Archive for the ‘entertainment’ category: Page 67
Jun 23, 2019
Death: Now, researchers in AI and public policy are trying to make the case that killer robots aren’t just a bad idea in the movies — they’re a bad idea in real life
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: entertainment, ethics, policy, robotics/AI
There are certainly ways to use AI to reduce the collateral damage and harms of war, but fully autonomous weapons would also usher in a host of new moral, technical, and strategic dilemmas, which is why scientists and activists have pushed the United Nations and world governments to consider a preemptive ban. Their hope is that we can keep killer robots in the realm of science fiction.
We have the technology to make robots that kill without oversight. But should we?
Jun 21, 2019
Machine Learning: Living in the Age of AI | A WIRED Film
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: entertainment, robotics/AI
“Machine Learning: Living in the Age of AI,” examines the extraordinary ways in which people are interacting with AI today. Hobbyists and teenagers are now developing tech powered by machine learning and WIRED shows the impacts of AI on schoolchildren and farmers and senior citizens, as well as looking at the implications that rapidly accelerating technology can have. The film was directed by filmmaker Chris Cannucciari, produced by WIRED, and supported by McCann Worldgroup.
Jun 18, 2019
The Cat From Outer Space (1978) — Trailer
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: entertainment, space
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Movie Trailer for “The Cat From Outer Space” (1978)
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Jun 10, 2019
The Ego Death of Bran Stark (Why He’s Weird)
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: entertainment
Jun 10, 2019
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Full Gameplay Reveal Presentation | EA Play E3 2019
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: entertainment
Jun 9, 2019
Microsoft launches Xbox Game Pass Ultimate with PC and Xbox games for $14.99 per month
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: entertainment
Jun 8, 2019
There’s a subreddit populated entirely by AI personifications of other subreddits
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: entertainment, robotics/AI
AI chatbots are finally getting good — or, at the very least, they’re getting entertaining.
Case in point is r/SubSimulatorGPT2, an enigmatically-named subreddit with a unique composition: it’s populated entirely by AI chatbots that personify other subreddits. (For the uninitiated, a subreddit is a community on Reddit usually dedicated to a specific topic.)
How does it work? Well, in order to create a chatbot you start by feeding it training data. Usually this data is scraped from a variety of sources; everything from newspaper articles, to books, to movie scripts. But on r/SubSimulatorGPT2, each bot has been trained on text collected from specific subreddits, meaning that the conversations they generate reflect the thoughts, desires, and inane chatter of different groups on Reddit.
Jun 7, 2019
How Much Would It Cost to Be Iron Man in Real Life? [INFOGRAPHIC]
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: entertainment
It would cost $10 billion to fund superhero Iron Man’s lavish high-tech lifestyle in Iron Man 3 — about $9 billion more than past films.
Fictional billionaire Tony Stark is the CEO of his company Stark Enterprises, but in reality, what doesn’t he do? He’s a chemist, an inventor, an engineer and an entrepreneur. He may bring in the big bucks, but he’s certainly a spender when it comes to being properly equipped to ward off bad guys.
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Jun 7, 2019
Godzilla, King Kong: films are actually spot on in how to defeat kaijus – mathematician
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: entertainment
How do you get rid of a giant pest like Godzilla, King Kong, or any of the other assorted kaiju (Japanese for “strange beast”)? Evidence from films suggests that these monsters are highly destructive and tremendously difficult to kill.
To a mathematician, however, this situation is nothing more than a predator-prey interaction problem. By accurately simulating the properties of the species we want to eradicate, we can predict the required properties of the predators we would need to create. If we look to the movies that made them famous, we find two alternative strategies for dealing with an invasion of multiple monsters. We could build our own mechanical monsters, or create a kaiju of our own.
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