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Breitbart According to a recent report, in Silicon Valley these days it’s not uncommon to be asked, even by a stranger, “What’s your probability of doom?” when discussing artificial intelligence. [Read More]
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Scientist Can Now Listen in on the Music in Your Head
Scientific American A new study analyzed data from 29 people who were already being monitored for epileptic seizures using postage-stamp-size arrays of electrodes that were placed directly on the surface [Read More]
Autonomous Drones Operating Independent Of Human Control Cause “Significant Casualties” In Libya
Live Science At least one autonomous drone operated by artificial intelligence (AI) may have killed people for the first time last year in Libya, without any humans consulted prior to the attack, [Read More]
Will “Project Maven” be scrapped?
The United States military sought private sector assistance to analyze drone images and determine targets. Called “Project Maven” for $70 million, the pentagon signed an 18-month contract with Google. The tech giant [Read More]
UN Experts Want To Outlaw LAWS
The class of weapons called Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) has UN experts on conventional weapons concerned enough that they are working on banning the development of this next generation of defense technology. Nagging questions remain, however. [Read More]
Swedish Banks Switching to Chat Bots to Handle Customers
The Swedish banking sector has undergone a great deal of consolidation in recent years forcing the closing of many branch offices. To pick up customer service tasks that used to be [Read More]
Google’s AI Learns To Play Aggressively
There are those that look to artificial intelligence (AI) as the future to unleashing countless wonders with its combination of speed and learning. Tests of how the systems respond when faced [Read More]