Source: discovermagazine.com ABB’s robotic lab technician, YuMi, and Nurse Ratched have more in common than might appear at first blush. They’re both cold; they’re both heartless; and they both really want to help you take your meds. But while Nurse Ratched notoriously represents the corrupting power of institutionalized bureaucracy, this robot, named YuMi, just wants Read More
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Source: bbc.com So it was in October 2018, when I visited a company called Medopad, based high up in London’s Millbank Tower. This medical technology firm was working with the Chinese tech giant Tencent on a project to use artificial intelligence to diagnose Parkinson’s Disease. This degenerative condition affects something like 10 million people worldwide. Read More
Source – forbes.com Eliezer Yudkowsky, a leading proponent of “friendly” artificial intelligence, offers a cautionary observation about the potential of AI — solving problems by using computers to solve tasks that usually require human intelligence. “The greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence,” he writes, “is that people conclude too early that they understand it.” Any serious discussion Read More
Source – digitaljournal.com Combating the human aging process, either for health reasons or reasons more attuned to simply living for longer, has occupied considerable amounts of scientific inquiry. The solution to combating cell aging may lie with artificial intelligence. The application of artificial intelligence is the research focus of start-up company Insilico Medicine. The medical technology company Read More