The Beginner’s Mind of Machine Learning
As advances in machine learning continue, we can expect to see fewer of the "beginner's mistakes" of its early experimental phase.
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The Dangers of AI: Bad Algorithms are a More Immediate Danger than Ultron
What if machine learning models like GPT-3 are doing more harm than good?
What if machine learning models like GPT-3 are doing more harm than good?
What if machine learning models like GPT-3 are doing more harm than good?
Adam and Eve and the Garden of AI: Looking at Human Origins
Artificial intelligence, or AI, is helping to better preserve the past, and connect it to the present. From...
How Can we Guide Our Life?
In the future, could an interactive artificial intelligence (AI) system answer questions for us, and carry the flame of life and consciousness?
No, Machine Learning Can’t Predict Trustworthiness Based on Faces
Buzzwords like machine learning and artificial intelligence continue to garner million-dollar investments and clickbait headlines... but what is the real state of the science?
Could A.I. Make COVID-19 Testing Easier?
An AI model developed by West Virginia University looks at demographic areas to determine areas in need of COVID-19 testing.
Will AI Become Part of Our Future Legal System?
India is one of the first countries looking into whether AI can help make their legal system more efficient.
Intelligent Communication: Understanding and Adaptation
There could be more than just distance that separates us from other intelligent life in the universe.
There could be more than just distance that separates us from other intelligent life in the universe.
There could be more than merely distance that separates us from other intelligent life that exists in our universe.
No, Neural Networks are Not Conscious
Despite alarmist headlines in recent news, neural networks are not conscious. Here is what AI experts are really saying.
Could AI Have a Fashion Sense?
New research shows that AI can create underground maps of a city based on the unique qualities in a person's fashion sense.
Will The Olympics’ Newest Narc be a Drug-Sniffing A.I.?
The Olympics have had a long history of athletic doping occurring, but a new AI system could put a stop to that happening.
AI: Intelligent Adaptation, or Barbarian Duplication?
Once we begin sending our assets to other planets, what should be our goal? There are two basic choices: AI, or the way of the barbarian.
Your Next Bottle of Wine Could be Electronic
How Technology Will Impact the Wine Industry
How Technology Will Impact the Wine Industry
Who doesn’t love a good bottle of wine? The wine industry is beginning to update its methods. Gone...
Can We Communicate With Whales? New AI Research Is Trying to Figure It Out
A multidisciplinary team of scientists is trying to use artificial intelligence to decode the language of whales.
New AI Genome Analysis Finds Unknown “Ghost” Ancestor in Eurasian DNA
New findings show how AI could help explain the features of an unrecognized "hybrid" teenage girl who lived 50,000 years ago.
Your Brain Uses ‘Autocorrect’ To Decipher Language and AI Just Helped Us Prove It, New Study Says
New research from MIT used AI to examine how and why our brains understand language. Your brain works just like your smartphone's autocorrect feature.
You Can Sell Your Face To Companies Who Create Deepfake Marketing Clones
Start-ups will literally buy your face and create a digital deepfake copy of it using AI to sell their products and services.
Spiritual Machines: Silicon Valley’s Quest for Immortality
This week, we turn our attention to the question of longevity studies, and Silicon Valley's quest for Immortality.
Could a Human Interface Lead to the Creation of Empathic Virtual Reality?
Can virtual reality allow a human interface via simulations that create realistic experiences, complete with real emotions?
Can Google Teach Me French? Tech Giant Takes Aim at Language Learning with Tivoli
Learning Languages Using Google's AI Could Kill Other Language Learning Apps.
Learning Languages Using Google's AI Could Kill Other Language Learning Apps.
Users will soon be able to turn to Google Search to learn foreign languages using a robust AI system called 'Tivoli.' Goodbye Duolingo?
Truly Autonomous Weapon May Have Been Used in Libya, U.N. Report States
"Fire, forget and find?" That question may have just been answered.
"Fire, forget and find?" That question may have just been answered.
The U.N. report says a drone used by Libya’s government was “programmed to attack targets" with a "true ‘fire, forget and find’ capability.”
GPT-3 May Become The AI Disinformation Machine We’ve Always Feared, Study Finds
A new study shows how GPT-3 was able to generate "human-like" text producing very persuasive disinformation able to sway opinions.
New Study Explains Why You Have Weird Dreams
New research not only attempts to explain why we dream, but offers a unique explanation of why our dreams are so freaking weird.
DARPA Develops AI Sarcasm Detector (Just What We Needed)
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, better known as DARPA, recently announced the successful demonstration of an advanced...
Researchers Use AI to Track the Evolution of COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories
Researchers used a new artificial intelligence program to accurately identify COVID-19 related conspiracy theories on social media and...
Catholic Conference to Discuss ET, A.I., and Other Life ‘Beyond Human’.
The Society of Catholic Scientists has scheduled their 2021 SCS conference, and this year's topic is literally out of this world.
New Robot Workers Use AI To Predict Human Co-Worker Movements
New AI system helps industrial robot workers observe and predict their human co-workers' movements to maximize efficiency and improve safety.
Top 5 Things About A.I. That This Science Fiction Writer Thinks Will Kick Ass
Artificial intelligence may be a dirty word in some quarters. Yet, ask any science fiction writer, and they will shout, "It's about time!"
Royal Navy’s NavyX Welcomes “Madfox” Autonomous Ship
The Royal Navy recently announced a brand new autonomous surface vessel, the Madfox, is in the hands of the U.K.’s...
FBI Warns Imminent Deepfake Attacks “Almost Certain”
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a unique Private Industry Notification (PIN) on deepfakes, warning companies...
U.S. Unprepared For Coming AI Threat, National Security Commission Finds
The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) says the U.S. is unprepared to compete with China in the coming AI era.
Second Top AI Ethics Researcher Fired by Google
For the second time in little over three months, technology giant Google has fired a prominent member of their AI ethics team.
New Research Says AI Can Determine Who Will Die From COVID-19
By showing AI can predict with 90% certainty who will die from COVID-19, researchers hope the info can be used for issuing vaccines.
Super Intelligent AI May Be “Uncontrollable,” says new study
According to a new study, the actions of superintelligent AI may be hard to predict, making them uncontrollable.
Disturbing Study Says Facial Recognition Can Determine Political Affiliation
New research claims facial recognition software can reasonably predict a person's political affiliation based solely on facial features.
Brain Implants Allow Quadriplegic Man To Feed Himself
AI, robotic limbs, and brain implants allow a paralysed man to eat a Twinkie.
AI, robotic limbs, and brain implants allow a paralysed man to eat a Twinkie.
Researchers developed brain implants and AI-controlled limbs that allowed a quadriplegic man to feed himself using his thoughts.
Robotic Combat Vehicles and AI Aircraft Announced by U.S. Military
A series of recent announcements indicate the U.S. armed forces are placing big money into robotics and AI.
A series of recent announcements indicate the U.S. armed forces are placing big money into robotics and AI.
A trio of recent announcements in December indicate that the US military is investing in robotic combat vehicles and AI fighter aircraft.
The Internet of Military Things, and a Former CIA Director on UFOs
The U.S. Air Force is moving towards an “Internet of Things” on a military scale, and former CIA director John Brennan weighs in on the debate over UFOs in Navy videos.
The Question that Got Google’s Timnit Gebru Fired: Can an AI Model Be Too Big?
Last week, Google Timnit Gebru, a leader in its ethical AI team. Today, AI experts and ethicists are pondering what this means for the future.
Introducing The Intelligence Brief
Welcome to this inaugural edition of The Intelligence Brief, where we’ll be taking a look at what’s happening in the sciences, as well as new trends in technology, defense, and other topics we’re covering at The Debrief.
DeepMind Makes AI History By Solving “Protein Folding Problem”
The achievement will likely have a significant impact on the future of computational and molecular biology.
The achievement will likely have a significant impact on the future of computational and molecular biology.
On Monday, DeepMind Technologies announced a major breakthrough in what is known in computational biology as the "protein folding problem."
Pope Francis Calls for Prayers as AI Research Progresses
The pontiff says robotics "can make a better world possible."
The pontiff says robotics "can make a better world possible."
The Pope’s statement underscores the fundamental uncertainty that surrounds projections for robotics and machine learning in the coming years.
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