I recently read the book summary of Life 3.0. It describes a future, called Life 3.0, where artificial intelligence (AI) becomes a dominant force in the world. At that time, there is a possibility that AI would rule the world because it has superintelligence that far surpasses human intelligence.
It’s still a distant future, but recent advancements have made it closer and closer. Through a field known as machine learning, for instance, computers can now learn to perform a task without being taught before. They can learn from experience and get better by themselves. Currently, this only applies to specific fields (e.g. playing chess or translation), but over time it could be applied to multiple fields at once.
What about the near future?
In the near future, the threat of AI is how it endangers jobs through automation. More and more jobs can be replaced by machines as they become more intelligent. The Economist recently published a special report about it.
You might think that your field is safe, but it’s better to prepare yourself before it’s too late. You should make yourself future-proof.
How can you do that?
I believe that the key is being a versatilist: someone who can be a specialist in a particular discipline, while at the same time be able to change to another role with the same ease. Versatilists have the ability and flexibility to transform themselves if necessary. When Thomas Friedman used the term in his book, it was applied mainly to the danger of outsourcing. But I think it’s now more applicable to the danger of automation.
Rather than betting yourself on just one possible future, train yourself to be able to create alternative futures for yourself. That way if one future doesn’t work for you, you have the ability to create alternatives for yourself.
Here are some tips on making yourself future-proof.
1. Be curious.
Friedman used the term Curiosity Quotient and said that it’s essential. Why? Because if you are curious, you will be interested in multiple fields. You will love to learn new things. Instead of considering learning a burden, you will consider it an adventure. Curiosity is essential to becoming a versatilist.
2. Learn how to learn.
Because you need to constantly learn new things, knowing how to learn is the most important skill you need to master. It’s the meta-skill that allows you to learn other skills quickly.
3. Invest in self-education.
There is no other choice: you need to keep educating yourself. So invest in your self-education: buy books, take courses, and more. As Benjamin Franklin once said: “If a man empties his purse into his head no one can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”
4. Have a community.
I wrote about the importance of community before. If you become a versatilist, having a community is even more important. Why? Because your work identity may change a lot, so you need something else to root yourself in. It can also give you the support you need as you go through the changes.
5. Build your network.
While your community is about the people you spend a lot of time with, your network is about your acquaintances. It gives you the strength of weak ties. It could give you more opportunities than your community because the people there are more diverse. So build your network before you need it.
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If you apply the tips above, you will make yourself future-proof. There will still be challenges, but you will survive and even thrive.
How to set static IP Address in Ubuntu Server 16.04
It is really important to know how to configure static IP Address on Ubuntu Server, Because it is almost impossible to run a server without a static IP Address.
During the installation, Ubuntu Server by default configured to use dynamic IP Address. In this Tutorial we are going to learn how to set static IP Address in Ubuntu Server 16.04.
Following are the steps we are going to follow
Check Available network interfaces on Ubuntu Server 16.04
Add static IP Configuration to the network configuration file.
Restart Ubuntu Networking Service.
Check Available Network Interfaces on Ubuntu Server
First of all you need to get the list of available network interfaces on your Ubuntu Server 16.04. We can use ip link show command to find available network interfaces on Ubuntu Linux.
ip link show
You should get the similar output as below screenshot shows.
ip add command list Network Interfaces
As above image shows, Our Ubuntu Server has Ethernet interfaces called enp0s3. Next we'll set static IP address to the enp0s3 interface.
Set static IP Address to the network interface
For this example I am going configure enp0s3 Ethernet interfaces with following ip configuration
IP Address = 192.168.1.10
Network mask = 255.255.255.0
Default gateway = 192.168.1.1
DNS Server = 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
On Ubuntu server, in order to set static IP address we need to add IP configuration to the /etc/network/interfaces file. So open the /etc/network/interfaces file using a command line text editor (You can use vim or nano on Ubuntu Server).
vim /etc/network/interfaces
Then set static IP address as follows.
First line of configuration should be the word "auto" followed by the interface name (This brought up the network interface automatically when system boot or when networking restart).
auto enp0s3
The next line should specify whether to use static IP address or dhcp ip on the enp0s3 network interface. In our case it should be static.
auto enp0s3
iface enp0s3 inet static
Then add the static IP configuration as follows.
auto enp0s3
iface enp0s3 inet static
address 192.168.1.10
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4
Restart Networking Service
After setting up IP Configuration, we need to restart Ubuntu networking service.
sudo ip addr flush enp0s3 && sudo systemctl restart networking.service
NOTE:
1) Before run the above command line, ensure systemctl installed, if not, you need physically go up to the server and reboot it to take effect. i.e.:
sudo ip addr flush enp0s3
reboot
Verify the static IP configuration.
After restarting network, use ip add command to make sure that static ip address has been assigned to the network interface.
ip add
Then send ICMP request to a remote host to check the connectivity.
ping -c 4 google.com
Configure Multiple Network Interfaces
Same Way you can configure multiple network interface on ubuntu server using /etc/network/interfaces file.
Example
In the following example, I have set static IP Address on two network interfaces (enp0s3 and enp0s8).
auto enp0s3
iface enp0s3 inet static
address 192.168.1.10
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4
auto enp0s8
iface enp0s8 inet static
address 192.168.0.100
netmask 255.255.255.0
*** Most important thing when configuring multiple interface is you cannot set multiple default gateways. Only one interface should configure with the default gateway. For other interfaces you should add default gateway using static routes.
Summary : Set Static IP Ubuntu Server 16.04
In this tutorial we learned how to set static ip address in Ubuntu server 16.04.
Using ip link show command we identified the available network interface in our ubuntu server 16.04.
Emotion recognition technology measures moods in voices and facial expressions in a quantitative way, enabling brands to be more specific about their emotional impact.
Members of your marketing test group state that they love your product, but their facial expressions tell another story. Which do you believe?
Emotion recognition technology will revolutionize the way brands connect with and appeal to their audiences in profound ways. The business world’s general move toward analytics represents a shift from gut-based decision-making in favor of observation-based ones. Yet, this hard-data approach can miss the nuance of more subjective, complex realms like that of human emotions. At least it did until now.
Rapid advances in mood-detecting technology, including voice and facial recognition software, will allow marketers and brands to account for emotions in quantitative, verifiable ways. In the near future, expect this technology to enable marketers to refine not just creative content but the structure of strategic campaigns as a whole.
Establish Concrete Emotions from Creative Content
One of the most immediate applications of emotion detection for marketing purposes lies in the ability to register emotion in response to a piece of creative work. What you find is often surprisingly different than what you expect, cementing the need for such analytical methods that make the qualitative quantitative.
The Super Bowl Moodometer project was one of the first of these facial recognition analyses to hit the marketing world, but it certainly will not be the last. The study found that the actual emotional response to commercials such as Mountain Dew’s “PuppyMonkeyBaby” spot could differ from reactions on social media.
Similar subsequent studies conducted during the 2016 holiday season were able to assign objective accolades including “most engaging festive ad” through facial recognition data rather than subjective, self-reported opinions. Marketers can use techniques such as these to ensure that their ads not only produce the desired self-described emotions in brand conversations but also the desired genuine emotions during exposure to the creative itself.
Gauge Interest in Real Time
As mood-detecting software improves, it will be able to be used for more than simply registering if emotional content elicits the desired effect. By looking out for more subtle emotions such as boredom or disinterest, brand messaging or creative can be micro-adjusted in order to maintain the highest level of engagement.
One professor at China’s Sichuan University is already using mood-detecting technology in this way to note what points in his lectures become boring to students and cause them to mentally drift. Brands can use this same observational approach to swap out the more tedious elements of their message in favor of ones that keep audiences attentive.
Make Smart Home Devices More Empathetic
Voice-activated smart home devices have been finding increasing use in recent years, from controlling light switches to playing music. A manufacturer of these appliances hopes to improve the satisfaction of its users by adopting emotion recognition software. By recognizing when users are getting irritated during their experience, the product can apologize and smooth relations over, enhancing satisfaction and reducing the negative impact of missteps.
Whether by measuring moods in your voice or face in a quantitative manner, emotion recognition technology will soon enable brands to be more specific about their emotional impact — or lack thereof — than ever before.
