#434805 Get Ready for National Robotics Week

It's the tenth year of the most popular robotics celebration in the U.S.[Read more…]

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#434803 Is AI as Smart as a Mouse? A Crow? An ...

Companies are deploying artificial intelligence systems but don’t know if they'll measure up[Read more…]

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#434797 This Week’s Awesome Stories From ...

GENE EDITING
Genome Engineers Made More Than 13,000 Genome Edits in a Single CellAntonio Regalado | MIT Technology Review“The group, led by gene technologist George Church, wants to rewrite genomes at a far larger scale than has currently been possible, something it says could ultimately lead to the ‘radical redesign’ of species—even humans.”
ROBOTICS
Inside Google’s Rebooted Robotics ProgramCade Metz | The New York Times“Google’s new lab is indicative of a broader effort to bring so-called machine learning to robotics. …Many believe […] Continue Reading…

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#434792 Extending Human Longevity With ...

Lizards can regrow entire limbs. Flatworms, starfish, and sea cucumbers regrow entire bodies. Sharks constantly replace lost teeth, often growing over 20,000 teeth throughout their lifetimes. How can we translate these near-superpowers to humans?
The answer: through the cutting-edge innovations of regenerative medicine.
While big data and artificial intelligence transform how we practice medicine and invent new treatments, regenerative medicine is about replenishing, replacing, and rejuvenating our physical bodies.
In Part 5 of this blog series on Longevity and Vitality, I detail […] Continue Reading…

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#434786 AI Performed Like a Human on a Gestalt ...

Dr. Been Kim wants to rip open the black box of deep learning.
A senior researcher at Google Brain, Kim specializes in a sort of AI psychology. Like cognitive psychologists before her, she develops various ways to probe the alien minds of artificial neural networks (ANNs), digging into their gory details to better understand the models and their responses to inputs.
The more interpretable ANNs are, the reasoning goes, the easier it is to reveal potential flaws in their reasoning. And […] Continue Reading…

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