I like Hugs!

Alzheimer APP

A 14-Year-Old Made An App To Help Alzheimer’s Patients Recognize Their Loved Ones.

 After watching her grandmother struggle to remember her own family members, the young coder Emma Yang decided to figure out how to use AI and facial recognition to help her–and others coping with the illness. 

https://www.fastcompany.com/40519094/embargo-wed-6am-et-a-14-year-old-made-an-app-to-help-alzheimers-patients-recognize-their-loved-ones?

Samsung Smart Fridge says: 'Me Too'

From City AM of the UK:

The innovative product below is a must-have, in my view: I am going to order one.

Next week: Release of The Smart Toilet Seat, also known as Harvey (after a famous -- now notorious -- Hollywood movie producer) which offers a selection of 50 famous operas: at the touch of a button, you get to hear the gorgeous voice of Luciano Pavarotti rising up from the toilet plumbing in majestic mode.

"We have fitted Harvey with a high-tech sound system, after consulting the Royal Opera House in London.

Listening to famous arias and rich baritones will assist you in your excretion efforts while you are sitting on Harvey, through relaxation and unwanted-noise sound-proofing, as it is called in Japan.

It is all about reducing stress for opera lovers. Not the others, obviously, but then again they don't have to buy our Smart Toilet Seat," explained Bill Windbag-Winkles, Marketing Manager Europe, The Smart Toilet Seat [Harvey] PLC.

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This year’s version of Samsung’s smart fridge, still called the Family Hub, adds new features. As well as being able to view a live camera feed of your sliced ham from almost anywhere on the planet, the world’s most pointlessly advanced fridge now boasts premium speakers alongside its touchscreen display, meaning you can watch entire movies while standing next to your freezer.

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http://www.cityam.com/278579/rollable-tvs-mind-reading-hats-some-best-and-weirdest-new?

Microsoft Quantum Development Kit

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/quantum/development-kit

(Requires Registration).

And a short introductory video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7b4J2INq9c&MC=Vstudio&MC=JavaScript&MC=WebDev&MC=AppDnDTool

Translated

AI News from Intel

• AI News from Intel:
  
  https://newsroom.intel.com/editorials/intels-new-self-learning-chip-promises-accelerate-artificial-intelligence/
  
  http://www.vision-systems.com/articles/2017/07/deep-learning-device-from-intel-enables-artificial-intelligence-programming-at-the-edge.html
  
  http://www.vision-systems.com/articles/2017/08/intel-acquires-mobileye-plans-to-deploy-100-autonomous-vehicles-later-this-year.html

AI @ Rand Corporation

Rand Corporation's site on Artificial Intelligence (a good place to start reading about AI's social and political implications)

https://www.rand.org/topics/artificial-intelligence.html

email Signatures

I saw this on Moneyish and wanted to share it.

https://moneyish.com/ish/what-people-really-think-when-you-use-these-email-sign-offs/

For myself, after years of using "Best" (rated the worst in another article), I have moved from "Warm Regards" to "Kind Regards", and I expect to stay there for a while.

Technology, Statecraft, and Unrestricted Warfare

Ambassador Chas Freeman on Technology, Statecraft, and Unrestricted Warfare:

http://chasfreeman.net/technology-statecraft-and-unrestricted-warfare/

Personal Challenges of Microsoft Chairman

Personal Challenges of Satay Nadella:

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/inspirational-stories/a46221/satya-anu-nadella-microsoft/

AI in the News

In the news

Here is the full story of the pet parrot having placed an order over Amazon via the Alexa voice-recognition platform. 

The Texan parrot in the video-clip is also very articulate. Maybe he could fill in for the Prime Minister, Theresa May, who seems to need a break from it all: "Brexit means Brexit! Brexit means Brexit! Squawk! Brexit means..."
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http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/pet-parrot-uses-voicecontrolled-gadget-to-place-order-with-amazon/news-story/9cdf23dccd0c0887fbb68b9279850a5d

Pet parrot uses voice-controlled gadget to place order with Amazon www.news.com.au There’s a reason this parrot is called Einstein. With an extensive vocabulary, he can replicate everything, from a human to a telephone. Credit: Einstein Parrot via ...

2 Items on AI

The need for a (US) National Strategy:

http://www.theatlantic.com/sponsored/booz-allen-hamilton-2017/machine-intelligence-we-need-a-national-strategy/1497/

and Booze-Allen-Hamilton take on it:

https://www.boozallen.com/expertise/analytics/machine-intelligence.html?cid=spo-atl17-1