With the advancements that have been occurring in the fields of machine learning and artificial intelligence, many people have raised concern about the negative effects it will have on jobs. There is a concern that with machines/robots that can do the work of humans (and do it better) there will be no jobs left for humans. I believe this is a silly concern as through out time we (humans) have developed innovations that have made our lives easier and in turn removed certain jobs from the workforce. But just as these jobs have been removed, new needs have arrived and as a result new jobs have been created. I believe this will happen with the advancements of artificial intelligence and machine learning as well. People are predicting many jobs to become obsolete due to these advancements ranging from jobs in the trucking industry to jobs in the medical field. While this may be the case that over time a lot of jobs we know of today will no longer exist in a few years, I am curious to see what new jobs emerge as a result.
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Tyga took a big hit after dating Kylie Jenner, but now he seems to be trying to get back up. Maybe this is the beginning of Tyga's second wind.
Although autonomous vehicles are currently on the road to a certain extent, I believe it will take some time for vehicles to be fully autonomous and take over the roads. Specifically, I think it will take at least 20 years. While the technology for autonomous vehicles is rather developed, there is still a lot of testing and data collection that needs to be done. There are still major parts of geography, in the US alone, where autonomous vehicles have yet to physically experience outside of simulators. Though autonomous vehicles have been tested on the road with other non-autonomous vehicles, there still is a lot that needs to be done in terms of testing in a world where all vehicles on the road are autonomous. Additionally, government regulation will hinder the possibility of rapid adoption from the mass public. As we've seen in the cases of Uber/Lyft and Airbnb, government laws can severely slow down growth and at times hurt innovation. In due time all of these factors can and will be overcome, but I believe it will take at least 20 years for this to happen.
Here is an interview of Kanye West that I found to be particularly interesting.
Recently with all of the scandals regarding discrimination and sexism within VC it has gotten me thinking the best ways to really diversify the field of VC. I have a few ideas. VCs should begin to attend events that are outside of their norm where they would meet and interact with people they my never otherwise meet. Firms should limit nepotism. I often hear stories about how people got into VC by being hired/recruited by a friend. By limiting this VCs will be forced to hire people outside of their comfort zone. While this is a risk it could reap great benefits. My last, and more controversial, recommendation is to create some sort of diversity quota. This may be a last resort, but it would at least force firms to become more diverse. People may not like this, but over time it will bring in a more diverse group of deals which could in turn spur more innovation.
There has been a lot of criticism concerning the recently announced Lyft shuttle. For reasons such as it's too similar to a city bus. I however, believe Lyft shuttle will be successful for a few reasons. It will reinvent public transportation and force them to innovate to compete. It has the ability to be everything public transportation is not such as being clean, reliable and comfortable. And it will drive public transportation prices down
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