Posts Tagged: algorithms

Can you keep up with the algorithm?

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Accounting Today has an article warning remote workers about the new start-up called Enaible. Questions: What does Enaible do? How do they measure it? What type of score is measured with “Trigger-Task-Time?” Do you agree with this type of monitoring? Why or why not? Source: Marks, G. (2020). Spying on remote workers, and other tech… Read more »

Supply Chain Worries

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According to the New York Times, Amazon has recently responded to the coronovirus crisis by making larger and more frequent orders of Chinese-made products that had already been shipped to the United States, according to company emails and consultants who work with major brands. Questions: What midsummer event is Amazon already worried about? What are… Read more »

Did Tesla fail drivers or did drivers fail Tesla?

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In the wake of the fatality, Tesla has said that Autopilot is not meant to take over completely for a human driver. Questions: 1. What was the failure for Tesla, if any? What new measures is Tesla implementing? 2. What future plans do other automobile makers have for this technology? 3. Based on the science,… Read more »