Les algorithmes prédictifs sont-ils un risque pour notre libre-arbitre? L’informavore caractérise l’organisme qui consomme de l’information pour vivre, explique Frank Schirrmacher, coéditeur du premier quotidien national allemand le Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung dans une passionnante interview à la revue The Edge. Nous sommes apparemment aujourd’hui dans une situation où la technologie moderne change la façon dont les gens se comportent, parlent, réagissent, pensent et se souviennent. Nous dépendons de plus en plus de nos gadgets pour nous souvenirs des choses : comme le disait Daniel Dennet, nous connaissons une explosion démographique des idées que le cerveau n’arrive pas à couvrir. L’information est alimentée par l’attention : si nous n’avons pas assez d’attention, nous n’avons pas assez de nourriture pour retenir tout ces renseignements. Or, à l’âge de l’explosion de l’information que faut-il retenir ? Que faut-il oublier ? la question est de savoir ce qu’il faut enseigner, ce qu’il faut apprendre et comment. Quelles informations retenir ?
Calculated Risk Open Source Intelligence It’s been a while since we last weighed in on Libya, but recent events warrant an updated look at the future of the conflict. Two events in particular raise questions worth exploring. First, a recent New York Times piece interviewing Seif al-Islam Gaddafi suggests the family has found an ally in Islamist groups. I’ll start with the second issue and work back to the claims of state ties with Islamist groups. Timeline of Gaddafi's son Khamis killed in Libyan fighting It will be interesting to see if anything concrete comes of the reports this time around, but if true, it’s almost certainly an event that could alter perception on progress from the international pressure being applied. Raising more eyebrows than Khamis Gaddafi’s rumored death are the recent claims to the New York Times from another Gaddafi son, Saif al-Islam, claiming the ruling family is aligning itself with Islamist parties willing to cooperate against rebel and NATO forces. Examples of this include:
Real Time Economics China’s GDP growth fell in the first quarter to its slowest pace since September of 2012, slipping to 7.4% on-year growth from 7.7% the in the fourth quarter. The increase was slightly higher than economists’ expectations of a 7.3% gain. Authorities released other data that suggested continuing weakness, but not at a quickening pace. Industrial production grew 8.8% on year in March below expectations of 9% but up from an average 8.6% expansion in January and February, combined to limit distortions from the Lunar New Year holidays. Retail sales were 12.2% higher on-year in March, up from 11.8% growth in January and February. Fixed-asset investment, meanwhile, slipped to 17.6% on year in the first quarter from 17.9% growth in the first two months. Markets rose on the data, with both the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock markets clicking higher. Some economists saw a massaging of the GDP figures.
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The Economy and the Economics of Everyday Life - Economix Blog First Trust Economics Blog - The Antidote to Conventional Wisdom When it comes to forecasting near-term real GDP growth, there are parts of the economy that are easy to follow and then there parts of it that are tough. The easy parts (with lots of timely information) are consumer spending, business investment, and home building. And despite one of the worst winters in multiple decades, this portion of the economy looks like it grew at a solid 2.5% to 3% annual rate in the first quarter, right in-line with the trend since the recession ended in mid-2009. To get that kind of growth during this past brutal winter means the underlying fundamentals of the economy are gathering strength. Now that banks are more confident the Fed’s balance sheet isn’t going to shrink anytime soon, the M2 money supply and commercial and industrial loans are both accelerating. Meanwhile, the recovery in home building is still far from complete and low business and consumer debt obligations mean plenty of room for growth in purchases of big-ticket items.