Artificial Iconoclast, Author at tech.courses

The AI Genie, already out of the bottle?

October 11, 2019October 9, 2019 by Artificial Iconoclast

In a recent book, ‘Human Compatible, Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control’, Dr Stuart Russell, a distinguished AI researcher and computer scientist at UC Berkeley questions the ‘standard model’ of AI … Read more

The Wisdom of Solomon?

October 11, 2019September 30, 2019 by Artificial Iconoclast

I am sure if we were ever to be in court we would hope that the judge dispensing justice would show the wisdom of Solomon. So what sort of justice would an … Read more

Loebner Prize founder fooled by chatbot

September 25, 2019September 25, 2019 by Artificial Iconoclast

Robert Epstein one of the founders of the Loebner Prize (an annual conversational Turing type of test) whilst apparently looking for love on the Internet, struck up an email conversation with Ivana, … Read more

AI data seems skewed Police say

September 18, 2019September 19, 2019 by Artificial Iconoclast

The Police in their use of AI intelligence tools are worried the software may seem to increase prejudice as its algorithms drill down on data to target certain groups. The Iconoclast in … Read more

An ‘ethics’ switch

September 17, 2019September 17, 2019 by Artificial Iconoclast

It has been reported that the Pentagon is seeking a military ethicist to help guide the moral maze algo of AI battlefield assets where humans may be removed from decision making processes. … Read more

Autonomous Vehicles and Black Boxes

September 19, 2019September 16, 2019 by Artificial Iconoclast

I thought I would pose the question, “Should autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles carry a black box?” We are all familiar with the requirement for aircraft to carry them. There are many reasons … Read more

Sentient Bugs scupper Autonomous Vehicles

September 19, 2019September 10, 2019 by Artificial Iconoclast

It has been mentioned before on this blog how adverse weather conditions can affect the sensors associated with autonomous vehicles. The AI algorithm which processes sensory data cannot function well (or if … Read more

Alibaba and the Forty Thieves

September 19, 2019September 6, 2019 by Artificial Iconoclast

With due deference to the Ali Baba’s Syrian source, the other Alibaba more commonly known for its global trading platform has sought to allay fears that an AI app will not compromise … Read more

Autonomous Vehicles – Do The Figures Add Up?

August 31, 2019August 30, 2019 by Artificial Iconoclast

I was perusing an article about driverless racing cars and how the technology is leading innovation which will spin out to your average driverless family car. Some of it was amazing, including … Read more

AI finishes off Shakespeare

August 31, 2019August 29, 2019 by Artificial Iconoclast

Before I explain the title I would like to introduce you to OpenAI and their large-scale unsupervised language model that can generate coherent paragraphs of text, has reading comprehension skills, question answering … Read more

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