By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. China's Xinhua agency unveils AI news presenter
Chris Baraniuk, BBC News, 2018/11/09
This item is for those people who think that the teacher can never be replaced. Watching the AI announcer, I like many others felt the delivery was a bit flat. But we see that from a lot of human anchors. And it was funny to read the criticism. More...
Asia Challenges America in AI Research
A report by the world intellectual property organisation has revealed that China, Japan and South Korea are making remarkable progress in Artificial Intelligence (AI) research. The report covers areas such as machine learning, speech learning, telecommunications and transportation. More...
Algorithmic processes risk being used to manipulate social and political behaviours
Machine learning tools have the growing capacity not only to predict choices but also to influence emotions and thoughts, sometimes subliminally. In a Declaration adopted today, the Committee of Ministers - the organisation’s decision-making body - warns about the risks for democratic societies resulting from the possibility to employ such tools to manipulate and control not only economic choices, but also social and political behaviours. More...
Interpersonal, international, intergalactic?: how HE will remain relevant in an era of AI
By Anton Crace. According to a popular statistic, 65% of children entering primary school today will work in roles that do not currently exist. With the fourth industrial revolution – and its rise of automation, artificial intelligence, and the jobs it will create, end or evolve – this statistic tries to convey that jobs and careers are changing so quickly that in half a generation, the landscape will be almost completely foreign to today. More...
Will Higher Ed Keep AI in Check?
Machine learning and artificial intelligence carry inherent risks to colleges and universities and their students -- but only if the people making the decisions fail to exert control over the tools’ influence, Fred Singer argues. More...
AI Can Now Decode Words Directly from Brain Waves
Neuroscientists are teaching computers to read words straight out of people’s brains. More...
Artificial intelligence in judicial systems - Brussels presentation of the first European guidelines
The first European Ethical Charter on the use of artificial intelligence in judicial systems will be presented at the Council of Europe office in Brussels from 11am on Wednesday 23 January.
The charter was adopted by the Council of Europe’s European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice, known as CEPEJ, in December 2018. More...
Is AI a game-changer for higher ed?
According to a Northeastern University/Gallup poll, most Americans are optimistic about artificial intelligence’s (AI) impact on their futures while, at the same time, expecting the net effect of AI to be an overall reduction in jobs. More...
Uni of Michigan to close Confucius Inst.
By Viggo Stacey. The University of Michigan has announced it will not renew its agreement with the Confucius Institute when its current partnership expires in 2019. More...
The Most Amazing Artificial Intelligence Milestones So Far
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the hot topic of the moment in technology, and the driving force behind most of the big technological breakthroughs of recent years. More...