Why 'Rise of the Robots' was named the most important business book of the year
Yale bioethicist Wendell Wallach proclaimed in June that the developed world is at an "unparalleled" moment in history where technology is replacing more jobs than it creates.If we use the word "robot"...
View ArticleToyota will invest $1 billion in artificial intelligence and robotics (TM)
Toyota says it will spend $1 billion to build a new research institute dedicated to two things that will improve its cars: artificial intelligence, and robotics.The new establishment, called Toyota...
View ArticleThis artificially intelligent Twitter bot will tell you how good your selfie is
A new artificial intelligence (AI) can predict which selfies are likely to get the most love, and now you can test it yourself.Stanford PhD student Andrej Karpathy built a deep learning system that...
View ArticleA computer made up stories about these 13 photos and the results are hilarious
Telling stories may be distinctly human act, but computers are quickly catching up.Developer Samim Winiger has merged image-recognition and language-processing software to birth an open-source program...
View ArticleThe idea that AI can 'read' the emotions on your face is profoundly flawed
Companies are constantly looking for new ways to respond and preempt our behavior, hoping to better be able to sell us products and tailor services to our (un)conscious needs.The next big thing is...
View ArticleWhy Google's virtual assistant won't tell you jokes (GOOG, GOOGL)
Google may have a wild sense of humor when it comes to the silly Easter Eggs it hides inside many of its products, but you won't find its virtual assistant joking around. Google Now, the company's...
View ArticleFacebook is using 'Lord of the Rings' to teach its programs how to think
Lift the curtain on almost any tool on Facebook, and you're likely to see a robot at the controls. That's because artificial intelligence (AI) is responsible for powering things like automatic tagging...
View ArticleThis Japanese robot talks to sleepy drivers and helps them stay awake
Toyota debuted the Kirobo Mini at this year's Tokyo Motor Show. It's a companion robot designed to keep lonely drivers awake and alert on the road.Produced by Christine NguyenFollow TI:On FacebookJoin...
View ArticleThis is the biggest shift going on in artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is making huge strides in problems that have traditionally plagued the field by harnessing the power of machine learning, a statistical method that relies on a lot of data....
View ArticleThe CEO of IBM has a bold prediction about the future of artificial intelligence
In May, Ginni Rometty, the chairman and CEO of IBM, stood on stage in front of a packed room and announced that she was going to make "a bold prediction.""In the future, every decision that mankind...
View Article8 industries robots will completely transform by 2025
Just as ATMs changed banking and computers took over the home and workplace, robots and artificial intelligence are going to transform a bunch of industries over the next decade.By 2025, a machine may...
View ArticleThe world's greatest minds have been terrified of AI becoming smarter than...
The number one idea that futurists are obsessed with is the Singularity, or the moment when technological intelligence outpaces human intelligence. The threat of artificial intelligence is everywhere...
View ArticleCambridge University is opening a £10 million centre to study the impact of...
Cambridge University announced on Thursday that it is opening a new £10 million research centre to study the impact of artificial intelligence on humanity.The 806-year-old university said the centre,...
View ArticleThe best science fiction, as picked by 20 A.I. experts
Artificial intelligence (AI) experts may not always agree with how robots and AI are depicted in science fiction, especially when the majority of movies feature killer robots.But even they can't help...
View ArticleWe might be able to replicate the human brain long before we understand it
Most neuroscientists believe that our "self"— the core thoughts, memories, and emotions that make us who we are — resides in the intricate connections of the three-pound, soft, wrinkly, and squishy...
View Article6 ways artificial intelligence is going to make your life better
We're already starting to see big developments in artificial intelligence.Whether it's robots learning to speak like humans or a system capable of identifying landmarks in photos, artificial...
View ArticleThis AI can draw alphabet characters as well as a human can
Artificial intelligence has advanced by leaps and bounds in recent years, but it still pales in comparison to some human abilities.Today's most sophisticated AI systems rely on learning from tens to...
View ArticleElon Musk just founded a new company to make sure artificial intelligence...
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk and Y Combinator President Sam Altman will be cochairs of OpenAI, "a non-profit artificial intelligence research company," which was announced on Friday."Our goal is to...
View ArticleElon Musk just announced a new artificial intelligence research company
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the formation of a new non-profit artificial intelligence research company via Twitter Friday.Called OpenAI, the research group aims to "advance digital intelligence in...
View ArticleCambridge University opens a £10 million centre to study the impact of AI on...
Cambridge University announced on Thursday that it is opening a new £10 million research centre to study the impact of artificial intelligence on humanity.The 806-year-old university said the centre,...
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