A new report suggests that over a quarter of 18-34 year-olds will feel it’s normal to form friendships and even romantic relationships with robots in the future.
AI is so good you can’t trust your eyes anymore
The newest groundbreaking AI tech? Unsupervised image-to-image translation. It allows you to auto-generate a different photo based off of an input photo. Essentially, it’s lying to your eyes.
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Volkswagen thinks its ride-sharing electric minibus will take 1 million cars off the road
The world’s largest automaker is getting into the ride-sharing business as it prepares for a world with fewer cars.
Wikipedia co-founder wants to put the world’s knowledge on the blockchain
Everipedia today announced Wikipedia co-founder Dr. Larry Sanger would be joining the company as it prepares to bring its online encyclopedia to the blockchain.
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Why are America’s farmers killing themselves in record numbers?
The suicide rate for farmers is more than double that of veterans. Former farmer Debbie Weingartengives an insider’s perspective on farm life – and how to help.
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How activists are using technology to help people make bail
Thousands of people charged with nonviolent misdemeanors are often jailed because they cannot afford bail. Two ingenious new digital tools offer ways to help.
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The languages that take the the most (and least) time to learn
So, you want to learn to speak and write a new language, huh? Not just “hello” and “thank you,” but really learn it well enough that you could live in the country of origin? Hope you’re ready to commit. If you’re a Native English Speaker, these are the languages that will take the most and least time to become proficient in.
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Elon Musk’s Boring Company just revealed a map of its proposed LA tunnel system
The red segment represents the “proof-of-concept” tunnel that would be used to run tests. The blue segments are potential expansion routes if the tunnels are approved to use for public transportation.
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These solar panels that can pull clean drinking water out of the air just got a big boost
Zero Mass Water makes solar panel arrays that pull clean drinking water from the air.
The $4,500 arrays just launched in the United States.
Zero Mass arrays could come in handy in areas where water sources are far away or scarce. Some homeowners have purchased arrays as an alternative to plastic water bottles.
BitDegree-Massive open online course education Blockchain ICO
BitDegree is a blockchain-powered online education platform that aims to change the way we get a degree. Find out how it works today in our review.
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Self-driving buses are being tested in China and they’re the largest of their kind yet
A small fleet of self-driving public buses has started running on the roads of China’s tech district of Shenzhen, Guangdong.
Google’s artificial intelligence built an AI that outperforms any made by humans
Google’s AutoML project, designed to make AI build other AIs, has now developed a computer vision system that vastly outperforms state-of-the-art-models. The project could improve how autonomous vehicles and next-generation AI robots “see.”
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