Tag Archives: Artificial intelligence

#428199 The AI Conversation Has Exploded This ...

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Android

Discussion of artificial intelligence has skyrocketed since the end of the last decade, according to a new analysis looking at public perception of the technology. The paper by Stanford computer science PhD Ethan Fast and Eric Horvitz, a distinguished scientist and deputy managing director at Microsoft Research, looked at more than three million articles published in the New York Times between January 1986 and May 2016. The study is under review to become a conference… read more Continue reading →

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#428172 This Week’s Awesome Stories From ...

Posted on October 22, 2016 by Android

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: Conscious Exotica Murray Shanahan | Aeon "In what follows I attempt to…[describe] the structure of the space of possible minds, in two dimensions: the capacity for consciousness and the human-likeness of behavior. Implicit in this mapping seems to be the possibility of forms of consciousness so alien that we would not recognize them." ROBOTICS: How Analog and Neuromorphic Chips Will Rule the Robotic Age Shahin Farshchi | IEEE Spectrum "Why the move to analog… read more Continue reading →

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#428141 8 Ways AI Will Profoundly Change City ...

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Android

How will AI shape the average North American city by 2030? A panel of experts assembled as part of a century-long study into the impact of AI thinks its effects will be profound. The One Hundred Year Study on Artificial Intelligence is the brainchild of Eric Horvitz, a computer scientist, former president of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, and managing director of Microsoft Research's main Redmond lab. Every five years a panel… read more Continue reading →

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#428130 Autonomous – A Sci-Fi Short movie

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Android

AUTONOMOUS is an award-winning Sci-Fi short film that unofficially premiered at the 35th SGAI International Conference on Artificial Intelligence at the University of Cambridge. It recently won the Silver Award at The Box Film Festival 2016 (UK) and is an official selection in ten more film festivals around the world.
Featured Photo Credit: George VarotsisPremise: When a mistrustful rogue, who earns a living by sending “obsolete” humanoid robots to the scrap heap, has a change of heart and decides it’s time to call it quits, he stumbles upon a conspiracy that will reveal his life’s darkest secret.

You can watch the film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj92Mh2l8kk

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#428097 5 Intriguing Uses for Artificial ...

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Android

Rather than leading to the violent downfall of humankind, artificial intelligence is helping people around the world do their jobs, including doctors who diagnose sepsis in patients and scientists who track endangered animals in the wild, experts said. Continue reading →

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