Bad day at the office
Elon Musk of Tesla fame and AI enthusiast (often cited in these blogs), lost $16.3 billion yesterday as shares in tech stock took a dive. Or maybe it was the news of … Read more
Artificial Iconoclast
Pigs might fly
Mr Elon Musk, the man behind Tesla and SpaceX, erstwhile discussed in these blogs regarding AI and self-driving technology has a new interest; a brain-to-machine interface! The brain machine interface has the … Read more
GPT-3 the future for AI?
OpenAI the Californian non-profit company, started in 2015 with a goal to ensure that high performing AGI systems (artificial general intelligence systems) which could potentially outperform humans in most situations would be … Read more
AI goes scentient!
No, not a typo but a play on words. AI is being used by the perfume industry to bring new combinations of scents together but it can’t smell a thing! The algo … Read more
To see ourselves as others see us!
When Robert Burns in 1786 wrote: Oh, would some Power give us the giftTo see ourselves as others see us!It would from many a blunder free us,And foolish notion:What airs in dress … Read more
Weapon detection improved by AI
Event security is tighter than it ever was. Very few individuals would brazenly attempt to gain access to an event with his favourite Glock pistol on display. So the job of weapon … Read more
Sorry AI you are not human!
Well, that was a headline to state the bleeding obvious (as per Fawlty Towers BBC TV). But that was what the US Patent and Trademark Office has decided over Artificial Intelligence vs … Read more
Google’s AI goes cold calling
In the locked down UK, Google are using it’s AI phone assistant Duplex to ring round businesses to find out what their opening hours are in these Covid-19 days. Duplex sounds very … Read more
Russia adopts Chinese style surveillance.
To try and get a grip on the coronavirus pandemic now sweeping Russia, the State is using a combination of AI facial recognition linked in real time to mobile phone tracking data … Read more
Google’s AI gap filler
Never before has the Internet groaned under the weight of video calls and we have all experienced poor quality ones. Google to the rescue! Apparently if you use Duo app (and I’ve … Read more