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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

Baywatch

August 31, 2019August 28, 2019 by Alternative Intelligence

What a ripper idea! The Ripper Group and the University of Technology, Sydney has designed some drones with AI marine recognition. Claiming an accuracy of 93% over 15 different types of marine … Read more

Multi-threaded Microprocessor Matlows

August 31, 2019August 27, 2019 by Artificial Iconoclast

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water…… Yes, the Iconoclast here reports that a number of corporations are working on crewless shipping and ships. Captain, Master … Read more

Patents pose problems

August 26, 2019August 26, 2019 by Artificial Iconoclast

What happens when a patent application cites an AI inventor named Dabus (Device for the Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience)? Yes, a machine as an inventor of something original! It seems that … Read more

EU drones on about border security

August 24, 2019August 24, 2019 by Artificial Iconoclast

Ever disturbed a wasp’s nest? I have and it was both uncomfortable and interesting. Interesting because the attacking wasps went straight for their target, me! No fly past, no choosing landing sites, … Read more

Huawei ‘heads-up’ CCTV facial recognition in Uganda.

August 23, 2019August 23, 2019 by Artificial Iconoclast

According to a report in the South China Morning Post, Huawei is rolling out a major facial recognition CCTV system in Uganda. Apparently a burgeoning crime wave is making it very difficult … Read more

AI for good or ill?

August 22, 2019August 22, 2019 by Alternative Intelligence

Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak and many other high profile people have expressed concerns over the potential risks AI might pose. Why so? Well, it seems we are exceeding predictions over … Read more

AI in the dock.

August 21, 2019August 21, 2019 by Artificial Iconoclast

How long would it be before AI was used by criminals? Well, I am afraid to say….they already do! Deepfake makes use of AI in a process know as human image synthesis. … Read more

Has Google’s Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) been upstaged?

August 20, 2019August 20, 2019 by Alternative Intelligence

Google’s TPU is a custom ASIC specifically designed for machine learning with the accent on TensorFlow. It’s been in use now for a couple of years and has also been powering RankBrain, … Read more

Brunel’s legacy deciphered.

August 19, 2019August 19, 2019 by Alternative Intelligence

Isombard Kingdom Brunel, one of the most ingenious and prolific engineers in history, famous for railway lines, tunnels, bridges, docks and ships was infamous for his poor handwriting. Leaving copious notes, diaries … Read more

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