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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Jan 2

    A.I. and Big Data Could Power a New War on Povertyhttps://nyti.ms/2EtndUG 

    6:14 AM - 2 Jan 2018
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      1. Greener Boston‏ @greener_boston Jan 2
        Replying to @sapinker

        There are so many problems that our new technological capabilites can solve. How can we make sure that these resources are being invested in places where they improve society, and where thay hurt people?http://for.tn/2eGqVx4 

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      1. فُنٌجَٱنٌ حًبّر‏ @Inkcup90 Jan 2
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        @boooombooox2000

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      1. ParadoX‏ @UnC0mm0nGr0und Jan 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        Will it? Or do NYT writers again just think about people like themselves, rather than the low-opportunity "rednecks" they seem to despise anyway?

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      1. Fundily Mundelly‏ @FundilyMundelly Jan 10
        Replying to @sapinker

        More likely to power a war on the impoverished.

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      1. Arjan Haring  🤖 🌰‏ @happybandits Jan 3
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        Would love to explore possibilities to collaborate with @elismason1 at @jadatascience. Thanks for sharing @sapinker

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      1. David W. Locke‏ @DavidWLocke Jan 2
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        Given the people that would teach the robot, no thanks. The last time we deformed education we let it teach right-wing ideolgy.

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      1. Neeraj Kumar  💻‏ @87android Jan 2
        Replying to @sapinker @vkhosla

        Undoubtedly. However, both will change technologies worldwide soon,

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      1. Grey Area‏ @tardomatic Jan 2
        Replying to @sapinker

        The AI will employ people to turn the universe into computronium? ;)

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      2. ejdrouillard‏ @ejdrouillard Jan 2
        Replying to @sapinker

        I find it’s still underrated how technology has played a part in alleviating violence. Who knows how many crimes are deterred by knowledge of ever-present high-res cameras.

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      3. Andreas Maaløe‏ @AndreasMaaloe Jan 2
        Replying to @ejdrouillard @sapinker

        According to research on CCTVs in London it is probably none. Violence is rarely the product of rational planning.

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      4. ejdrouillard‏ @ejdrouillard Jan 2
        Replying to @AndreasMaaloe @sapinker

        I was mainly referring to everyone having cameras/communicators (smartphones) in their pockets, which surely didn’t happen due to rational planning.

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      1. Linda Ward Selbie  📷‏ @lindaws Jan 2
        Replying to @sapinker

        Does it have to be a ‘war’ - old goat patriarchy language tiresome

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      1. Michael Saunby‏ @msaunby Jan 2
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        Would be really interesting to enable refugees and others to participate in education via telepresence robots.

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      1.  🐇 Patrick Morales‏ @vikingprogress Jan 2
        Replying to @sapinker

        The problem isn't that new technology can't be helpful but that given the economic model for dispersion that it usually helps early adopters first. Early adopters of course being people fiscally capable of taking the risk of early adoption.

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      2. rene de paula jr‏ @renedepaula Jan 2
        Replying to @sapinker

        the question is not what is technically possible, the question is who would make those miracles happen, and why. Tech evangelists tend to believe in automatic progress, or to confound what is possible with what is probable.

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      3. Marcelo Duhalde‏ @md6403 Jan 2
        Replying to @renedepaula @sapinker

        A subset of those who see it as possible will it as feasable, a subset of those might be willing and able. It’s a matter of numbers. Let’s at least be of those who see it possible. #ai #ArtificialIntelligence

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      4. rene de paula jr‏ @renedepaula Jan 3
        Replying to @md6403 @sapinker

        I always dreamed of being saved by illuminated digeratti but Trump 's victory is an evidence of my innocence.

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      1.  🐇 Patrick Morales‏ @vikingprogress Jan 2
        Replying to @sapinker

        You mean by rendering poor people obsolete?

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