Science And Tech

Question 1

AI Replacing Jobs

Answer 1

85 million jobs replaced by 2025 (World Economic Forum)

Question 2

AI Creating Jobs

Answer 2

97 million new jobs by 2025 (World Economic Forum)

Question 3

AI not flawless

What, how

Answer 3

Correctional Offender Management Profiling for Alternate Sanctions (COMPAS) –> Used in US courts (46 states) likelihood of recidivism

77% more likely identify African American violent compared to caucasian

2x more false +ves for black than white offenders
(ProPublica 2016)

Question 4

AI Bias

Answer 4

Underlying prejudice in data used to create AI

Question 5

Sci+Tech help solve issues (Context SG)

Answer 5

SG import over 90% of food, target to produce 30% of nutritional needs by 2030

Question 6

Sci+Tech help solve issues

Answer 6

April 2021, Singapore Food Agency pump 23 million into 12 research projects to boost food security

• -> AI & Tech in farming
• -> Selective breeding of fishes
• -> Fish vaccines

Question 7

Sci + Tech improve QOL (SG)

Answer 7

June 2020, mindline.sg self assessment tool+ resource for emotional health

Question 8

Sci+Techn improve QOL

Answer 8

2017, US FDA approve “reSET” digital therapeutic app for substance use disorder

BetterHelp, one of many online therapy portals, more accessible and approachable