🤖 AI Ceiling

AND: From GitLab to GreatLab

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  • 🧪 Research highlights: Binary Bias: How Tech Could Reinforce Old Biases

  • 🚨 Industry news: New Product Sparks Market Excitement

  • ⚖️ Policy and regulation: Israel's Economy Minister Sees AI as Tech's New Holy Grail

  • 🌐 AI and society: AI and the Noosphere: Surfing the Consciousness of a Planet

  • 🧰 Tool of the day: Relevance AI: Become an AI Superhero with Composable Workflows

👡 Binary Bias: How Tech Could Reinforce Old Biases

In line with a recent human resources analytics firm Revelio Labs study, the rapid spread of artificial intelligence (AI) could disproportionately impact women in the workforce.

Based on the research, AI threatens to displace many traditionally female occupations, such as administrative assistants and secretaries.

The study indicates that societal prejudices have steered women into positions especially vulnerable to AI replacement.

Due to the repetitious nature of these jobs, they are prime candidates for automation. As a result, women and people of color, who are frequently assigned to these positions, will likely experience a disproportionate impact from job automation.

Nevertheless, there are divergent viewpoints on the subject. For example, will Duffield of the Cato Institute suggested that while women in computer-related repetitive jobs may be more vulnerable to AI displacement, not all jobs enumerated in the Revelio report may be at risk because they require skills beyond mere repetition.

📈 New Product Sparks Market Excitement

GitLab Inc.'s stock price increased by more than 35% after the company announced the launch of an AI-powered product, a significant addition to its established software development platform.

The new "ModelOps" feature will be incorporated into the "DevSecOps" platform and will offer innovative features such as code-writing suggestions.

The product, priced at $9 per month, is anticipated to increase company revenue and is a potential growth driver for FY25.

This significant development, combined with the company's impressive Q1 results in which revenue increased by 45% to $126.7 million, has prompted analysts to raise their price targets for GitLab's stock and recommend buying its shares.

🤖 Israel's Economy Minister Sees AI as Tech's New Holy Grail

Nir Barkat, Israel's Minister of Economy and Industry, has stated that artificial intelligence (AI) represents the most significant opportunity for the nation's technology-driven economy. In a recent interview, Barkat conveyed his belief that AI could potentially have a transformative effect on the world comparable to the internet. This could present enormous opportunities, particularly for nations with a solid technological orientation.

🌐 AI and the Noosphere: Surfing the Consciousness of a Planet

This article examines "planetary self-awareness" through the lens of artificial intelligence (AI). Drawing on Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's concept of a "noosphere," the author foresees the convergence of the global mind — facilitated by AI and internet infrastructures — and the biosphere, resulting in a novel form of consciousness that dismantles the old paradigm of mind-nature separation.

Benjamin Bratton emphasizes the role of planetary-scale computation as an emergent intelligence, arguing that it discloses our understanding of the Earth's condition and motivates deliberate actions that align with the planet's resilience.

He proposes a reclamation of the artificial, viewing human-machine intelligence and urban-scale automation as necessary components of a living ecology in response to human-caused climate change.

Tobias Rees, on the other hand, interprets this phenomenon as the emergence of a new era in which multiple intelligences coexist in symbiotic relationships. He asserts that the concept of "planetary reason" would not exist without the technologies we've developed.

Ivan Illich's concerns are echoed in the article's warning that human hubris may corrupt the concept of "planetarity," potentially transforming it into a management system for ecological commons rather than integrating us.

As we progress toward this planetary transformation, it is prudent to recall Illich's caution and skepticism.

🦸🏽 Relevance AI: Become an AI Superhero with Composable Workflows

Relevance AI is a platform that offers over 100 resizable workflows to assist users in finding answers, understanding consumers, and embedding AI. It is intended to provide businesses with artificial intelligence superpowers by simplifying complicated AI processes and making them accessible to anybody.

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–Dale Carnegie

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