The digital alter-ego will be AI extension of yourself.
Google and others are building AI systems that doubt themselves
AI will make better decisions by embracing uncertainty.
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Will the next Mozart be a robot?
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.
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It’s official, AI is now better at reading comprehension than humans are
Microsoft and Alibaba machines tied for first place, but both beat a human by a slim margin.
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Self-taught artificial intelligence beats doctors at predicting heart attacks
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.
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18 exponential changes we can expect in the year ahead
Where will the trajectory of the tech world, from cryptocurrencies to Silicon Valley culture, take us in 2018?
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The most futuristic predictions that came true in 2017
The trouble with the future is that it never seems to arrive. That’s why we call it the future. We consequently have this bad habit of taking the present, and all the wondrous and horrific things it has to offer, for granted. As a reminder that we’re actually living in the future of a not-so-distant past, we present to you a list of the most futuristic things that happened in 2017.
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Stephen Hawking’s incredible predictions in 2017
Stephen Hawking is known for his groundbreaking achievements in science, but many do not realize that the physicist is also recognized for making predictions about the future of humanity and Earth. This year the Oxford professor made some of the most unusual predictions to date, some of which may put a slight damper on your New Year’s festivities.
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AI is learning to make you cry at the movies
New research can predict how plots, images, and music affect your emotions while watching a movie.
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An inside look at the world’s first nation with a minister for artificial intelligence
From robots that can flawlessly perform backflips to electric cars that can go over 950 km (600 miles) on a single charge, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the future is far closer than we may have previously thought. If the missteps of the industrial revolution are any indicator, we need to start planning for that future today.
Will robots take our children’s jobs?
Like a lot of children, my sons, Toby, 7, and Anton, 4, are obsessed with robots. In the children’s books they devour at bedtime, happy, helpful robots pop up more often than even dragons or dinosaurs.
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9 technology mega trends that will change the world in 2018
Some tech trends fizzle out and die a quiet death, while others are so significant that they transform our world and how we live in it. Here are the top nine tech mega-trends that I believe will define 2018 and beyond.
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