GTA 5 is better than Cyberpunk 2077
Grand Theft Auto V: The Rise And Fall Of The DIY Self-Driving Car Lab
A few years ago, artificial intelligence researchers discovered that Grand Theft Auto V, the blockbuster 2013 video game, was good for more than stealing cars and causing mayhem on the fictional mean streets of Los Santos. Its realistic graphics and physics engine provide an excellent virtual environment for training self-driving cars. The game’s sprawling urban and rural environments are populated with pedestrians, drivers and animals that dynamically interact with the AI. Training an autonomous car system is all the more efficient when running over a pedestrian doesn’t result in real-life injuries and legal troubles.
The fun didn’t last long, though.
Over the past year, GTA V’s publisher, Take-Two Interactive, has quietly shut down a number of high-profile projects with cease-and-desist letters, according to multiple AI researchers involved in the projects. Take-Two is slamming the breaks on more than just commercial endeavors. Academic researchers have also been dealt with aggressively.
How To Create A High Performance Culture?
Put in so much hard work that people should question, are you an alien from another planet?
An organization is defined by the culture they have and the ideals they follow. Every organization has its version of culture and ideologies. But the question is, does your company culture reflect your core values? And can it be considered a high-performance culture?
If your organizational culture does not influence your employees to perform better and deliver high-performance, then it might be time to improve and think about it. In this article, we will be discussing how you can build a culture that performs well, ensuring better performance.
What is a high-performing culture?
Before going further, let us first understand what exactly is high-performing culture. An organizational culture where employees dedicate themselves to achieve the targeted goals and objectives without hindering productivity and morale is defined as high-performing culture.
A high performing culture should always have a set standard that is tangible and more realistic. It should be more about driving productivity without limiting satisfaction, which will eventually help an organization in the long run.
Developing a high-performance culture
1. Focusing on Change
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Futurama – The Science of Comedy and Being Amish
The Amish: 10 things you might not know
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INVESTMENTS DURING TRADE WARS OR WAR TIMES
Barton Biggs, the well-known former Morgan Stanley strategist, asks an interesting question at the beginning of his new book, Wealth, War & Wisdom: “How do you preserve wealth in times when the Four Horsemen are on the loose?” (By Four Horsemen, Biggs refers to “pestilence, war, famine and death.” See also Revelation 6:8.) Indeed answering this question was his motivation for writing the book. As an amateur historian, WWII buff and investor, he wondered: What’s the point of making money if you cannot preserve it? His book shows how, uncannily, “The equity markets in the principal contenders [in WWII] — the United States, Britain, Germany and Japan — identified the monumental, epic turning points in the war with uncanny perception,” even as individual experts or lay observers did not. Biggs notes that the U.S. market “turned forever” around the Battle of Midway in late May of 1943; that the British stock market bottomed — get this — just before the Battle of Britain in 1940; the German market reached its high-water mark as Hitler’s army attacked Russia (which marked the German war machine’s first big key losses) in December 1941; and Japan’s market peaked in 1942 — despite the tightly controlled pro-war propaganda published by the Empire’s media.
But what are the takeaway lessons? For protecting wealth, stocks are a better bet than bonds (real property only gets confiscated). While gold and jewelry can raise a little “mad money,” as Biggs says, they are still “problematic.” Over the long run, equities are the place to be — even in countries that are losing a war, because historically, even they have managed to beat inflation. Biggs’ advice: Index, and ignore just about everything else. Here is an excerpt from Wealth, War & Wisdom.
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