Kurt Shintaku's Blog

Many feared that artificial intelligence would kill jobs. But hospitals, insurance companies and others are creating roles to navigate and harness the disruptive technology.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/29/technology/us-jobs-ai-chatgpt-tech.html
(Archive: https://archive.ph/FCHZ2)

Why? Because artificial intelligence has been a breakthrough catalyst for never-before advancements.  Here’s some of the many that Microsoft has been involved with in just the last year:

• Cancer Detection: Paige & Microsoft Build World’s Largest AI Model to Detect Cancer
• Ocean Cleanup: AI & Machine Learning actively in use for Project Ocean Cleanup
• Battery Life: New battery with 50% greater charge discovered with AI
• Vaccine Development: ‘Remarkable’ AI tool designs mRNA vaccines that are more potent and stable
• Climate Change: UN tracks progress against Climate Change with Microsoft AI for Earth
• Environmental Protection: AI may hold a key to the preservation of the Amazon rainforest
• Election Tampering Detection: Technology industry to combat deceptive use of AI in 2024 elections
• Educational Equity: Educators & students now have a secure AI ‘scaffolding’ to support classrooms
• Accelerating Research: AI ‘for all’: How access to new models is advancing academic research, from astronomy to education