Ethical Challenges of Autonomous Vehicles

More on Self-Driving Vehicles:

https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-folly-of-trolleys-ethical-challenges-and-autonomous-vehicles/

Relying on Bad Schedule Estimates to Promote Agile Programs

From the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Bad Idea: Relying on Bad Schedule Estimates to Promote Agile Programs
https://defense360.csis.org/bad-idea-relying-on-bad-schedule-estimates-to-promote-agile-programs/
We read:
"Congress has taken explicit inspiration from the agile development approach employed by many commercial software producers. Rather than incrementally produce complex pieces of software over multiple years, this approach emphasizes creating the minimum viable product to get feedback from users and iterate designs over a series of sprints."

AI Index Report

AI Index Report - this survey of AI trends finds advances in working with human languages, global reach

http://cdn.aiindex.org/2018/AI%20Index%202018%20Annual%20Report.pdf

GM Layoffs

From the Brookings InstitutionWhat GM’s layoffs reveal about the digitalization of the auto industry:https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2018/12/13/what-gms-layoffs-reveal-about-the-digitalization-of-the-auto-industry/

Military Requirements

This is an interesting perspective on requirements; in this case military requirements.

https://defense360.csis.org/bad-idea-using-the-phrase-military-requirements/

We read: 

"...“requirement” in Pentagon-ese did not mean what it did in regular English, that is, “necessity” or “something essential to the existence or occurrence of something else” (according to Webster’s dictionary).  Rather, requirement meant goal or target and, sometimes, those were not achieved."

Geriatric Issues in Usability

Don't Get Me Started - Senioritis

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/mt832865

NIST Digital Identity Guidelines

NIST Digital Identity Guidelines:

https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-3/sp800-63a.html

Pesky Passwords -

Those pesky password...

From the Spectroscopy Magazine

http://www.spectroscopyonline.com/pesky-passwords

Implanting Chips in Humans

From Grauniad of the UK

George Orwell would be pleased 

In a tiny cubicle, Joe Bloggs is on the toilet seat when a voice can be heard on the tannoy, reverberating across the whole floor: "Joe, you've been away from your desk for over 4 mins. Toilet breaks are 2 mins maximum for No.1 and 4 mins maximum for No.2. Repeat: You have exceeded your No.2 Toilet Break Credit! Please return to your desk immediately. Repeat: Immediately! If Toilet Break Extra Time is needed, please advise HR and explain why. This is a message for Joe Bloggs from Central Control. Repeat: This is a message for..." 

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/11/alarm-over-talks-to-implant-uk-employees-with-microchips?

Alarm over talks to implant UK employees with microchips Trades Union Congress concerned over tech being used to control and micromanage www.theguardian.com

Social media is anti-social

No real surprises here: the more time you spend on line, checking on virtual friends (who may be real friends or not), the less time you have to go out and meet people, since there are only 24 hrs in the day (and night). With some young people, it reaches bizarre levels, as we know.

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https://newatlas.com/social-media-increases-depression-loneliness-fomo/57202/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2018-11-

Study finds too much social media is making us feel lonely ... An interesting new experimental study from the University of Pennsylvania has demonstrated the first causal connection between social media use and feelings of depression and loneliness.

Sex & the Self-Driving Car

GIZMAG

Making the most of one's commute: you ain't seen nothing yet!  

"Is that the ice-cream van, mate?"

"No, it's Tatyana, the Bielorussian girl, in her self-driving stretched limo, on her evening round."

"What services does she offer?"

"She calls it Uber Personalized Escort & Assist Services Ltd: a true businesswoman, she is, Tatyana."

"Business, what business?"

"£60.00 for a quick one in the back of the vehicle, mate. A real upmarket brothel on wheels, red curtains, thick carpet, king-size bed: 15 mins. Amazing. And you get a free glass of Prosecco. And nibbles."

"Nibbles?"

"Well, peanuts -- and she may nibble your nuts if you pay extra."

"Right. I'm off! See you shortly..."

"You flag her by the side of the road, waving your £50 note."

"Thanks!" 

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https://www.fastcompany.com/90264809/self-driving-cars-will-be-for-sex-scientists-say?

Self-driving cars will be for sex, scientists say Nearly 60% of all Americans have had sex in cars. Just wait until the cars can drive themselves. www.fastcompany.com

China's 'AI newsreader': Which of these isn't real?

From the BBC
China's Xinhua news agency says it has developed an artificial intelligence newsreader.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-china-46135116/china-s-ai-newsreader-which-of-these-isn-t-real

German Ethics Code for Self-Driving Vehicles

German Ethics Code for Self-Driving Vehicles:
https://www.bmvi.de/SharedDocs/EN/publications/report-ethics-commission.pdf?__blob=publicationFile

The Moral Machine Experiment -

Should a self-driving car kill the baby or the grandma? Depends on where you’re from

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07135-0

The original paper may be found here:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0637-6

AI Ecosystem & US National Security

From Center for Strategic and International Studies:

https://www.csis.org/analysis/artificial-intelligence-and-national-security-importance-ai-ecosystem

The mostly complete chart of Neural Networks, explained

The mostly complete chart of Neural Networks, explained

https://towardsdatascience.com/the-mostly-complete-chart-of-neural-networks-explained-3fb6f2367464

Free eBook

Free eBook on AI from our friends at Redmond:

https://info.microsoft.com/ww-landing-ai-developers-bot-ebook.html?MC=MachLearn&MC=Vstudio&MC=Testing&MC=Open&MC=MobileDev

AI Art

GIZMAG -- Was it bought by a humanoid robot with a taste for representative art?

It is an ugly daub, but a daub made by artificial intelligence (AI) -- not to be confused with artificial stupidity (AS), when the robot has learning difficulties, and natural stupidity, when it is not a robot at all. Apparently, non-artificial intelligence also exists.

https://newatlas.com/ai-art-auction-obvious-belamy/56984/?

Is this art? AI-generated portrait fetches over $400,000 ...

Last week, the first ever work of AI-generated art to be sold by a major auction house fetched US$432,500. The work, entitled Portrait of Edmond Belamy, is a depiction of a fictional character and ...

Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition

http://www.scottsdevelopers.com/dont-make-me-think-revisited.pdf

Felik AI

GIZMAG -- Because fat cats are a problem 

"It is a fantastic invention," commented Miss Ramonella Bumpkins of Plymouth (England). "My boyfriend, Jason Potter, tends to spend most of the weekend watching TV from the comfort of the sitting-room's sofa, a can of beer in hand. (Not the same can of beer for more than 25 mins on average.) With Felik, it will tease him and, when he gets up to go to the kitchen (or the loo, inevitably), Felik will interact with him and encourage Jason to move about a bit. Jason might lose weight as a result. It's a win-win situation. If Felik can talk, I might be able to have a conversation with it too..." 

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https://newatlas.com/felik-ai-pet-laser/56784/?

Felik uses AI to take your pet laser-huntin' - newatlas.com Designed by Seattle-based startup Angry Lychee, the Wi-Fi-connected Felik is intended to be mounted on a wall or placed on a shelf, and is equipped with an infrared camera that it uses to detect ...