For three days, artificial intelligence planned my days, gave me (limited) advice and even took a stab at writing this article. Now I’m left wondering: What did it get out of our arrangement?
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A.I. can kill your business in an instant. Just ask the CEO of Chegg
“The reason I was invited on is I’m the poster child for getting your ass kicked in the public markets by A.I. since I lost 40% of value in five minutes,” Rosensweig said. “So for those of you who didn’t want to take that, I took it for you,” Rosensweig said with apparent sarcasm. “My pleasure.”
Chegg’s new A.I. tool, called CheggMate, will be a personal learning assistant for students that creates bespoke lesson plans. Trained on a set of 100 million correct answers to 17 million new questions posed by students each year over the past decade, the A.I. will create a tailored learning experience for students, taking into account their learning style, the date of their exam or deadline, and even how they’re feeling that day, among other factors. It will also connect students to remote study groups and help them find job opportunities.
“Just imagine the following scenario,” Rosensweig said, “you start to have a conversation with somebody that knows you, knows how you’re feeling that day, knows what you’re studying, knows when your midterm is, knows what you’re good at, what you’re bad at, builds you a personalized plan, advocates for you.”
Fame ‘forces you to constantly reflect on your impact and motivation’ says Bjarke Ingels
Danish architect Bjarke Ingels discusses what it’s like to be one of the world’s best-known architects and the current limitations of AI in this interview.
Ingels sat down with Dezeen at the UIA World Congress of Architects in Copenhagen after delivering a keynote address to delegates.
As the session ended, the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) founder and creative director was surrounded by fans hoping to get a photograph with him.
OpenAI: Sarah Silverman and others launch lawsuits over alleged copyright violation concerns
This segment originally aired on July 10, 2023.
Yahoo Finance Tech Editor Dan Howley reports on lawsuits against OpenAI regarding copyright law violations including Sarah Silverman and others.
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From Sci-Fi to Reality: Addressing AI Risks — with David Brin
AI had its nuclear bomb threshold. The biggest thing that happens to human technology maybe since the splitting of the atom.
A conversation with Science Fiction author and a NASA consultant David Brin about the existential risks of AI and what approach we can take to address these risks.
David Brin’s advice for new authors.
http://www.davidbrin.com/advice.htm.
David Brin’s new WIRED article appraises the chances (nil) of an ‘AI moratorium.’ It then breaks down the three standard ‘AI-formats’ implicitly assumed by almost everyone in the field – corporate puppet, invasive blob, or ‘Skynet’. Formats that can only lead to disaster.
He propose instead a 4th — that AI entities just might be held accountable if they have individuality… even ‘soul’… https://www.wired.com/story/give-ever… Brin’s related NEWSWEEK op-ed (June’22) dealt with ‘empathy bots” that feign sapience. https://www.newsweek.com/soon-humanit… Here also is a YouTube pod where I give an expanded version: • AI is Alive! Or i… Here’s how all those fervid calls for an “AI moratorium” are doomed to fail. https://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2023/0… David Brin’s website http://www.davidbrin.com David Brin latest book VIVID TOMORROWS: Science Fiction and Hollywood — http://www.davidbrin.com/vividtomorro… David Brin’s blog (Contrary Brin blog) http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/ Links: Quora blog: https://spacefaringcivilization.quora… Amazon Author page: http://amazon.com/author/ronfriedman My Website: https://ronsfriedman.wordpress.com/ Subscribe to my mailing list: https://ronsfriedman.wordpress.com/su… How to support the channel: Get $5 in NDAX (Canadian Crypto Exchange): https://refer.ndax.io/vm1j Buy Escape Velocity short stories collection: Support with Ethereum or Plygon donation: sciandscifi.nft.
https://www.wired.com/story/give-every-ai-a-soul-or-else/
David Brin’s related NEWSWEEK op-ed (June’22) dealt with ‘empathy bots” that feign sapience.
Researchers develop self-sensing electric artificial muscles
In a study published recently in Advanced Intelligent Systems, researchers from Queen Mary University of London have made significant advancements in the field of bionics with the development of a new type of electric variable-stiffness artificial muscle that possesses self-sensing capabilities. This innovative technology has the potential to revolutionize soft robotics and medical applications.
Muscle contraction hardening is not only essential for enhancing strength but also enables rapid reactions in living organisms. Taking inspiration from nature, the team of researchers at QMUL’s School of Engineering and Materials Science has successfully created an artificial muscle that seamlessly transitions between soft and hard states while also possessing the remarkable ability to sense forces and deformations.
Dr. Ketao Zhang, a Lecturer at Queen Mary and the lead researcher, explains the importance of variable stiffness technology in artificial muscle-like actuators. “Empowering robots, especially those made from flexible materials, with self-sensing capabilities is a pivotal step towards true bionic intelligence,” says Dr. Zhang.
New smart glasses use sonar to read your lips
New glasses use sonar sensing technology and AI to allow users to control devices via silent, mouthed commands.
Actors say Hollywood studios want their AI replicas — for free, forever
During today’s press conference in which Hollywood actors confirmed that they were going on strike, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA’s chief negotiator, revealed a proposal from Hollywood studios that sounds ripped right out of a Black Mirror episode.
In a statement about the strike, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) said that its proposal included “a groundbreaking AI proposal that protects actors’ digital likenesses for SAG-AFTRA members.”
Researchers demonstrate the power of quantum computing in drug design
Gero, an AI-driven biotech focused on aging and longevity, has demonstrated the feasibility of applying quantum computing for drug design and generative chemistry, which now offers significant promise for the future of healthcare. The research, published in Scientific Reports, outlines how a hybrid quantum-classical machine-learning model was used to interface between classical and quantum computational devices with the goal of generating novel chemical structures for potential drugs—an industry first.
The research paper follows in the wake of recent advancements from Gero, which sparked vigorous discussion among longevity experts in the scientific community when a story was published in Popular Mechanics that asserted humans can stop—but not fully reverse—aging. Earlier this year, Gero announced a target discovery deal with Pfizer, whereby Gero’s machine-learning technology platform is being applied to discover potential therapeutic targets for fibrotic diseases using large-scale human data.
In this new line of research, the team explored whether a hybrid generative AI system—a deep neural network working in conjunction with commercially available quantum hardware—could suggest unique chemical structures that are synthetically feasible and possess drug-like properties.