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Russell argues that as robots take on more complicated tasks, it's necessary to translate our morals into AI language.

The platforms that are most effective turn employees' ordinary job tasks into part of a rich adventure narrative.

It seems higher education has become an industry of meeting-holders whose task it is to solve problems— real or imagined.

While most people will still probably need, and be, to some extent, clock-timers, task-based timing should be used when performing a job that requires more creativity.

What, then, are the effects of thinking about time in these different ways? Does one make us more productive? Better at the tasks at hand? Happier? In experiments conducted by Tamar Avnet and Anne-Laure Sellier, they had participants organize different activities—from project planning, holiday shopping, to yoga—by time or to-do list to measure how they performed under clock time vs task time.

They work down the list, each task starts when the previous task is completed.

They set a time limit for each specific task.

They give priority to the most urgent task on hand.

They combine clock-based and task-based planning.

They accomplish their tasks one by one.

The researchers argue that task-based organizing tends to be undervalued and under-supported in the business culture.

Task-based timing is preferred for doing creative work.

Task timers are happier and more creative, but less productive.

Smart companies, they believe, will try to bake more task-based planning into their strategies.

Shouldn't preparing—and consuming—food be a source of comfort, pride, health, well-being, relaxation, sociability? Something that connects us to other humans? Why would we want to outsource this basic task, especially when outsourcing it is so harmful? When I talk about cooking, I'm not talking about creating elaborate dinner parties or three-day science projects.

On the other hand, task-timers have a list of things they want to accomplish.

It'll make those tasks easier, and the task-doers will be happier.

It does not attach enough importance to task-based practice.

Well, to continue, as I mentioned earlier, there is also research that demonstrates that individuals perform worse, not better on tasks when other people are there.

Already, by paying close attention to and interacting with the world and people around him, and without any school-type formal instruction, he has done a task far more difficult, complicated and abstract than anything he will be asked to do in school, or than any of his teachers has done for years.

Earlier this year, Italy signed an accord with UNESCO to establish a task force of police art detectives and archaeologists (考古學(xué)家) to protect cultural heritage from natural disasters and terror groups, such as IsiS.

In experiments conducted by Tamar Avnet and Anne- Laure Sellier, they had participants organize different activities — from project planning, holiday shopping, to yoga — by time or to-do list to measure how they performed under "clock time" vs "task time"

It seems higher education has become an industry of meeting-holders whose task it is to "solve" problems—real or imagined.

You mean high school graduates can't do this task in general?

She borrowed the principle of efficiency on the factory floor and applied it to domestic tasks on the kitchen floor.

On this task, they found large differences.

The full details are complicated - the text alone runs to 385 pages–?and trying to summarise it is no easy task.

It's no small challenge for a blog run by a group of ordinary—if ambitious—young people, but the members of Generation O are up to the task.

The number of hours we work has not changed much, but we spend less time now on home tasks.

So you can see how being good in the interpersonal realm actually was a direct benefit, even for effectively pursuing a technical task.

What does the speaker say contributes to effectively pursuing a technical task

Common research has long held that talking themselves through a task helps children learn, although doing so when you'v apparently matured is not a great sign of brilliance.

Ego aside, a third advantage is that the emotional neutrality of indifferent relationships has been found to enhance critical evaluation, to strengthen one's focus on task resolution, and to gain greater access to valuable information.

In his latest experiment, published online in August, Steinberg and his colleagues used a computerized version of a card game called the Iowa Gambling Task to investigate how the presence of peers affects the way young people gather and apply information.

Internal recovery refers to the shorter periods of relaxation that take place within the frames of the work day or the work setting in the form of short scheduled or unscheduled breaks, by shifting at physical resources required for the initial task are t

Let's face it, it wasn't too long ago that the idea of working from anywhere and at anytime was some form of a distant utopian dream,and yet now we can perform almost any office-based task from any location in the world as long as we have access to the in

like Schwartz and so many others,I often find myself distracted and off task.

New research says that those who can't seem to keep their inner monologues in are actually more likely to stay on task, remain focused better and show improved perception capabilities.

Our own decision-making abilities can become depleted over the course of the day causing indecision or poor choices, but choosing on behalf of someone else is an enjoyable task that doesn't suffer the same pitfalls.

Psychologists have recently focused on the tendency to think about something other than the task one is doing.

Put the list away and then set yourself the same task a week later.

The results: Teens who played the Iowa Gambling Task under the eyes of fellow adolescents engaged in more exploratory behavior, learned faster from both positive and negative outcomes, and achieved better performance on the task than those who played in s

This is not an easy task.

When her mother was interviewed, three weeks after her daughter's birth, she was asked if she was prepared for what might be a daunting task caring for her.

A restaurant in Spain uses a foodie to "re-create forms and pieces" of food that are "exactly the same, " freeing cooks to complete other tasks.

Always keep in mind that your main task is to get this company running smoothly.

And I always started the day's work with the difficult task of essay-writing.

As a result, humans can perform very complex tasks with their hands.

At age five, this dull task brought me such joy.

At space camp, trainees can earn their space exploration badge as they build and fire model rockets, learn about space tasks and try simulated (模擬) flying to space with the crew from all over the world.

For new reporters, this can seem like a challenging task.

He gave himself a new name to hide his identity when he went to carry out the secret task.

He wanted to take the task home.

I completed the task within 40 minutes.

In the former case, we keep putting off a task because it has either too boring or too difficult.

Just tell us whether you can undertake the task or not.

Managing the family budget must have been a very hard task, but she made it look effortless.

Most of us are more focused on our tasks in the morning than we are later in the day.

Mount Kilimanjaro is the tallest mountain in Africa, climbing it is no small task, especially for a group of seven who are all disabled in some way.

People with start-up fatigue are most likely to delay tasks.

She had a hard time finishing the required reading tasks.

So if we send out a robot with the single instruction of fetching coffee, it will have a strong desire to secure success by disabling its own off switch or even killing anyone who might interfere with its task.

Some complain of unfriendly coworkers and feel sad for eight-hour workweeks devoted to tasks they hate.

Sometimes we decide that a little unnecessary danger is worth it because when we weigh the risk and the reward, the risk seems worth tasking.

The center offers programs designed to challenge and inspire with hands-on tasks and lots of fun.

The task was so hard, and Steve, angry and upset, said he was quitting.

The workers were not better organized, otherwise they would have accomplished the task in half the time.

Then, handle the most important tasks first so you'll feel a real sense of achievement.

They conclude that when task interdependence is high, team performance will suffer when there is too much talent, while individual talent will have positive effects on team performance when task interdependence is lower.

This task-interdependence distinguishes baseball from football and basketball.

Trainees also get a good start on their wilderness survival badge as they learn about water-and land-survival through designed tasks and their search and rescue of "downed " pilot.

When everyone else in the class was focusing on tasks, I could not.

With all the programs, teamwork is key as trainees learn the importance of leadership and being part of a bigger task.

You can talk to the robot, ask it questions, and make requests for it to perform different tasks.

The hardest task that television asks of anyone is to turn the power off after he has turned it on.

Still, while every parent would like to be patient, this is no easy task.

The prevention of this type of fraud is no easy task, and a new field of computer science is developing to cope with security issues.

There are a number of approaches to mastering the art of deep work—be it lengthy retreats dedicated to a specific task; developing a daily ritual; or taking a "journalistic" approach to seizing moments of deep work when you can throughout the day.

When our brains switch between being focused and unfocused on a task, they tend to be more efficient.