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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
When thoughts control machines
By: New York Times May 17, 2018 Efforts to connect human brains to computers have taken big leaps forward in recent years. Melding our minds with machines could provide the biggest single upgrade to human intelligence since our species evolved. But are we ready? Read Full Article
Loneliness and Other Digital Addiction Symptoms Are Seen in Students
By: Everyday Health Date: April 4, 2018 Are smartphones making us feel bad? New research has found that compared with university students who used their phones the least, students who used their phones the most reported higher levels of isolation, loneliness, depression, and anxiety. In a survey published online last week in the journal NeuroRegulation, Erik Peper, […]
Air taxis: we have lift-off…
By: Ian Tucker March 4, 2018 Airbus Vahana Last month Airbus released a video of the first successful test flight of its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) autonomous drone. Although it only hovered in the air for 53 seconds, the fact that its eight rotors were powered entirely by electricity was a landmark for […]
Nearly half of current jobs could be automated by 2055, according to a new report
By: Patrick Caughill February 03, 2018 According to a new report from the McKinsey Global Institute, nearly half of all the work we do will be able to be automated by the year 2055. However, a variety of factors, including politics and public sentiment toward the technology, could push that back by as many as […]
The next frontier Using thought to control machines
By: The Economist- Print edition January 4, 2018 TECHNOLOGIES are often billed as transformative. For William Kochevar, the term is justified. Mr Kochevar is paralysed below the shoulders after a cycling accident, yet has managed to feed himself by his own hand. This remarkable feat is partly thanks to electrodes, implanted in his right arm, […]