“Robotics and AI have become one of the most prominent technological trends of our century. The fast increase of their use and development brings new and difficult challenges to our society”, writes Delvaux. Therefore, the reasoning goes, “robots and artificial intelligence (AI) would increase their interaction with humans”, raising “legal and ethical issues which…
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Next Hot Job In Silicon Valley: POETS
SAN FRANCISCO — Until recently, Robyn Ewing was a writer in Hollywood, developing TV scripts and pitching pilots to film studios. Now she’s applying her creative talents toward building the personality of a different type of character — a virtual assistant, animated by artifical intelligence, that interacts with sick patients. Ewing works with engineers on…
The Future of Employment Research Report from Oxford University
The Future of Employment Research Report from Oxford University In this report, Oxford University addresses the question: How susceptible are jobs to computerization? Doing so, they build on the existing literature in two ways. First, drawing upon recent advances in Machine Learning (ML) and Mobile Robotics (MR), they develop a novel methodology to categorize occupations according to…
Googles Artificial Intelligence Program Masters Go
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…