Senior writer for wired magazine, tom simonite, to talk Artificial Intelligence in the workplace. Tom simonite, what is host and joining us this morning from san francisco, Senior Writer for wired magazine, tom simonite, to talk about Artificial Intelligence in the workplace. Tom simonite, what is Artificial Intelligence . Lately. It covers a lot of things. Artificial intelligence is area of science and engineering that is all computers able to do the kind of things human onsist do, look around at the world and make sense of it. Solve problems within themselves, pick up new skills use the experience they had in the past to solve new problems in the future. The main ways f that people build systems is using technique called machine term you mighter hear and that is really kind of a ple, you basically take bunch of example data and use that to show the software what do. Needs to now weve all been exposed to Artificial Intelligence programs movies and t. V. Shows that are like humans and
[gavel] good afternoon ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the february 29, 2016 meeting of the Ethics Commission, which is substituted, or continued our regular meeting which is on february 22 our regular meeting which is on february 22, 2016 get our first call of the role commissioner andrews, here. Cohen here hur, here. Keane, here. Renne, here. All commissioners are accounted for. Turning to item to Public Comment on matters appearing and not appearing on the agenda. Do i have any members of the public who wish to comment at this time . Yes, good evening commissioners and director pablum. Dr. Derek kirk. January meeting for a view expressed resistance to the mayors directive to cut your budget by 3 over two years. It is troubling that your funding depends on the good graces of the same city hall folks that youre supposed to monitor. That inhibits your independence. If you like to sharply into city corruption your funds can be choked off because your budget is your leash. There is e
Pablum. Dr. Derek kirk. January meeting for a view expressed resistance to the mayors directive to cut your budget by 3 over two years. It is troubling that your funding depends on the good graces of the same city hall folks that youre supposed to monitor. That inhibits your independence. If you like to sharply into city corruption your funds can be choked off because your budget is your leash. There is enough control just by having your appointments made by elected city officials. Compare your funding to that of the controllers City Services auditor program. It also was placed on the ballot and approved by the board and the voters, but its funding is a guarantee 0. 2 of the total city budget. That makes it fiscally independent from city hall. Since you are the cities ethics auditor, why is in your budget sat like this City Services auditors . So, consider a Charter Amendment to liberate the Ethics Commission. Ask for an automatic fraction of the citys total budget instead of having to
Yes, good evening commissioners and director pablum. Dr. Derek kirk. January meeting for a view expressed resistance to the mayors directive to cut your budget by 3 over two years. It is troubling that your funding depends on the good graces of the same city hall folks that youre supposed to monitor. That inhibits your independence. If you like to sharply into city corruption your funds can be choked off because your budget is your leash. There is enough control just by having your appointments made by elected city officials. Compare your funding to that of the controllers City Services auditor program. It also was placed on the ballot and approved by the board and the voters, but its funding is a guarantee 0. 2 of the total city budget. That makes it fiscally independent from city hall. Since you are the cities ethics auditor, why is in your budget sat like this City Services auditors . So, consider a Charter Amendment to liberate the Ethics Commission. Ask for an automatic fraction o