Driving coaches might soon be replaced (代替) by AI in the near future. A company in China has developed an AI-powered driving coach called Robo Coach, and it’s already being used in some driving schools.

Robo Coach is not a human-like robot that sits next to you and complains (抱怨) about your driving skills. The AI driving coach developed by Beijing Yi Jia Jia Technology is actually a teaching and safety control system. The other ways in which Robo Coach are different from human driving coaches are even funnier, though. Robo Coach will call you “mommy” or “daddy”.

Robo Coach has more than 40 different sensors (传感器) on the car to notice people, other cars and roads. Robo Coach uses sensors to stop if the car runs into something or increases speed suddenly for no reason, similar to how self-driving cars work.

It communicates with learners and helps decision making and instructions. And to make faster decisions, the car is also provided with radar (雷达) systems. The system isn’t just keeping new drivers from meeting accidents. It also collects information on their driving behaviors and even body positions. It studies these driving habits in real time to see if the learner is too traditional or easy to be angry during practice and then changes its teaching style. By recording all the problems a learner runs into during lessons, the system tries to help the new driver correct past mistakes and prevent new ones.

Robo Coach is now being used in 5 driving schools owned by Yi Jia Jia Technology as well as 22 other driving schools across China.

①Looking for a dream job has never been easy, but at least in the past you knew that the person you had to move was a workmate. More recently, however, bosses are putting the duty of finding the most acceptable worker on the non-human shoulders. AI systems can go through thousands of resumes (简历) much faster than a person or even a team of people can. What’s more, programs have been invented to run video interviews, too.

②While those who support such systems believe that this super useful hiring (雇佣) method is the future, others fear that the systems have serious problems. Because AI systems use unfair information to learn how to choose people, the hiring process may actually be more unfair when AI is used. A recent example of this was Amazon’s AI-hiring system, which automatically (自动地) paid no attention to women because most technical workers were men.

③Naturally, job searchers are trying anything they can to satisfy the AI’s selection criteria (标准). Now, in South Korea, where a number of the top companies use AI for hiring, many job searchers attend special continuation schools (补习学校) to learn how to pass their AI interview.

④Of course, many of the skills taught are nothing more than educated guesses. Without knowing exactly what to do to please it is very difficult. However, there are still some things you can try. For example, use industry-specific terms in your interview answers because AI often searches information for specific (特定的) key words. Another tip is to keep your resume’s style simple. That way, the AI can search it more easily.

⑤It seems our success could very well depend on the mysterious decision of a machine mind. It sounds unfair, and it may be. In the end, the power to either change the system itself or at least make it work for you is in your hands as long as you make up your mind.

From robots, ice-making technology, to hydrogen-powered (氢动力) buses, the high-tech, green and safe, 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are ensured by 212 technologies, which were used to provide strong support for the “simple, safe and wonderful” Olympics.

The high-tech firstly ensures the safety of the Olympics. Robots were used for cleaning, body temperature checking, and environment monitoring (监测). Moreover, more than 150 COVID-19 monitoring systems (系统) were used to check the air at all points in the place.

“Green” is also one of the key words for the “high-tech Winter Games”: The torch is specially made, which makes it light and keep working well at high temperatures; The hydrogen-powered buses used in Yanqing and Zhangjiakou and the tableware (餐具) used at the Games which are made from plants, are cleaner and better for the environment; The environment-friendly ice ground made use of the-world’s largest cooling system that can make ice in a faster and greener way; And for the first time in the history of the Olympics, all the places were completely powered by green energy such as wind.

The visual technologies provide good visual experience for those watching the games on the screen. With the support of 5G and cloud technologies, viewers can enjoy the clearest real-time experience of the games at home. As a result, Beijing 2022 became the most-viewed Winter Olympics of all time.

Behind all the high technologies in this Winter Olympics is a showcase of China’s scientific and technological achievements. While we are celebrating the Olympics, we also celebrate the development in technology that makes our lives better.

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