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AI Trained on Old Scientific Papers Makes Discoveries Humans Missed - VICE

AI Trained on Old Scientific Papers Makes Discoveries Humans Missed - VICE | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Scientists used machine learning to reveal new scientific knowledge hidden in old research papers.
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How Facebook is Using Machine Learning to Map the World Population

How Facebook is Using Machine Learning to Map the World Population | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Machine learning technology is allowing researchers at Facebook to map the world population in unprecedented detail.
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You Have No Idea What Artificial Intelligence Really Does –

You Have No Idea What Artificial Intelligence Really Does – | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
It's easy to fall for all of the marketing and hype, but artificial intelligence isn't half as robust as many want you to believe.
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Whose AI will Rule the World? - YouTube

https://youtu.be/dmUd9jrNa5Q
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Anonymous - This Shocking Footage Should Worry You! (2018-2019) - YouTube

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Saudi Arabia becomes first country to make a robot into a citizen

Saudi Arabia becomes first country to make a robot into a citizen | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Saudi Arabia has become the first country to give a robot citizenship. The move is an attempt to promote Saudi Arabia as a place to develop artificial intelligence – and, presumably, allow it to become a full citizen. But many pointed out that those same rights aren't afforded to many humans in the country. The robot, named Sophia, was confirmed as a Saudi citizen during a business event in Riyadh, according to an official Saudi press release.
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The World's First Album Composed and Produced by an AI Has Been Unveiled

The World's First Album Composed and Produced by an AI Has Been Unveiled | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
A music album called IAMAI, which is set to release on August 21st, is the first that's entirely composed by an artificial intelligence.
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What would happen if we upload our brains to computers?

What would happen if we upload our brains to computers? | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Meet the "ems" -- machines that emulate human brains and can think, feel and work just like the brains they're copied from. Futurist and social scientist Robin Hanson describes a possible future when ems take over the global economy, running on superfast computers and copying themselves to multitask, leaving humans with only one choice: to retire, forever. Glimpse a strange future as Hanson describes what could happen if robots ruled the earth.
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Growing role of artificial intelligence in our lives is 'too important to leave to men'

Growing role of artificial intelligence in our lives is 'too important to leave to men' | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Despite claims of scientific differences, the real reason behind the lack of women in computing is cultural, not biological.
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Laws and Ethics for Autonomous Cars

Laws and Ethics for Autonomous Cars | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
A body of laws and ethics for autonomous vehicles must be developed, because they will be much safer, but nothing is perfect. What will that look like?
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Mark Cuban Says AI Will be The Biggest Disruption to Jobs We've Seen in 30 Years

Mark Cuban Says AI Will be The Biggest Disruption to Jobs We've Seen in 30 Years | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
In a recent speech, Mark Cuban argued that AI will replace a significant number of jobs, but he does not believe that universal basic income is a solution.
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World's Most Powerful Particle Collider Taps AI to Expose Hack Attacks

World's Most Powerful Particle Collider Taps AI to Expose Hack Attacks | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Machine learning is crucial to staying ahead of hackers trying to break into at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider’s (LHC) massive worldwide computing grid
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Google Researchers Are Teaching Their AI to Build Its Own, More Powerful AI

Google Researchers Are Teaching Their AI to Build Its Own, More Powerful AI | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Welcome, AI overlords.
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The World's Darkest Secrets | YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING! - YouTube

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augmented-reality

augmented-reality | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
My short presentation on AR from the Pearson Gallery Walk Through at IATEFL 2019
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It's Really Hard to Give AI "Common Sense"

It's Really Hard to Give AI "Common Sense" | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
So far, no one has been able to give an AI common sense. A new initiative by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen could change that.
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Hey Buddy, Can You Give Me a Hand? - YouTube

https://youtu.be/fUyU3lKzoio
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Google's AI Built Its Own AI That Outperforms Any Made by Humans

Google's AI Built Its Own AI That Outperforms Any Made by Humans | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it

In May 2017, researchers at Google Brain announced the creation of AutoML, an artificial intelligence (AI) that's capable of generating its own AIs.
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Never mind killer robots – even the good ones are scarily unpredictable

Never mind killer robots – even the good ones are scarily unpredictable | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
The unexpected behaviour of even simple bots is only going to get more dramatic as AI scales up.
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Artificial Intelligence Is NOT what you think it is.

Artificial Intelligence Is progressing faster than we can comprehend. The tech featured in this video is just the tip of the iceberg, things are about t
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Real-Life Bionic Woman: The Future Will See Augmented Humans, Not AI Dominion

Real-Life Bionic Woman: The Future Will See Augmented Humans, Not AI Dominion | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking think AI and cybernetics may threaten humanity's survival, but avant garde model and musician Viktoria Modesta thinks not.
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New Tech Is Giving Humanity Many Potential Paths to Immortality

New Tech Is Giving Humanity Many Potential Paths to Immortality | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
We could achieve machine-human singularity by 2045, but what are the methods of achieving such an end and what are the consequences of doing so?
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China's "Minority Report” Style Plans Will Use AI to Predict Who Will Commit Crimes

China's "Minority Report” Style Plans Will Use AI to Predict Who Will Commit Crimes | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Authorities in China are exploring predictive analytics, facial recognition and other artificial intelligence technologies as crime prevention measures.
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Futurist: 'I Am Concerned for My Two Young Daughters'

World Technology Network chairman James P. Clark warns of massive job loss from A.I. and other innovations.
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Humans of the near future

Humans of the near future | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
A new breed of human is on its way. Transhumanists are a group that seeks to accelerate the evolution of mankind through science and technology. Oliver Pickup investigates the movement, the implications for mankind and asks, is it morally wrong to augment humans?
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