In Altered Carbon, the body no longer matters. As one character quipped: “You shed it like a snake sheds its skin.” That’s because the human consciousness has been digitized, and can be moved between bodies—both real and synthetic.
Continue reading… “Will we ever be able to upload a mind to a new body?”
Think that human augmentation is still decades away? Think again.
Continue reading… “World leaders just decided that the next step in AI is augmenting humans”
If there’s one patent that I hope an automaker shelves for the remainder of human existence, it’s Ford’s patent for an autonomous police car.
Continue reading… “Ford patents an autonomous police car that can ticket you”
“Why a Chatbot?”
It’s a simple, three-word question I’ve posed to various entrepreneurs recently, particularly in sectors like FinTech and InsurTech. Some of these entrepreneurs have built a chatbot as a feature, others have developed it as core to their product, and a few even offer to license their chatbot to third parties (Chatbot-as-a-Service).
Continue reading… “Pushbots vs Pullbots: How businesses can step up their game”
The digital alter-ego will be AI extension of yourself.
Pizza Hut and Toyota are partnering on an autonomous delivery vehicle called e-Palette that could make the delivery process driverless.
Despite the implications for current drivers, Pizza Hut said driverless delivery could create more jobs than it displaces.
Continue reading… “Pizza Hut says driverless delivery could create more jobs than it destroys”
AI will make better decisions by embracing uncertainty.
Continue reading… “Google and others are building AI systems that doubt themselves”
Humankind has done a great deal in terms of making exquisite art, whether through its paintings, songs, or performance art. Museums are packed with such work, and ordinary people have libraries full of fantastic literary achievements—both physical and digital. For the longest time, creativity seemed like an exclusively human forte.
Continue reading… “Will the next Mozart be a robot?”
Microsoft and Alibaba machines tied for first place, but both beat a human by a slim margin.
Continue reading… “It’s official, AI is now better at reading comprehension than humans are”
Who’s creating Alexa skills? Indie developers and marketing companies looking to profit from voice-controlled computing. Some cash in, and some don’t.
Continue reading… “What Amazon’s Alexa economy pays the people building its skills”
When Johann Gutenberg invented the printing press, he changed the course of history. You could say the same about Thomas Edison’s light bulb, Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine, and Grace Hopper’s compiler. What will be the next great invention to transform history? Here are a few innovations that I think are worth watching.
Continue reading… “Bill Gates thinks these six innovations could change the world”
Doctors have lots of tools for predicting a patient’s health. But—as even they will tell you—they’re no match for the complexity of the human body. Heart attacks in particular are hard to anticipate. Now, scientists have shown that computers capable of teaching themselves can perform even better than standard medical guidelines, significantly increasing prediction rates. If implemented, the new method could save thousands or even millions of lives a year.
Continue reading… “Self-taught artificial intelligence beats doctors at predicting heart attacks”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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