Here’s the new edition of my “Fav 4”, edition 23. My favorite and most noteworthy tech & innovation news bites of the last week. 4 updates in an easy to consume video format. Enjoy!
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Here we go, #voiceassistants entering higher value tasks: #TDAmeritrade starts voice activated stock trades on #Alexa. Don't get too excited… it is a clunky 10-step process. Will digital assistants one day handle autonomous stock purchase decisions? https://t.co/jGWBCDkWqm pic.twitter.com/Oqc956gfVQ
— André Cramer (@TheAndreCramer) October 26, 2018
You heard of 'virtual restaurants'? In this eyebrow raising #digitaltransformation story, we see that gig-economy on-demand food delivery created restaurants that only exist e.g. in #UberEat's menu, but aren't accessible physically. The future of food? https://t.co/GNgKmKQAPN pic.twitter.com/lAyQCtk2G5
— André Cramer (@TheAndreCramer) October 26, 2018
Well, I was really skeptic about this earlier this year, when predicated by #ElonMusk, after all the turmoil. But now: #Tesla reports a profit of $312mn Q3, compared with a $619mn loss in the same period last year. Way to go! https://t.co/pFpD7vobwE pic.twitter.com/JTA6jRai4K
— André Cramer (@TheAndreCramer) October 25, 2018
Some of you have come across #MIT's 'moral machine' experiment/survey earlier this year. What should be the moral cornerstones for #AutonomousVehicles in dire situations? A paramount challenge ahead for #AIEthics since high dependency on where you’re from! https://t.co/oP1ukkRO4H
— André Cramer (@TheAndreCramer) October 26, 2018
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