How AI is transforming the NHS, ‘it’s going to create a revolution
By: Ian Sample July 4, 2018 The tumour is hard to miss on the scan. The size of a golf ball, it sits bold and white on the brain stem, a part of the organ that sends messages back and forth between body and brain. In many ways it is the master controller: from the […]
McDonald’s Says Goodbye Cashiers, Hello Kiosks
By: Ed Rensi July 2, 2018 “Would you like fries with that?” may soon be a phrase of the past. As minimum wage levels approach or surpass $15 nationwide, restaurant customers expecting to be greeted by a smiling face will instead be welcomed by a glowing LED screen. As of 2020, self-service ordering kiosks will […]
Being human: how realistic do we want robots to be?
By: Keza MacDonald June 27, 2018 As our dependence on technology builds and the privacy-destroying, brain-hacking consequences of that start to come to light, we are seeing the return of a science-fiction trope: the rise of the robots. A new wave of television shows, films and video games is grappling with the question of what […]
What is Google doing with AI? Chips with Everything podcast
By: The Guardian June 22, 2018 In April 2017, the US Department of Defense launched an Algorithmic Warfare Cross-Functional Team, otherwise known as Project Maven. The project uses Google’s artificial intelligence to analyse drone footage. This did not go down well with Google’s employees. More than 3,000 workers signed an open letter to Google CEO […]
The two big uncertainties shaping our future
By: Olivier Woeffray Forum June 18, 2018 When we think about the future, most of us try to predict it by extrapolating from a wide range of assumptions that we make about today. But most predictions tend to be wrong, from the automobile being written off as a “fad” in 1903 to a 1977 article […]
To beat the techlash, insert humans into the AI equation
By: Tabitha Miller June 18, 2018 Fear not, in 2025 you’ll get one when the keyboard becomes obsolete and your voice takes over. At least this was the prediction of a technologist I interviewed last week, who made the point that voice recognition is going to transform the way we communicate. Indeed, think of this. […]
Without ethics at its core, big tech will provoke its own destruction
By: CITY A.M June 13, 2018 At the time, the three-word maxim was so important to Google that it entered the companys official code of conduct (and was even, rumour has it, the wifi password for shuttles ferrying staff to its Silicon Valley HQ). Read more: Training AI to be unbiased must be a priority, […]
Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and the Feud Over Killer Robots
By: Cade Metz June 10, 2018 SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg thought his fellow Silicon Valley billionaire Elon Musk was behaving like an alarmist. Mr. Musk, the entrepreneur behind SpaceX and the electric-car maker Tesla, had taken it upon himself to warn the world that artificial intelligence was “potentially more dangerous than nukes” in television […]
40% of Americans can’t cover a $400 emergency expense
By: Anna Bahney May 22, 2018 Can you cover an unexpected $400 expense? Four in ten Americans can’t, according to a new report from the Federal Reserve Board. Those who don’t have the cash on hand say they’d have to cover it by borrowing or selling something. The bright side? That’s an improvement from half […]