Posted by Gabriela on July 18, 2020 at 4:50 pm

    Udo Gollub wrote this text 4 years ago. We therefore know on what he was quite right and in what respect he was a bit too optimistic.

    Clearly was the the digital camera a revolution.

    We have known for a long time that distance learning for students should be promoted. During Corona, distance learning suddenly became a reality of necessity. The feedback afterwards revealed that most of the students definitely prefer class room teaching. At least half of them fell behind without the presence of a teacher.

    The industry of autonomous cars is not there now where he thought it would be in 2020.

    In general, Covid 19 has thrown a lot overboard this year. In America for example Corona contagions are getting out of hand despite the help of artificial intelligence. Much about health remains a mystery at the moment.

    I recently talked about Cripto Currency with an experienced banker who has been working for 40 years in that field. She told me that investing in a Cripto Currency was highly risky and was like investing in a Casino game. She can’t see any change for that in the next future.

    Agriculture: Robots need to be maintained otherwise they don’t work properly. And there I see the problem with Farmers in 3rd world countries. Laxity is often part of their mentality and therefore I seriously doubt that robots will be the solution.

    I genuinely hope that solar power production will soon become a success story. But right now, there is still the problem of storing this energy.

    Kerin replied 6 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Kerin

    Administrator
    July 20, 2020 at 9:40 am

    Thank you for sharing your thoughts @Gabriela

    I totally agree with you that Covid has accelerated the digital age (especially in work habits and distance learning) and I think a lot of teachers were (rightly so) unprepared for this.

    By the way – this site has some good resources and ideas for teaching online that you might find useful: https://www.futurelearn.com/info/blog/resources-for-online-teaching-during-coronavirus

    I am extremely cautious regarding Cripto Currency and in fact don’t think I even really understand it! I agree 100% with what you say about robots regrading farmers and developing countries.

    The technology (and the speed at which things change)it both fascinates and scares me to death!

    Some notes:

    To make this more natural sounding: We therefore know on what he was quite right and in what respect he was a bit too optimistic > We therefore know what he got more or less right and in what respect he was a bit too optimistic.

    Word order: Clearly was the the digital camera a revolution > Clearly the digital camera was a revolution.

    Change: The industry of autonomous cars is not there now where he thought it would be in 2020. >The industry of autonomous cars is not exactly where he thought it would be in 2020.

    👍🌸



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