Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's 2016 resolution to challenge
himself outside his work is to build a simple artificial intelligence assistant
to run his home and help him do a better job juggling his business
responsibilities.
Zuckerberg first will explore the available technology, then train
it to understand his voice to control everything in his home.
At work, the AI will allow him to visualize data in virtual
reality to help him build better services and lead his organizations more
effectively.
"It's a different kind of rewarding to build things
yourself, so my personal challenge is to do that," Zuckerberg said.
The Masses React
Zuckerberg's announcement drew responses from a crowd of
people marketing their products, along with some who offered observations
ranging from wise to wacky.
Women in STEM
The Obama administration considers supporting women in STEM
(science, technology, engineering and math) an essential part of America's
competitive strategy.
The United States Office of Science and Technology Policy is
working with the White House Council on Women and Girls to increase the
participation of women, girls, and other underrepresented groups in STEM.
However, the number of women in physics, engineering and computer
science is low globally, according to Women in Global Science & Technology,
and it's declining in several leading countries -- including the U.S.
In countries where the number of women studying science and
technology has increased, it has not followed that more women have been
employed in those fields.
The Zuckerberg Factor
There are lots of sports role models, but fewer good nerd
role models, especially female role models. Schools could then move beyond that
to transform the idea that innovating and creating technology is not just a
nerd thing, or that being a nerd is a very positive thing.
Zuckerberg
should promote the idea of girls becoming nerds jointly with his COO, Sheryl
Sandberg, who wrote the book Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead,
Rudd suggested.
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