Biologie… Das einzigartige Tier 3 Aug 20202 Aug 2020 Ist es die Biologie oder doch die Kultur? Der Anthropologe Michael Tomasello hebt die Diskussion darüber, was den Mensch zum Menschen macht, auf ein ganz neues Niveau. Michael Hagner |…
Ökonomie… Missing Link: KI – die Künstlichen Idioten des digitalen Kapitalismus 4 Mrz 20193 Mrz 2019 Der digitale Kapitalismus hat einen neuen Gesellschaftsvertrag etabliert: Daten gegen Bequemlichkeit. KI spielt für dessen Zukunft eine zentrale Rolle. Von Timo Daum | heise online 1947 wurde die Central Intelligence…
Ökonomie… Fleisch muss nach Fleisch aussehen 18 Jan 2019 Artificial Intelligence kann jetzt Fotos von Essen generieren, das es gar nicht gibt. Das macht nichts, denn Procter & Gamble hat Photoshop für Haut erfunden Harald Taglinger | TELEPOLIS Wie…
Fortschritt… Top Researchers Write 100-Page Report Warning About AI Threat to Humanity 22 Feb 201821 Feb 2018 26 researchers from 14 organizations compiled a sweeping report on the dangers posed by malicious superhuman artificial intelligence. Daniel Oberhaus | MOTHERBOARD When we think about artificial intelligence, we tend…
Fortschritt… Copyright Law Makes Artificial Intelligence Bias Worse 1 Nov 201731 Okt 2017 But it could be used to help fix the problem too. By Louise Matsakis | MOTHERBOARD Last week, Motherboard discovered that one of Google's machine learning algorithms was biased against certain racial…
Ökonomie… Play God With this New AI that Predicts Wealth from Space 26 Jul 201725 Jul 2017 Rewild whole neighborhoods or go full Robert Moses—the choice is yours with the newly launched Penny platform. By Becky Ferreira | MOTHERBOARD Hundreds of miles above our heads, Earth-imaging satellites…
Fortschritt… Google’s DeepMind Is Teaching AI How to Think Like a Human 22 Jun 201721 Jun 2017 If we’re ever going to create general AI, we need to teach it to think like us. By Daniel Oberhaus | MOTHERBOARD Last year, for the first time, an artificial…
Gesellschaft… Facebook’s New Algorithm Combs Posts to Identify Potentially Suicidal Users 4 Mrz 20173 Mrz 2017 The site needs to strike a delicate balance between privacy and safety, but experts say it’s the right move. By Kaleigh Rogers | MOTHERBOARD In January, a 14-year old Miami…
Bildung… Inside Wikipedia’s Attempt to Use Artificial Intelligence to Combat Harassment 18 Feb 201717 Feb 2017 A range of tactics are going to be needed to solve Wikipedia’s problem with harassment. By Sarah Smellie | MOTHERBOARD Despite its noble goals, Wikipedia is notorious for harassment among…
Ökonomie… Elite Scientists Have Told the Pentagon That AI Won’t Threaten Humanity 20 Jan 201719 Jan 2017 A new report authored by a group of independent US scientists advising the US Dept. of Defense (DoD) on artificial intelligence (AI) claims that perceived existential threats to humanity posed…
Ökonomie… Why We Need AI to Study America’s Gun Violence Epidemic 13 Okt 201612 Okt 2016 Shootings are an epidemic in the US, but federal funding for research into gun violence has been in a deep freeze since 1996, thanks in part to the NRA-backed Dickey…
Gesellschaft… Neural Networks Are Alarmingly Good at Identifying Blurred Faces 26 Sep 201625 Sep 2016 In a world of ubiquitous smart-phone cameras, drones, and Google Street View cars, there’s probably never been a more important time to start protecting the identities of people unwittingly captured…
Geschichte… This AI Sees Things in Art That Humans Don’t 3 Sep 20162 Sep 2016 What’s the same about a photo of the most recent Notting Hill Carnival parade and an 18th century portrait of an upper class family? It might not be obvious to…
Geschichte… NASA’s New Self-Learning AI Could Save First Responders 28 Aug 201627 Aug 2016 NASA scientists are engineering a form of artificial intelligence (AI) that they hope will help firefighters and other first responders escape dangerous situations. Set to launch next year, the system…
Ökonomie… Better Facial Recognition Tech Could Lead to Robot Hitmen 20 Jul 201619 Jul 2016 From catching thieves to finding lost pets, facial recognition technology has already done a fair bit of good for humanity. But artificial intelligence experts warn new developments in the field…
Esoterik… Some of the Very Best Alien Conspiracy Theories 3 Jul 20162 Jul 2016 Gather ‘round, all you truthers, conspiracy theorists, and lizard people, for today is World UFO Day. By Sarah Emerson | MOTHERBOARD On June 2, 1947, a US Air Force surveillance…
Bildung… Programmers Have Created An Artificial Universe That Creates Itself 22 Feb 201621 Feb 2016 Every particle in the universe is accounted for. The precise shape and position of every blade of grass on every planet has been calculated. Every snowflake and every raindrop has…
Bildung… Why AI Can Still Hardly Pass an Eighth Grade Science Test 20 Feb 201619 Feb 2016 An artificial intelligence competition that asked AI models to answer eighth-grade science questions announced its winners this week—but it doesn’t look like robots will be graduating junior high any time…
Ökonomie… ‚Human Computation‘ Could Save the World Without the Risks of AI 1 Jan 201631 Dez 2015 Forget artificial intelligence: The key to solving the world’s most complex problems could be human-machine collaboration. By Victoria Turk|MOTHERBOARD That’s the rallying cry of researchers who penned an editorial in…
Ökonomie… When robots eliminate jobs, humans will find better things to do 4 Aug 20153 Aug 2015 The fear of millions of jobs being automated out of existence by robots and artificial intelligence is real. Here's how it will change the world -- for the better. By…
Gesellschaft… How Do You Teach a Robot Feelings? Make It Sing Opera 30 Jun 201529 Jun 2015 Last week, a humanoid robot called Myon took a lead role in “My Square Lady”, a new opera that opened in Berlin’s Komische Oper in Germany. But while Myon can…
