Posts by Jason Thacker
The Future is Here: Artificial Intelligence & the Changing Workforce
George Jetson and his family lived in a future with flying cars, a household robot, and other high-tech luxuries.
Why driverless cars (and other tech advances) benefit society
You might see a new way of driving hit the streets of California in April.
Emmett Till and empathy: Reflections on my visit to the African-American History Museum
Wrapped in a bronze-colored metal lattice, with a structure fashioned after the three-tiered crowns used in Yoruban art from West Africa, the National Museum of African-American History and Culture covers 5 acres on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
What is Artificial Intelligence?
My family has a digital assistant working in our home that is incredibly smart, never takes a break, and never complains about its job.
Dealing with my family’s history of racism in light of Charlottesville
My great-great-grandfather is buried on the campus of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. Private Hiram A. Thacker fought in the Alabama Infantry for the Confederate States of America.