LinkedIn’s job-matching AI was biased. The company’s solution? More AI. CareerBuilder, LinkedIn—most of the world’s biggest job search sites use AI to match people with job openings. But the algorithms don’t always play fair. Read more …
Hacking is as old as humanity. We are creative problem solvers. We exploit loopholes, manipulate systems, and strive for more influence, power, and wealth. To date, hacking has exclusively been a human activity. Not for long. Read more …
There are now businesses that sell fake people. On the website Generated.Photos, you can buy a “unique, worry-free” fake person for $2.99, or 1,000 people for $1,000. If you just need a couple of fake people — for characters in a video game, or to make your company website appear more diverse you can get their photos for free on ThisPersonDoesNotExist.com. Read more …
Weed-killing robots are threatening giant chemical companies’ business models.
AI-powered weed hunters could soon reduce the need for herbicides and genetically modified crops.
Just listen to Jürgen Schmidhuber, Director of of the Swiss AI Lab IDSIA in Lugano and Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Lugano. He speaks about how Artificial Intelligence is going to take over Human Intelligence during this century. Watch the video …
Elon Musk has been vocal about his anxiety over the future of artificial intelligence, and he’s put his money where his mouth is in the past, but now he’s going even bigger with the announcement of Open A.I., a non-profit artificial intelligence research company launching with $1 billion in donation from Silicon Valley luminaries and Musk as co-chair. More …
Tesla and SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk has gone on record before proclaiming the potential risks of artificial intelligence, and now he’s putting his money where his mouth is. The intrepid inventor and entrepreneur announced a donation of $10 million to help fund research to “keep AI beneficial” to humanity today. The funds go to the Future of Life Institute (FLI), an organization run by volunteers dedicated to research aimed at “mitigate[ing] existential risks facing humanity,” and specifically those related to our ongoing progress towards AI that can approach human capabilities. Read more…
When Stephen Hawking, Bill Gates and Elon Musk all agree on something, it’s worth paying attention. All three have warned of the potential dangers that artificial intelligence or AI can bring. The world’s foremost physicist, Hawking said that the full development of AI could “spell the end of the human race.” Musk, the tech entrepreneur who brought us PayPal, Tesla and SpaceX described artificial intelligence as our “biggest existential threat” and said that playing around with AI was like “summoning the demon.” Gates, who knows a thing or two about tech, puts himself in the “concerned” camp when it comes to machines becoming too intelligent for us humans to control. Read more …