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Is AI coming for white-collar jobs? Dr. Friedrich Götz found out the hard way

 
[caption id="attachment_35353" align="aligncenter" width="715"] Photo by Emiliano Vittoriosi on Unsplash[/caption] Dr. Friedrich Götz wondered whether AI was smart enough to handle some of his workload. He was astonished to discover it could. In

‘Greed is good’ for likes and retweets if you’re a U.S. senator: new research

 
Tweet about greed. That’s what U.S. politicians ought to do if they want to gain likes and retweets on Twitter.

Changing human behaviour to avert the climate crisis

 
Researchers at UBC are exploring how people of various political stripes respond to the climate crisis — and how to spur collective climate action despite their differences.
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Psychology graduate student wins 3MT competition

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Is AI coming for white-collar jobs? Dr. Friedrich Götz found out the hard way

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‘Greed is good’ for likes and retweets if you’re a U.S. senator: new research

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