An A.I. Program Successfully Entered a Novel Writing Contest
Recently, an artificial intelligence program won a game of Go against a professional for the first time. Now, according to Mashable, another program (with help from humans) passed the first phase of Japan’s Nikkei Hoshi Shinichi Literary Award….read more
ai, writing
Clippy’s Back: The Future of Microsoft Is Chatbots
CEO Satya Nadella bets big on artificial intelligence that will be fast, smart, friendly, helpful, and (fingers crossed) not at all racist. By Dina Bass | March 30, 2016 Photograph by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images From Predictions about artificial intelligence tend to fall into two scenarios….read more
@microsoft, ai, chatbots, intelligentmachines
Robots are coming for your job
A viral video released in February showed Boston Dynamics’ new bipedal robot, Atlas, performing human-like tasks: opening doors, tromping about in the snow, lifting and stacking boxes. Tech geeks cheered and Silicon Valley investors salivated at the potential end to human manual labor….read more
futuretrends, robots, workforce
A Neural Network in 11 lines of Python (Part 1)
Summary: I learn best with toy code that I can play with. This tutorial teaches backpropagation via a very simple toy example, a short python implementation. Edit: Some folks have asked about a followup article, and I’m planning to write one. I’ll tweet it out when it’s complete at @iamtrask….read more
ai, machinelearning, neuralnetwork
What does it take to build an OpenAG Personal Food Computer (PFC)? We have released our internal documentation and an inside look into our engineering process….read more
computer, food
For first time, drone delivers package to residential area
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A drone has successfully delivered a package to a residential location in a small Nevada town in what its maker and the governor of the state said Friday was the first fully autonomous urban drone delivery in the U.S….read more
drone, futuretech, futuretrends
Scientists Create Tiniest Life Form Yet, Not Sure What It Is
For years, DNA and computer operating systems served as clichés for each other: DNA is the “operating software” of living cells in the same way that system software is the “DNA” of a computer….read more
dna, genome, life, nanotech
Microbe with stripped-down DNA may hint at secrets of life
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have deleted nearly half the genes of a microbe, creating a stripped-down version that still functions, an achievement that might reveal secrets of how life works….read more
dna, genome, life
Americans Are In Denial About The Robot Job Apocalypse
The majority of America believe that robots will take over the workforce within the next fifty years. Everything will become automated—except for their own jobs….read more
jobs, robots, workforce
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