The Social Impact of Artificial Intelligence By Matt Mahoney‚ Nov. 17‚ 2007 When we are able to create machines smarter than humans‚ then those machines could do likewise‚ but much faster. The result will be an explosion of intelligence‚ and according to Vernor Vinge‚ the end of the human era. The Friendly AI Problem The Singularity Institute was founded to counter the threat of unfriendly artificial intelligence‚ losing control of the machines we have built‚ but the problem remains unsolved
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Interdisciplinary strategy to educate for environmental sustainability By Dr. Sreelaxmi Madhusudan and Ms. Charu Srivastava IBDP Faculty Jamnabai Narsee School India Introduction: Today the natural phenomena are exhibiting catastrophic dimensions in their effect on the land and the life of the planet. Consequently‚ terms like ‘global warming’‚ ‘climate change’ have become colloquial across the globe. Government organisations‚ environmentalists‚ social
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Keller Graduate School of Management GREEN ACRES /A LEAN PLAN Prepared by: Group B Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Course Requirements for Sustainability Project Management PROJ 591-68026 12/16/2012 A LEAN PLAN Green Acres will identify a Lean Operations Plan and ways to reduce or the wastes produced in our production or project and service development. To be lean: • Identify customers and specify value‚ recognize that even
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WHAT IMPACT DOES TRAINING HAVE ON EMPLOYEE COMMITMENT AND EMPLOYEE TURNOVER? SCOTT BRUM University of Rhode Island Training is of growing importance to companies seeking to gain an advantage among competitors. There is significant debate among professionals and scholars as to the affect that training has on both employee and organizational goals. One school of thought argues that training leads to an increase in turnover while the other states that training is a tool to that can lead to higher levels
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preparation plans to take place. However‚ poor land use management and the lack of former mitigation practices‚ that cannot soon be undone‚ have placed many people and significant amounts of property and other structures in harm ’s way increasing not only human vulnerability‚ but that of the environment as well. Another caveat to this unique storm was the fact that‚ given its immense size‚ it would affect multiple regions at once creating an important need for inter-agency coordination and communication
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• Land Grants: The Coca-Cola Company donated nine acres to the Georgia Aquarium and 2.5 acres to the City of Atlanta for construction of a human rights center. • Green Space for Atlanta: The land between the New World of Coca-Cola and Georgia Aquarium adds five acres of green space to downtown Atlanta. • The Impact:* The combined estimated economic impact of the Georgia Aquarium and the New World of Coca-Cola is more than $105 million per year for Atlanta. • Jobs: The two attractions will create
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University College of Northern Denmark CHALLENGES OF SUSTAINABILITY IMPLEMENTATION FOR MARRIOTT HOTELS & RESORTS A management case assignment by Kelly Hrupa 5th semester IHM E 20112013 submitted to the Department of International Hospitality Management in accordance with the requirements for the PBA degree No. of characters (excl. title page‚ table of contents and list of references): 11883 No. of characters (incl. title page‚ table of contents and list of references): 14472 Signature:
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Sustainability and the London 2012 Olympic Games This report will explore the importance of sustainability in today’s sports and illuminate the significance of the interplay between sports - the 2012 London Olympics in particular - and the environment. In addition a summary of the sustainability plan put forward by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) to the International Olympic Committee (IOC)‚ as part of their bid to host the recent Olympic Games. This will
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without a follow up plan‚ sustainability is always in doubt. Also preservation of digital data is often not focused with the seriousness that it deserves. Digitization of India’s vast and rich collections for access and preservation will need very special attention from many quarters. Sustaining the present efforts and continuing these activities in all the LIS sectors will need special efforts by the decision makers‚ librarians and the Information Industry. Sustainability of digital libraries in
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1.6 DRIVERS OF SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING A business cannot succeed in isolation. There are various stakeholders involved in the success of a business. Sustainability Report though is a form environmental reporting can be effectively designed only with the support of various stakeholders. Following diagram depicts various stakeholders who drive the company in the preparation of the sustainability report. Figure 1.2 Drivers of Sustainability Reporting Source: www.globalreporting.org Gist of G4
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