The Most Troubling 7 Minutes of Augmented Reality I've Ever Seen

The Most Troubling 7 Minutes of Augmented Reality I’ve Ever Seen

 

If you could fill your home with customizable, instantly change-able virtual decorations that looked completely real, would you ever buy physical home goods?

Trending Now: The Evolution of Strong Artificial Intelligence

Trending Now: The Evolution of Strong Artificial Intelligence

Episode Summary: Dr. Joscha Bach is a software developer and researcher, who is currently developing a cognitive AI framework at  MIT Media Lab and the Harvard Program for Evolutionary Dynamics. In this episode, he speaks about the troubles in projecting when strong AI may be developed, and sheds light on the trends taking us there, including deep and reinforcement learning.

Meet Siri's Stronger, Faster Sister

Google and Apple Make Strategic Moves, and Industry Leaders Call for Artificial Intelligence Risk Solutions – This Week in AI 10-24-15

1 - A Google researcher said that we’ll become ‘highly dependent’ on artificial intelligence in the near future

Interrupt Your Own Funeral via Hologram 1

Interrupt Your Own Funeral via Hologram

Ever since Star Wars depicted its heroes on holograms, the 3D images have been a staple to popular (albeit sci-fi) culture. Then in 2012 when rapper Tuac was resurrected as a hologram to perform at Coachella a wave of interest in holographic technology spread from sci-fi buffs to hip hop fans and beyond. This interest saw a sudden surge of hologram projects – even ones letting you create holograms with your smart phone.

When "Upgrading" Your Brain is Possible, Would it Be Too Good to Refuse? 4

When “Upgrading” Your Brain is Possible, Would it Be Too Good to Refuse?

Controlling your feelings, adding or removing memories at will, and controlling our devices telepathically... is this purely the world of science fiction? Evidently not:

Why We Must Hardware AI if We Want to Sustain the Human Race - A Conversation with Louis Del Monte

Why We Must Hardwire AI if We Want to Sustain the Human Race – A Conversation with Louis Del Monte

Episode Summary:
Is it possible to make AI friendly to humans via software or will we have to hardwire consideration for humanity into an advanced AI? Louis Del Monte, best-selling author and expert in the field of Artificial Intelligence, argues the latter. In this discussion, Del Monte talks about how he came to these conclusions and wrote a book on the topic, in part inspired by a particular AI study that provoked his grave concern for where AI may take us in the future.

5 Short Videos of Killer Robot That Have a Reasonable Chance of Making You Lose Sleep

5 Short Videos of Killer Robot That Have a Reasonable Chance of Making You Lose Sleep

There's hardly any theme more played out than the Skynet scenario when it comes to robotics. While military robots (and the AI required to provide them with the kind of autonomy) is likely an impossibility at least in the next decade, the last decade of  AI and robotics are impressive, and worth checking out.

To Get Real with Artificial Intelligence, Take Off the Hollywood Fear Goggles

To Get Real with Artificial Intelligence, Take Off the Hollywood Fear Goggles

Episode Summary: Dr. András Kornai wants to put emphasis on the real and near-term ethical considerations around AI. In this interview, Kornai peels off the Hollywood myth "layers" around consciousness and AI in order to spotlight the very real, present, and advancing algorithms. He explains how such algorithms, which are slowly taking over the financial, medical, and automotive industries, are increasingly relevant as machines start to govern and make more decisions in our everyday interactions.

AI is Colorizing and Beautifying the World 2

AI Thinks Like a 4-Year Old…Powering Planes and Dishwashers is Next – This Week in Artificial Intelligence 10-10-15

1 - Artificial intelligence is the next major wave of computing, Android creator says

This Might Be the Real Tragedy About Elon Musk's Fears of Artificial Intelligence

This Might Be the Real Tragedy About Elon Musk’s Fears of Artificial Intelligence

It was nearly a year ago when Elon Musk likened artificial intelligence to "summoning the demon." The complete over-quoted quote from his 2014 talk at MIT is as follows: