The policy and financial incentives for Chinese coal mines to embrace smart technology
A very welcome kind of reportage.
There was only one detail, a two-letter word, that made my mind get tense: AI.
AI is a term that is more or less deceptive:
https://www.wired.com/story/how-we-learn-machine-learning-human-teachers/
Thirty years ago, AI meant machine intelligence fully developed to be human-like. like HAL 9000.
What we have now is simply some currently advanced software, popularly promoted and known as "AI".
Impressive, another advantage of reducing the number of frontline workers is reducing exposure to coal dust.
Good read, don't think most people would think SOEs are leaders in applying tech, but such is the benefit of reading non-mainstream pieces
Journey to the Center of the Earth: Discovering China’s smart coal mines
A very welcome kind of reportage.
There was only one detail, a two-letter word, that made my mind get tense: AI.
AI is a term that is more or less deceptive:
https://www.wired.com/story/how-we-learn-machine-learning-human-teachers/
Thirty years ago, AI meant machine intelligence fully developed to be human-like. like HAL 9000.
What we have now is simply some currently advanced software, popularly promoted and known as "AI".
Impressive, another advantage of reducing the number of frontline workers is reducing exposure to coal dust.
Good read, don't think most people would think SOEs are leaders in applying tech, but such is the benefit of reading non-mainstream pieces