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Feb 6, 2022

Your Cousin From Boston (Dynamics) :60

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, security

**PARTY EDITION** Real robots. NO visual effects!

While working security at the Boston Dynamics robotics lab, Your Cousin From Boston gives a robot a Sam Adams. At least he brought a Wicked IPA Party Pack to share!

Feb 6, 2022

19-year-old rejects free Tesla offer for deleting Elon Musk account

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI, transportation

A 19-year-old has turned down the offer of a free Tesla Model 3 in return for deleting his Twitter account which tracks the location of Elon Musk’s private jet.

College freshman Jack Sweeney manages a Twitter account called @ElonJet which tracks the aircraft using bots to detect air traffic data.

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Feb 5, 2022

Turtles all the way down: Why AI’s cult of objectivity is dangerous, and how we can be better

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Hiding human biases in model biases doesn’t eliminate them or magically make these biases objective. We must adopt a more realistic view.

Feb 5, 2022

How Artificial Intelligence Is Fuelling Racism

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

How Artificial Intelligence Is Fuelling Racism & Sexism✊🏽


AI is exponentially becoming more sophisticated by the day — and increasingly more discriminatory.

Feb 4, 2022

Light, flexible bionic hand uses AI and muscle memory to refine its touch

Posted by in categories: cyborgs, robotics/AI, transhumanism

It’s lighter than a human hand.

Feb 4, 2022

DARPA funds AI assistant for Black Hawk helicopter pilots

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

“Today, simple warning systems are the most common means for aiding a rotorcraft aircrew, such as auditory alerts to increase altitude. These warning systems are limiting and can induce unanticipated cognitive burdens on pilots”, says Northrop Grumman. “Studies have shown that inattentional blindness to such warnings can occur, often making them ineffective for the aircrew.”

To help keep the AI assistant in sync with its human users, the software program will use sensors, worn by the pilots, to gauge what each human perceives and knows. The types of sensors were not disclosed, though eye-tracking technologies have been used for similar purposes in the past.

Feb 4, 2022

Strict Literal Interpretation Is A Hardheaded Drawback Of Machine Learning And Likewise Bad For AI Self-Driving Cars

Posted by in categories: food, robotics/AI

Here’s an interesting thought experiment. Pretend that you took all words at their literal interpretation, all of the time, wherever you went, and acted upon those words strictly and accordingly. For example, suppose you are driving in your car and perchance see a billboard that is touting the message that you should eat at Joe’s Pizzeria, accessible at the next exit up ahead. The normal course of events would be that you would consult your stomach to ascertain whether you are hungry. Furthermore, if you were hungry, the next question is whether you want pizza. Upon deciding that maybe you do want pizza, the next aspect would be whether you want to take the upcoming exit and eat at Joe’s Pizzeria since you might have in mind some other pizza eatery instead. But, none of those sensible and reasonable ideas rattle around in your noggin. We have agreed that you are going to take everything in a meticulously literal way. By gosh, the billboard instructed you to go eat at Joe’s Pizzeria, so that’s what you are going to do. Come heck or high water, you will take the next exit and you will drive straight to that pizzeria and you will order yourself a juicy hot pizza. This might work out okay and you’ll be happy that you obediently abided by the wording of the billboard. Perhaps though this side trip has made you late for work. Your boss won’t especially appreciate that you opted to be tardy because you just had to get a slice of pizza. Ouch, your boss fires you the moment you proffer such a lame excuse.

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Existing AI and Machine Learning is stuck at doing literal interpretation and lacks any common-sense, which bodes for great concerns and especially when it comes to the advent of self-driving cars.

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Feb 4, 2022

Artificial Intelligence And Dental Insurance — It Is More Than A Focus On Radiology And Fraud

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, business, finance, robotics/AI

Over the years, much has been said about artificial intelligence (AI) and the healthcare industry. Much of it has been focused on two extremes. On one hand, there’s the fairly mature use of neural networks for radiological analysis. On the other, there’s the focus on fraud management. Those have become “must have’s” in my perspective. It’s filling the middle ground that interests me. Medical insurance is, as patients, providers, and payors all can agree, is often convoluted and complex. There’s a business problem in making processes more efficient, and the foolishly named robotic process automation (RPA) is only a step in the right direction. More robust AI can help all three stakeholder groups address their needs in managing medical insurance. The general medical insurance industry does deal with radiology and images. However, that’s typically in specialties. In the dental industry, radiology is a regular tool, using x-rays to understand tooth and gum conditions and then to document work that has been done. The basics of AI and radiology have been covered, in this column and many other places, so this article isn’t going to cover the concepts, it’s important to realize how important that analysis is in dental care.

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In this case, it’s increasing the accuracy and speed of dental insurance processing, resulting in better medical control, improved financial outcomes for providers and payors, and improved care and customer service for the patient.

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Feb 4, 2022

Machine Learning Gets a Quantum Speedup

Posted by in categories: quantum physics, robotics/AI

Two teams have shown how quantum approaches can solve problems faster than classical computers, bringing physics and computer science closer together.

Feb 4, 2022

Elon Musk-Tesla could push AGI, Tesla Bot to avoid Terminator scenario

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI

Elon Musk: Tesla could play a role in Artificial General Intelligence, decentralize Tesla Bot to avoid Terminator scenario.

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