DPL Reading List – June 1, 2018
Here are some of the articles we found this week.
Automation Will Make Lifelong Learning a Necessary Part of Work – “With the advent of AI, basic cognitive skills, such as reading and basic numeracy, will not suffice for many jobs, while demand for advanced technological skills, such as coding and programming, will rise, by 55% in 2030, according to our analysis.”
Releasing the Eudora™ Email Client Source Code – “It’s hard to overstate Eudora’s popularity in the mid-1990s. The April 22, 1996 InfoWorld article announcing the release of Eudora Pro 2.0 called it Qualcomm’s “best-selling product,” and said that “according to International Data Corp. (IDC), Qualcomm claimed 64.7 percent of all e-mail software revenues in 1995.” A later exhibit about Eudora in Qualcomm’s company museum observed that “By 1996 Eudora had 18 million users, making it the world’s most widely used internet email software at the time.””
Google’s AI Assistant Is a Reminder that Privacy and Security Are Not the Same – “The goal is clear. We want the benefit of AI assistants without significant privacy and security issues. We need AI callers to be able to identify themselves in a verifiable manner and protocols on how AI calls should be handled. Voice recognition no longer works for verification; it’s time for a digital-first solution.”
Starbucks Brews A Tech-Infused Future, With Help From Microsoft – “Sphere reflects a Microsoft mantra called the Intelligent Edge: the idea that commercial devices should not simply be connected to the internet, but pack a fair amount of their own computational muscle, allowing them to keep chugging even if they lose connectivity. The more the notion catches on with companies such as Starbucks, the better positioned Azure is to compete with the dauntingly successful Amazon Web Services, which defined the modern cloud platform and continues to dominate the category.”
Goodbye polygraph? New tech uses AI to tell if you’re lying – “Controversy over polygraphs have given way to a new breed of computerized fib busters that use AI to essentially scan for many more tell-tale signs of deception.”
Self-driving technology is going to change a lot more than cars – “The advent of self-driving technology will transform the design possibilities for all sorts of vehicles, giving rise to new vehicle categories that don’t exist now and others that straddle the line between existing categories. It will also change the economics of transportation and delivery services, making on-demand delivery a much faster, cheaper, and more convenient option.”
How to build a better product with UX writing – “Using fancy words to bring people to a product is normal. Using the same words to keep them is not. When we browse a new website, we embark on a journey, and we definitely need guides. Just as we do on a real journey, we experience emotions with each tap, click, scroll, and swipe. Good microcopy (a little piece of text on the interface) can help us navigate and do stuff on a website. It shows care and understanding about our feelings at every step of the user flow.”
