[…] newcomers. I attended talks to learn about developments across the industry and enjoyed presentations from insightful experts. The theme of artificial intelligence arose across the workflow for discovery, mining, or quality control, with varying levels of human involvement. I found these […]
[…] accompanying graphic novel (written by Matt Fraction, no less, to be released in August). It tells the tale of an Artificial Intelligence that achieves consciousness, reads the internet to understand humans, realizes how horrible we are and leaves. It’s quite a […]
[…] and is full of ethical dilemmas…If we dehumanize that process, we need to be wary about what values we allow artificial intelligence to impart…On the other hand, automated publishing would expedite scientific communication…Additionally, human bias is removed, making automated publishing an […]
[…] alerts, citation estimates, and certain other types of analytics. One service stands out for its emphasis on the use of artificial intelligence and is placed in this category somewhat provocatively. Meta gathers fulltext from many publishers and has used this for […]
[…] proved to be more persuasive with conservatives than future-looking narratives. So, when people who reside in these communities hear about artificial intelligence, robotics, genetically modified crops, and stem cell research, it’s understandable that they begin to question whether scientists are helping […]
[…] Crotty have written about this, so I’ll not dwell, except to point out that the rise and profusion of increasingly smart Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered info bots (very common on Twitter at least) is very much a double-edged sword. I do believe […]
[…] blog post! But actually, there’s another point still about creativity in non-human entities. Consider the case of an AI ( artificial intelligence) that has been taught how to be creative. Not possible! I hear you cry. Au contraire my friends. Google […]
[…] just a couple of decades ago, as we watched postage stamp sized sensors on the brain allow paraplegics to move artificial limbs with their minds. But I kept coming back to a session entitled How Innovation Happens where a quick […]
[…] is essentially an artistic experiment in cognitive computing. (See this brief write-up for background.) How does a combination of algorithms, an artificial intelligence — a ‘bot — see and interpret works of art? If not constrained by how human minds have done […]
[…] ago, Sebastian Thrun brought the MOOC to general public awareness when he launched an introductory MOOC on the subject of artificial intelligence, and reactions to the MOOC’s sudden prominence were both widespread and highly varied: MOOCs “pose a great threat to… […]
[…] That would sound more audacious if he hadn’t already succeeded at attracting 160,000 students to a free online course in artificial intelligence that he offered while still in his teaching position at Stanford. Five hundred thousand is a potentially game-changing number […]
[…] a long-term strategy, big investments in fulfillment centers and e-commerce, and vision. But more on this below. E-book prices are artificially low — After launching the Kindle in late 2007, Amazon offered e-books at $9.99 or lower, a significant savings […]
[…] being eliminated or chipped away as computers intrude quite naturally and capably. As computers climb the ranks from calculator to artificial intelligence, jobs at various levels are lost or severely curtailed. The first signs of intrusion into our worlds was the […]