SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The quest for eternal life may have been found in cyberspace — it’s called ETER9. The creators of ETER9 call it “a social network that relies on Artificial Intelligence as a central element… even in your absence, the virtual beings will publish, comment and interact…
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It’s no secret tech luminaries like Elon Musk and Bill Gates worry about humanity flirting with disaster though a digital version of the Icarus myth – in our case, the power of artificial intelligence being the sun that eventually burns our wings. Even so, not every futurist or technology pioneer…
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This week, Google released a research paper chronicling one of its latest forays into artificial intelligence. Researchers at the company programmed an advanced type of “chatbot” that learns how to respond in conversations based on examples from a training set of dialogue. And the bot doesn’t just answer by spitting…
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Does digital have the potential to completely transform our systems of politics and government, and if so to what extent? One of the people at the forefront of answering this question is Peter Parycek, the Chair of the International Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government 2015, and Head of the Centre…
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The future of driving will be as easy as riding a horse which knows where its going and how to get there, according to Chinese web giant Baidu’s top artificial-intelligence (AI) researcher. Self-driving cars will understand the road ahead of them and autonomously navigate around pedestrians and other obstructions, said…
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The robots have always been coming. But this week, as the specter of intelligent machines dominates the Convention on Conventional Weapons discussions at the United Nations, and as some of the most powerful tech firms in the world join the military-industrial complex, it seems the evolving relationship between us meatbagsand robots has…
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Two patients receiving the same treatment for breast cancer may be entirely different in significant ways. One may be a marathon runner, the other a more sedate reader. One might be a smoker, while the other is considered a health nut. One may be in her 60s while the other…
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Since the beginning of mankind, we have been fascinated by immortality. Many have tried, from the pharaohs of ancient Egypt to devout followers of man-made religions. Yet, eternal life remains elusive. In the Hollywood sensationalized movie The Imitation Game, based on the life of Alan Turing, considered the father of…
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When artificial intelligence is as smart as humans, the world will change forever. While technological change itself is neutral, neither good nor bad, AI’s effects on society will be so powerful that they’ve been described in both utopian and apocalyptic terms. And some futurists think those changes are just on…
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The drive to understand and replicate the workings of the human brain is leading to unprecedented collaboration between academia and the public and private sectors, says David Cox, a participant at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2014. He outlines the groundbreaking work taking place and…
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