Daily bread 04/09/2018

• Alan Turing Google Doodle: His 100th Birthday

  "the Alan Turing Google Doodle"

  tags: turing

• Is Artificial Intelligence Replacing Your Intelligence?

  • Is Artificial Intelligence Replacing Your Intelligence?
  • collective stupidity
  • a lack of
  • despite being surrounded by
  • cognitive offloading
  • our own intelligence atrophies
  • We are outsourcing
  • this plays out over several generations
  • voice-to-text
  • auto-correct
  • spell-check
  • auto-complete
  • augment
  • misspelled.
  • audible machine-based language translation
  • speak into a device
  • instantly translates and vocalizes our words into any language
  • sounds amazing
  • critical messages are disseminated
  • we use artificial intelligence to augment our own intelligence
  • AI

  • skills are amplified
  • remain intact
  • (IA)
  • intelligence amplification
  • layering data on top of what we already see
  • augmented vision
  • keep your real intelligence intact

  • 1. Practice math without a calculator.

  • using a calculator or other mathematical tools as a crutch
  • a time-saver
  • 286 multiplied by 9
  • multiplication and division by hand
  • 142,500 divided by 4,655

  • 2. Drive to your next appointment without GPS assistance.

  • are pervasive today
  • in real-time
  • meticulously plotting out
  • get from Point A to Point B
  • builds spatial reasoning skills

  • 3. Get a free brain test and re-test periodically.

  • the pursuit of technological advancement
  • absorbing more and more
  • download podcasts
  • search the internet 
  • scan social newsfeeds
  • read online publications
  • bite-sized
  • multi-tasking
  • we are neglecting deep processing
  • to gauge your short-term memory, reasoning and verbal ability
  • establish a baseline
  • in order to
  • trending downward
  • investing incredible sums
  • we can offload
  • you might argue
  • in the digital age
  • are becoming obsolete
  • likely to have other setbacks
  • Case in point:
  • It would be a shame if
  • renders current or future generations unable to
  • should the need arise.

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