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Moshe Vardi

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[Wikipedia] Moshe Ya'akov Vardi is an Israeli theoretical computer scientist. He is the Karen Ostrum George Distinguished Service Professor in Computational Engineering at Rice University, United States. and a faculty advisor for the Ken Kennedy Institute. His interests focus on applications of logic to compute

Quotes by Moshe Vardi

The bottom line is that while automation is eliminating many jobs in the economy that were once done by people, there is…

Automation

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Getting elected to the National Academy of Sciences is the ultimate peer recognition.

Academy

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We cannot blindly pursue the goal of machine intelligence without pondering its consequences.

Cannot

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We cannot shirk responsibility from concerns for the welfare of the next generation.

Generation

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What people are now realizing is that this formula that technology destroys jobs and creates jobs, even if it's basically true, it's…

Basically

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In economics, it is easier to agree on the data than to agree on causality.

Agree

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I believe that society needs to confront this question before it is upon us: If machines are capable of doing almost any…

Believe

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You can now eat bananas from Chile; you couldn't do it before you had air shipping. Now, communication technology enables the shipping…

Communication

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The question I want to put forward is, 'Does the technology we are developing ultimately benefit mankind?'

Developing

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It is easy to underestimate in advance the impact of globalization and automation - I have done it myself.

Easy

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People at the very top of the income scale also benefited from globalization and automation. But the income of working- and middle-class…

Automation

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We will hear more regrets from founders of tech companies about the addictive technologies they have launched.

About

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Twice a week, a truck comes near my house, and two guys get out and pick up the garbage. This will disappear.…

Disappear

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Offshoring is like the winter. You don't ask if it is good or bad - you ask what do you do about…

Answer

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I believe that work is essential to human well-being.

Believe

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Recognition by one's peers is the goal of every scientist.

Goal

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The hope is that we'll continue to create jobs for the vast majority of people. But if the situation arises that this…

Create

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Are we prepared for an economy in which 50 percent of people aren't working?

Economics

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Automation will significantly change many people's lives in ways that may be painful and enduring.

Automation

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If I had my wish, I would wave a wand and make MOOCs disappear.

Disappear

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Humanity is about to face perhaps its greatest challenge ever, which is finding meaning in life after the end of 'In the…

End

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In 2017, there was a sudden recognition of several adverse societal consequences of information technology, from job losses due to automation to…

Consequences

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Are machines getting more and more powerful? Absolutely. It's been going on since 1940. We are making progress, and for many people,…

Computers

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The stabilizing influence of the modern social welfare state emerged only after World War II, nearly 200 years on from the 18th-century…

Industrial revolution

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The impact of technology on labor has become clearer and clearer by the day.

Become

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