by JOSHUA OGAWA, Nikkei staff writer The game of GO is considered more complex than either chess or shogi. Google has developed a computer program capable of beating professional go players, opening the door to new applications — and new ethical concerns — as artificial intelligence draws closer to matching human thinking. The U.S. tech giant presented…
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Artificial Intelligence
Toyota invests $1 billion in artificial intelligence in U.S.
Toyota is investing $1 billion in a research company it’s setting up in Silicon Valley to develop artificial intelligence and robotics, underlining the Japanese automaker’s determination to lead in futuristic cars that drive themselves and to apply the technology to other areas of daily life. Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda said Friday that the…
Human Hybrid: Direct Brain Connection to the Cloud
In the future, HUMANS Are Going to be Artificially Intelligent. That’s the prediction of Ray Kurzweil (website), director of engineering at Google, who spoke Wednesday at the Exponential Finance conference in New York. Kurzweil predicts that humans will become hybrids in the 2030s. That means our brains will be able to connect directly to the cloud,…