Toronto the next Silicon Valley; AI in policing; NYC Marathon

June 26, 2020

Toronto the next Silicon Valley; AI in Policing; NYC Marathon | Tech In :60 | GZERO Media

Nicholas Thompson, editor-in-chief of WIRED, discusses technology industry news today:

Will Toronto become the next Silicon Valley?

A lot of really smart engineers are going to Toronto instead of the United States because of this country's self-defeating immigration policies. Building Silicon Valley requires even more. And ideally, there will be time for the United States to reverse all of its bad policies.

What role should AI play in policing?

There's a big scandal. Face recognition algorithms leading to an unjust arrest of a man for the very first time. Not surprisingly, this algorithms tend to not recognize black people. The man who was arrested in Detroit was black. I do not think that police departments should be relying on facial recognition for anything more than basic lead generation.

The New York City Marathon was just canceled. When will you next feel comfortable running a marathon?

I think it's going to be a while. I'd run a small marathon. People spaced out. Not one where there are thousands of people hunched together at the start.

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