Archive for the ‘robotics/AI’ category: Page 1077
May 31, 2021
Calculations Show Humans Can’t Contain Superintelligent Machines
Posted by Nicholi Avery in category: robotics/AI
Researchers say we’re unlikely to ever be able to contain a large enough superintelligent artificial intelligence.
The premise sounds scary, but knowing the odds will help scientists who work on these projects.
Self-teaching AI already exists and can teach itself things programmers don’t “fully understand.”
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May 30, 2021
Ep. 35: Mark Ryan on deep learning with tabular data
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: information science, robotics/AI, transportation
Deep-learning expert weighs in on getting to AGI, assessing algorithmic intelligence, autonomous vehicles,” “Mark Ryan is a Data Science Manager at Intact Insurance and the author of the recently-released “Deep Learning with Structured Data”. He holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from the University of Toronto, and is interested in chatbots and natural language processing.
May 30, 2021
Kellogg’s robot vending machine lets you mix your favorite cereals
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: robotics/AI
May 30, 2021
AI Weekly: GoodAI aims to fund research on fundamental AI challenge
Posted by Dan Kummer in category: robotics/AI
Marek Rosa, a Slovakian entrepreneur and computer programmer, founded GoodAI, a company dedicated to the research and development of general artificial intelligence (AGI). In 2017, he founded the General AI Challenge, pledging $5 million in prize money to tackle critical research problems in “human-level” AI development.
GoodAI, an organization founded by Slovakian entrepreneur Marek Rosa, aims to solve fundamental challenges in AI.
May 30, 2021
Israel’s operation against Hamas was the world’s first AI war
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: military, robotics/AI, supercomputing, terrorism
The Israeli military is calling Operation Guardian of the Walls the first artificial-intelligence war. the IDF established an advanced AI technological platform that centralized all data on terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip onto one system that enabled the analysis and extraction of the intelligence.
The IDF used artificial intelligence and supercomputing during the last conflict with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
May 30, 2021
U.S. Transhumanist Party Virtual Enlightenment Salon with Ryan O’Shea — May 30, 2021
Posted by Brent Ellman in categories: bioengineering, ethics, geopolitics, health, robotics/AI, space, transhumanism
Today, Sunday, May 30, 2021, at 1 p.m. Pacific Time, join us for a U.S. Transhumanist Party Virtual Enlightenment Salon with Ryan O’Shea, as we discuss the state of the transhumanist movement, life-extension advocacy, biohacking, Ryan’s Future Grind podcast, and more!
Watch on YouTube here:. You will be able to post questions and comments in the live YouTube chat.
May 30, 2021
Trillions of pounds of trash: New technology tries to solve an old garbage problem
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: robotics/AI, sustainability
The recycling industry has struggled with a trillion-pound global landfill issue, but breakthrough plastic package replacements and recycling robots are here.
May 30, 2021
How Nvidia plans to own the data center with AI
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: robotics/AI
Nvidia Corp. wants to transform enterprise computing completely by making data centers run 10 times faster at one-10th the cost.
Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang (pictured) is crafting a strategy to re-architect today’s on-premises data centers, public clouds and edge computing installations with a vision that leverages the company’s strong position in artificial intelligence architectures. The keys to this end-to-end strategy include a clarity of vision, massive chip design skills, new Arm-based architectures that integrate memory, processors, I/O and networking, and a compelling software consumption model.
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May 30, 2021
A rogue killer drone ‘hunted down’ a human target without being instructed to, UN report says
Posted by Sean Brazell in categories: drones, government, military, robotics/AI, terrorism
Oh, joy. You can take the drone out of 2020, but you can’t take the 2020 out of the drone.
A “lethal” weaponized drone “hunted down a human target” without being told to for the first time, according to a UN report seen by the New Scientist.
The March 2020 incident saw a KARGU-2 quadcopter autonomously attack a human during a conflict between Libyan government forces and a breakaway military faction, led by the Libyan National Army’s Khalifa Haftar, the Daily Star reported.
