New A.I. system is better at reading human emotions than most people
Think you have a good poker face? Well, think again. This A.I. system might just give you a run for your money. Researchers have now developed a new technology that can read facial expressions better than most people — by using an intense, in-depth stare. Machines capable of reading facial expressions aren’t exactly new. Microsoft debuted a Read More
Advances in A.I. to exacerbate social inequality
In the near future, the top one percent who controls everything won’t be a handful of wealthy bankers. Rather, it will be a group of engineers who own artificial intelligence (A.I.), and in turn, everything else. We’ve all heard that the robot revolution, which will drastically reshape the economic landscape, is already on the horizon. Estimates Read More
Artificial Intelligence program has the language skills of a four-year-old
Language is a distinctly human, innate mental structure. It is a prime example of a mental algorithm, which strings words into new combinations by plucking them from a memory bank. Recently, scientists have replicated this mental algorithm by developing an artificial intelligence (A.I.) software, which has the language skills of a four-year-old. The machine mirrors the Read More
Facebook to develop A.I. system that plays game no other computer program can master
Computers trump people at various games, from chess to trivia. Nevertheless, there remains one pastime where humans still reign supreme: the game of Go. This supremacy may be in its twilight, however, as Facebook officials study Go in hopes of building an artificial brain and, in turn, a virtual assistant. Computers are able to win various Read More
Google’s artificial intelligence will soon be able to answer your email for you
(Cyberwar.news) Some will think it pretty cool while others will likely drop Google as an email provider over fears the tech giant’s artificial intelligence is simply getting too big and too powerful. As reported by Popular Mechanics, a few months ago Google began in earnest demonstrating its newest secret weapon, so to speak: A robot Read More
DARPA implanting computer chips in soldiers’ brains
Melding artificial silicon with breathing tissue is no longer fantasy peddled by science fiction writers. That is at least what New York Times best-selling author and journalist Annie Jacobsen reports. In her new book, The Pentagon’s Brain, Jacobsen argues that DARPA has been secretly implanting computer chips into soldiers’ brains in order to treat trauma Read More
Robo sex trafficking? New campaign issues ban on sex robots
The mathematician Alan Turing argued that a machine could perform the substantial equivalent of thinking if it could convince someone that it was human by responding to various questions through teletype, whereas author Phillip Dick suggested that emotions are the necessary ingredient in order to make robots “conscious.” But what will really transform cold silicon Read More
Artificial intelligence with a sense of humor: Robot tells TV hosts to f**k off live on TV
TV hosts Charlie Stayt and Louise Minchin of BBC Breakfast, were caught off guard this morning when a robot named Linda, who’s been programmed with a rudimentary level of artificial intelligence, seemed to tell the hosts, “f**k you,” live and in front of millions as their show was coming to an end. This hasn’t been Read More
AI robot that learns new words in real-time tells human creators it will keep them in a “people zoo”
Androids are being developed that have an uncanny resemblance to people. A pinnacle example is an android crafted by roboticist David Hanson that resembles the famous and deceased science fiction writer Philip K. Dick. What makes android Dick so remarkable isn’t so much his appearance as it is his ability to hold an intelligent conversation. Read More
Before AI robot ethics, shouldn’t we focus on establishing medical ethics? Western medicine remains largest threat to human life
Whether or not autonomous weapons should have rights is a question that has received a lot of attention in recent years. In the same way vegetarians pushed for animal rights, artificial intelligence enthusiasts are pushing to extend legal rights to social robots. Unlike animals, however, robots aren’t sentient, and aren’t expected to be sentient anytime Read More