By Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider AI of today is considered narrow, brittle, and not at all near to what any of us might reasonably agree is a true sense of intelligence. Today’s AI is exciting and helping to advance the role and capabilities of computers, but do not mistake this advancement with becoming […]
By Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider The United Nations has now declared officially that video gaming can be an addiction. Indeed, video gaming addiction will now be listed in the International Classification of Diseases by the World Health Organization (WHO). It’s been a long time coming, some say, and they are relieved that formal […]
We’ve reached a critical point in the development of robots. As robots become more and more common in our everyday lives, scientists and researchers are beginning to ask if we’re adequately preparing the machines for co-existing with humans. If we’re to live peacefully alongside robots, and if robots are to reach their full potential, there are […]
A ball-shaped artificial intelligence robot nicknamed the “flying brain” because it is trained to follow and interact with a German astronaut blasted off on Friday (June 29) toward the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon cargo ship. A spare hand for the station’s robotic arm, an experiment to measure plant stress and a study of a new cancer treatment […]
By Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider The law of unintended consequences is going to impact AI self-driving cars. You can bet on it. Actually, as a society, we’re likely mainly interested in the “adverse” unintended consequences side of that natural law, since there are bound to be lots of otherwise “favorable” unintended consequences – […]
By Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider Have you ever been behind a slowpoke car? It always seems to happen that there’s a car going excruciatingly slow when you are in a rush to get to your destination. You try to look through the rear window of their car to get a sense of what […]
By Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider One of the most vital tenets of science consists of the principle of reproducibility. When a scientific result is reported, how do we know that it is something generalizable and not just a happenstance, one-time fluke or possibly even merely the outcome of a mistake made in performing […]
Amazon has followed up on its announcement to build a Fulfillment Center in Oklahoma by announcing plans to build a second such facility in the state. The second FC will be over 600,000 square feet featuring innovative technology from Amazon Robotics. Amazon will use the warehouse to fulfill small items such as books, household items […]
By Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider When my daughter was quite young, we would go over to a nearby playground and she would gleefully enjoy going on the swings and the slides. One day, it had been raining, and so we went over to the playground but everything seemed too wet to play on. […]
By Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider Based on the June 7, 2018 release of the preliminary NTSB report about the fatal car crash of a Tesla on March 23, 2018, I provide in today’s column an initial forensic analysis of the incident. Keep in mind that the just released NTSB report (about three days […]
