By Lewis Nibbelin, Contributing Writer, Triple-I Triple-I recently kicked off a new webinar series featuring its Non-Resident Scholars. The first episode focused on the rising severity of natural catastrophes and innovative data initiatives these scholars are engaged in to help mitigate the impact of these perils. Moderated by Triple-I’s Chief Economist and Data Scientist Michel … Read more
I was interested in this speech given the other day by Patrick T. Harker, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank, because its title was: Fintech, AI, and the Changing Financial Landscape The speech is broad, and focuses upon the risks of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to the financial … Read more
On Thursday October 31, SCMP executive editor Chow Chung-yan, China editor Wendy Wu and North America Bureau chief Robert Delaney shared their insider knowledge in a subscribers-only event moderated by managing editor for content Yonden Lhatoo. Below is an edited version of the main questions from subscribers and the panel’s responses. To watch the webinar … Read more
Countries, including the US, specify the need for human operators to “exercise appropriate levels of human judgment over the use of force” when operating autonomous weapon systems. In some instances, operators can visually verify targets before authorizing strikes and can “wave off” attacks if situations change. AI is already being used to support military targeting. … Read more
Jacques Bellezit, University of Strasbourg (France) Photo credit: mafe de baggis, via Wikimedia Commons If one wants to trace back the history of European construction, it would necessarily have to mention the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). Inspired by the Schumann Declaration of May 9th 1950, it was the first … Read more
