Source – phys.org A team of researchers at Queen Mary University in the U.K. has found that bumblebees with more “synaptic complexes” in their brains are able to learn new things more quickly and also have better memories than those with fewer of them. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B the group describes Read More
Category: Human Intelligence
Human Intelligence
Source – forbes.com The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is growing, and according to a report by Accenture, it is expected to double economic growth by 2035 with its integration. From simple AI pieces to more complex problem-solving uses, the technology has multiple benefits that can help make employees more productive, efficient and error-free. Using AI as an Read More
Source – techcrunch.com With every new trend comes a counter-trend. And so despite the current excitement over the wonders of artificial intelligence, one company is betting that human intelligence can still deliver solutions for businesses that AI cannot hope to match. Article One Partners (AOP) is a crowdsourced network of over 42,000 researchers in 170 countries — 42% of Read More
Source – brinknews.com Call centers have been around since the 1960s, gaining mainstream attention when employees were seen wearing telephone headsets on televised NASA Mission Control Center events. Since then, customer service centers have been typically regarded as a necessary evil, where customers have encountered their fair share of unhelpful calls. Despite many companies’ attempts to Read More
Source – venturebeat.com Emotional intelligence (EQ) — the ability to pick up on what other people are feeling or thinking, primarily using body language and tone of voice — is a difficult endeavor, even for some humans. When a human misreads their fellow human, they could lose a friendship, a relationship, a job. Stakes are even Read More
Source – venturebeat.com There is an old saying that speaks to the current state of AI: “To someone holding a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” As companies, governments, and organizations scramble to be in the vanguard of this new generation of artificial intelligence, they are trying their best to persuade everyone that all of our human shortcomings Read More
Source – techzone360.com Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most talked about and debated topics of conversation happening today. It is touching every industry – from consumer to automotive to financial to healthcare – and its capabilities only seem to be growing. According to Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking, we are witnessing an “intelligence explosion,” Read More
Source – qz.com This is the third in The Vanishing University, a four-part series exploring the tech-driven future of higher education in America. Here are parts oneand two. Jill Watson is the best damn teaching assistant you could ever want. She fields hundreds of questions at a time from frantic 19-year-olds, always answering them in full and at record Read More
Source – shift.newco.co No stranger to controversy, a Tony Stark reincarnate — Elon Musk — came out with an ominous prediction recently. “Forget North Korea, AI will start World War III” read the CNN headline. Elon Musk is not alone in fearing unintended consequences of the race to develop algorithms that we may or may not be able to control. Once a new Read More
Source – techstory.in It is sometimes hard to imagine the progress that technology has taken in the past few years. Looking back over the past 30 and you are sure to be amazed. Where once artificial intelligence was a thing for sci-fi and fantasy, it is now a reality. We joke, uncomfortably at times, about the Read More
Source – economictimes.indiatimes.com What happened in Italy on Tuesday should make a lot of people sit up and take note, especially companies that seek to cut costs by automating processes and employees who are scared of losing their jobs to machines. The Lucca Philharmonic Orchestra performed in front of a crowd at Teatro Verdi in Pisa. Read More
Source – yourstory.com Every single day, millions of dollars are being spent in call centres simply to answer repeated questions, thousands of times over and over again. Let us see how AI is going to affect IT service management. In this age of artificial intelligence, managers at all levels need to accept that a significant chunk Read More
Source – enterprisersproject.com Blockchain technology will be as revolutionary as the internet, or maybe even the steam engine, predicts Andreas Freund, Ph.D., a senior manager for Tata Consulting Services’ blockchain advisory. It’s a bold claim. But in the first part of our two-part interview, Freund makes a strong case that blockchain technology will, at the very least, change our Read More
Source – sciencemag.org You may know the art of the deal, but there’s a science to it, too. And artificial intelligence is beginning to learn it. Computers that could negotiate for us could automate and optimize everything from traffic intersections to global treaties. Last month, at the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) in Melbourne, Australia, a group Read More
Source – gizmodo.com Last year, two data scientists from security firm ZeroFOX conducted an experiment to see who was better at getting Twitter users to click on malicious links, humans or an artificial intelligence. The researchers taught an AI to study the behavior of social network users, and then design and implement its own phishing bait. In tests, Read More
Source – td.org Artificial intelligence (AI) is the buzz phrase du jour. Both the general and business press are touting new advances while circulating horror stories. Top corporate individuals are debating the merits. Every supplier is talking about how AI is being baked into their products. However, we’ve seen such hype before. The real question Read More
Source – siliconrepublic.com If you want to be a data scientist, the tech world is still rife with opportunities. As with most booming tech sectors, attracting enough talent to fill the demand is important. One way of doing this is to give visibility to the talent that is already there, highlighting the importance of data science Read More
Source – afr.com Work is a defining feature of our civilisation. We spend more time in our jobs than any other activity and the spoils of our labour provide us the means to survive. It gives identity, status and purpose. So we can be forgiven if we get nervous when our jobs are threatened. And there Read More
Source – cio.com It’s getting pretty hard to escape Artificial Intelligence (“AI”). I don’t mean the impact that AI will have on your life — I just mean the idea of AI. In the business and technology press, a single day does not pass without some reference to the impact that AI is having — or Read More
Source – dailyutahchronicle.com In Plato’s “Phaedrus,” Socrates tells the legend of King Thamus who is given the gift of writing from Theuth, the Egyptian god of knowledge. Writing, Theuth persuades, will act as a mass remedy for memory loss, allowing information to be more easily remembered and stored. No longer will people have to rely on Read More
Source – news18.com As Tipsy methodically unfolds an arm to select a glass, retrieve ice and mix a drink, it’s all a far cry from the flashy swagger of Tom Cruise in Cocktail. But then he doesn’t have the twinkle in his eye of a fictional Hollywood bartender — or any eyes at all, for that matter Read More
Source – digitaltrends.com Distortions in space-time sound like they’d be more of a concern on an episode of Star Trek than they would in the real world. However, that’s not necessarily true: analyzing images of gravitational waves could help enormously extend both the range and resolution of telescopes like Hubble, and allow us to see farther into the universe Read More
Source – americanthinker.com When I look at Hurricane Harvey, I am amazed at how all the people who are involved should be congratulated. The first responders, military, hospital workers, power company workers, people who keep stores and gas stations open, maintenance workers, truck drivers, neighbors helping neighbors, and government workers have all responded wonderfully. Churches, Red Read More
Source – nypost.com Robots are coming to steal your reviews. Researchers at the University of Chicago have trained a neural network, or artificial intelligence system, to write fake reviews on Yelp – and it’s pretty hard to tell them apart from a human review. Their study, which will be presented at the ACM Conference on Computer Read More
Source – treehugger.com Apes’ abilities appear to be entirely misunderstood because research has failed to measure them fairly and accurately, according to a new report. I’ve always marveled at how shortsighted humans can be, especially when it comes to other species. We’ve got such a superiority complex that we fail to fully appreciate the remarkableness of Read More
Source – livemint.com British science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke famously wrote in 1962 that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” In 2017, Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to be that form of “advanced technology” that is seemingly putting magic into shade. But what is this magical form of technology? Simply put, AI is based Read More
Source – securityintelligence.com The chief information security officer (CISO) faces threats such as compromised users, negligent employees and malicious insiders. For this reason, one of the most important tools in the CISO’s arsenal is user behavior analytics (UBA), a solution that scans data from a security information and event management (SIEM) system, correlates it by user and Read More
Source – economictimes.indiatimes.com Engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have designed an autonomous robot that can keep pace with foot traffic while observing the general social codes that pedestrians follow to avoid oncoming obstacles while keeping up a steady walking pace. In drive tests, the robot, which resembles a knee-high kiosk on wheels, successfully avoided Read More
Source – news.mit.edu Just as drivers observe the rules of the road, most pedestrians follow certain social codes when navigating a hallway or a crowded thoroughfare: Keep to the right, pass on the left, maintain a respectable berth, and be ready to weave or change course to avoid oncoming obstacles while keeping up a steady walking Read More
Source – religionandpolitics.org The concept of artificial intelligence has been fuel for science fiction since at least 1920, when the Czech writer Karel Čapek published R.U.R., his play about a mutiny led by a throng of robots. Speculation about the future of intelligent machines has run rampant in the intervening decades but recently has taken a more Read More