New Frontiers And Old Habits
March 04, 2020
AI, Google+, lethal bacteria, new language in Google users' contract, terms of privacy0 Comment
My love-hate relationship with technology continues. Recently, I rejoiced over an announcement that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has invented some fascinating methods to conquer lethal bacteria. Hurrah! New frontiers! New ways to arrest illnesses without debilitating chemical tr
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June 15, 2018
AI, bias in statistics, consequeces of male dominence in computer technology, Ellen Huet, Kristian Lum, ML, pluses and minuses of big data collection, Robo-Ethics, statisctics
Last week, I wrote a blog capped by a cartoon which amused my web manager. (Click) It exposed the gobbledygook terms that accrue to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Apparently, the alphabet soup expresses different purposes. Or, as a tweet from a recent article revealed, “It’
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February 08, 2016
AI, Anxious About A. I., artificial intelligence, Baratunde Thurston, In a Tech Pickle, Joel Achenback, Max Tegmark, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Rae Kurzweil, Stephen Hawking
Artificial intelligence (AI): Will it bring in the best or the worst of times? That is the question futurists, philosopher, techies and scientists are debating. Recently, Stephen Hawking chipped in with his opinion: we are doomed. Certainly, robotics is turning our economy on
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