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The coronavirus is helping to erode the hype around artificial intelligence; data scientists get the axe and some “old-fashioned” solutions work better.
Christopher Mims
Technology columnist, The Wall Street Journal
Christopher Mims writes Keywords, a weekly column on technology. Before joining the Journal in 2014, he was the lead technology reporter for Quartz and has written on science and tech for publications ranging from Technology Review, Smithsonian, Wired, the Atlantic, Slate and other publications. Mims, who has degree in neuroscience and behavioral biology from Emory University, lives in Baltimore.
Articles
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The only thing better than being essential to the global economy during a crisis? Having the cash to continue to out-innovate your suddenly impoverished competitors.
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Homebound consumers are flocking to the site for scones, biscuits, muffins, breads, doughnuts and...alkaline tahini spelt cookies. Homebound chefs are eager to satisfy this newfound hunger for baked goods.
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Americans invented liquid crystal displays but couldn’t capitalize on them. On the technology’s golden jubilee, it’s time to reflect on the value of R&D.
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Adoption of robots and drones carrying goods speeds up as a frightened world craves safe delivery of everything from medical supplies to food.
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A global toilet-paper shortage has broken American cultural taboos, but with sudden growth comes new hazards, Christopher Mims writes.
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The company’s core promise is failing when we need it most— and that could wean some of us off our Prime habit
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A robotic army is being deployed to radiate surfaces, sanitize floors, scan for fevers and enforce mask-wearing.
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Hospitals fast-track old and new remote technology to help care for a flood of critically ill Covid-19 patients—and protect on-site health-care workers.
Journal Reports: Health Care
Forced isolation only deepens the emptiness we often feel when communicating by screen.
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Until the techno-utopian dream of full automation is realized, the growth of not-yet-autonomous technologies is creating opportunities for humans to help operate robots remotely, sometimes from thousands of miles away.
