Google DeepMind Shows That AI Can Have “Killer Instincts”
Red and Blue Concerns over artificial intelligence (AI) have been around for some time now, and thanks to a new study by Google’s DeepMind research lab, it seems that this Terminator-esque future of...
View ArticleElon Musk: If Humans Are to Survive, We Must Merge With Machines
The Future is Here: Meet the Neural Lace Elon Musk shocked the tech world this past summer when he explained both the concept and need for a neural lace at the 2016 Recode Code Conference. The Neural...
View ArticleNew AI Can Write and Rewrite Its Own Code to Increase Its Intelligence
Learning From Less Data The old adage that practice makes perfect applies to machines as well, as many of today’s artificially intelligent devices rely on repetition to learn. Deep-learning algorithms...
View ArticleTo Reap the Benefits of Autonomous Tech, We Need to Learn to Trust It
In 2016, self-driving cars went mainstream. Uber’s autonomous vehicles became ubiquitous in neighborhoods where I live in Pittsburgh, and briefly in San Francisco. The U.S. Department of Transportation...
View Article“AI Brain Scans” Reveal How Synthetic Intelligence Think
Graphcore has taken some mesmerizing images of its Intelligent Processing Units (IPUs) in action. While the images may look like a psychedelic dream or even similar to a human brain scan, they’re...
View ArticleMark Cuban: We Need to Prepare for When Robots Replace Human Workers
A Warning and a Question Dallas Mavericks owner and business mogul Mark Cuban has joined other technology leaders in warning about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and robots on jobs. In an...
View ArticleOur Computers Are Learning How to Code Themselves
On the Hunt for Code Those of you who followed the first season of HBO’s “Westworld” know that one of the things that made an artificially intelligent (AI) host in the show truly intelligent, so to...
View ArticleTaxing Robots and “Free Money” in a Future of Job Automation
As technology advances, we are finding newer and cheaper ways to manufacture goods and offer services. CLICK TO VIEW FULL INFOGRAPHIC This has come in the form of job automation and artificial...
View ArticleAmazon Is Convinced Alexa Has First Amendment Rights
Invoking AI Rights An Amazon Echo is being viewed as a key piece of evidence in an ongoing murder investigation in Arkansas dating back to 2015. Police want to access the voice recordings from the...
View ArticleBill Gates: This Will Be the Biggest Technological Breakthrough of Our Lifetime
Where Are We Now? We have come far in our pursuit of the perfect computer companion. From mastering games to running our homes, artificial intelligence (AI) has been steadily improving. CLICK TO VIEW...
View ArticleSoftbank CEO: The Singularity Will Happen by 2047
Son’s Predictions The CEO of Japanese telecommunications giant and internet multinational Softbank is at it again. Masayoshi Son has been consistent with his predictions as to when the technological...
View ArticleAn End to Aging: Can Science Allow Humans to To Become Immortal?
Aging — a Law or a Suggestion? The inevitability of aging may be no more than yet another biological theory that scientific advances will retire in the near future. Some scientists today say that...
View ArticleSingularity: Explain It to Me Like I’m 5-Years-Old
Supercomputers to Superintelligence Here’s an experiment that fits all ages: approach your mother and father (if they’re asleep, use caution). Ask them gently about that time before you were born, and...
View ArticleFacebook’s Artificial Intelligence Can Now Identify Suicidal Behavior
Facebook has gradually grown from supposed social media fad to an everyday essential that has amassed a monthly base of 1.86 million users. The ever-scaling operation frequently pushes out new features...
View ArticleHow Dangerous Would Westworld-Level Artificial Intelligences Really Be?
“These violent delights have violent ends.” CLICK TO VIEW FULL INFOGRAPHIC With the help of Shakespeare and Michael Crichton, HBO’s Westworld has brought to light some of the concerns about creating...
View ArticleTech May Widen the Gap Between Rich and Poor
You’re watching MasterChef on TV. The contestants are making their very best dishes and bring them to the judges for tasting. As the judges’ eyes roll back with pleasure, you are left sitting on your...
View ArticleAn AI Completed 360,000 Hours of Finance Work in Just Seconds
A New COIN JP Morgan Chase & Co. is the biggest bank in the United States. It is one of the largest employers in the American banking sector, with more than 240,000 employees serving millions of...
View ArticleThe Automation Upheaval Won’t Be Limited to Blue-Collar Jobs
The Age of Automation Much has been said about how automation will affect employment and the economy. In almost every conversation, the looming threat of job displacement is focused on a very specific...
View ArticleA New AI Can Write Music as Well as a Human Composer
Artificial Intelligence and Creativity Artificial intelligence (AI) is set to become the most groundbreaking and defining technology of the 21st century. But what exactly comes to mind when people...
View ArticleAI Will Bring About the Biggest Transformation in Human History
Importance Principle Advanced AI could represent a profound change in the history of life on Earth, and should be planned for and managed with commensurate care and resources. In the history of human...
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