Crash Test Dummy?
Not a flattering title but a fitting one for Elon Musk of Tesla fame. It appears that following a fatal crash where nobody was believed to be in the drivers seat of … Read more
AI
President Biden a DeepFake Dream?
Having seen some news footage of America’s latest president, the Iconoclast here mused over how easily it would be for someone to run a DeepFake algo of him? The reason for the … Read more
SEER Suckers
Facebook uses Instagram images to train AI recognition engine called SEER. Apparently over a billion publicly accessible images were sent to the algo, stripped of any labelling and then processed. The results … Read more
AI litter picker
The Brits love their cameras. ANPR tracks your vehicle’s movements, checks against tax, MOT and insurance databases and can even generate speeding fines using a speed averaging technique. Now, it can spot … Read more
The spy in the cab
Amazon’s drivers now have a spy in the cab. Amazon have installed cameras to observe the driver through the course of the day and uses AI algos to spot potentially dangerous behaviour. … Read more
IBM’s Mayflower takes to the water
After a couple of years of design, construction and AI training, The Mayflower one of the world’s first autonomous ships has been lifted in to the water. Despite Covid-19 delays, it is … Read more
AI serves up Haute Cuisine
Michael Haase founder of Plant Jammer is upbeat about his new app. Apparently AI is used to marry the spare food items you may have lying around in your kitchen cupboard to … Read more
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
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
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