Female robots are seen as being the most human. Why?
With the proliferation of female robots such as Sophia and the popularity of female virtual assistants such as Siri (Apple), …
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Robots are coming and the fallout will largely harm marginalized communities
COVID-19 has brought about numerous, devastating changes to people’s lives globally. With the number of cases rising across Canada and …
An AI version of Albert Einstein now exists
The latest virtual companions created by UneeQ, a New Zealand and Austin-based company that specializes in “digital humans”, include an …
Perfecting self-driving cars – can it be done?
Robotic vehicles have been used in dangerous environments for decades, from decommissioning the Fukushima nuclear power plant or inspecting underwater …
AI and you: how confusion about the technology that runs our world threatens democracy
Thomas Jefferson, the American statesman and third US president, was many things (including, notoriously, a slave-owner). But whatever else he …
AI makes huge progress predicting how proteins fold – one of biology’s greatest challenges – promising rapid drug development
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- A “deep learning” software program from Google-owned lab DeepMind showed great progress in solving one of biology’s greatest challenges
AI can now learn to manipulate human behaviour
Artificial intelligence (AI) is learning more about how to work with (and on) humans. A recent study has shown how …
Robots can outwit us on the virtual battlefield, so let’s not put them in charge of the real thing
Artificial intelligence developer DeepMind has just announced its latest milestone: a bot called AlphaStar that plays the popular real-time strategy …
AI can excel at medical diagnosis, but the harder task is to win hearts and minds first
Scientists in Japan reportedly saved a woman’s life by applying artificial intelligence to help them diagnose a rare form of …
AI – Artificial intelligence must not be allowed to replace the imperfection of human empathy
At the heart of the development of AI appears to be a search for perfection. And it could be just …
AI grown avocados in South Africa
While people like Elon Musk concern themselves with wanting to merge humans with Artificial Intelligence, it looks like AI is …
