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Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Monday, October 29, 2018
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 ...
Thursday, October 25, 2018
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
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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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 ...
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Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Sexist AI
That's an interesting one: Artificial Intelligence (AI) relies on previous data that has been collected, and it extrapolates patterns on that basis, which become criteria for making recommendations or decisions.
If the original data is biased or partial, inevitably, it affects the 'picture' of reality that AI builds up, and you end up having absurd 'decisions'.
It shows the limitations of AI, as it is. There's no 'intelligence' to it in the human sense: it is merely regurgitating pieces of data on the basis of more data that's been input over time, scanning masses of data for 'clues' as to what is 'good' or not.
In this case, the word 'woman' or 'women' got the CVs rejected!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-45809919
Amazon scrapped 'sexist AI' tool - BBC News
An algorithm that was being tested as a recruitment tool by online giant Amazon was sexist and had to be scrapped, according to a Reuters report. The artificial intelligence system was trained on ...
If the original data is biased or partial, inevitably, it affects the 'picture' of reality that AI builds up, and you end up having absurd 'decisions'.
It shows the limitations of AI, as it is. There's no 'intelligence' to it in the human sense: it is merely regurgitating pieces of data on the basis of more data that's been input over time, scanning masses of data for 'clues' as to what is 'good' or not.
In this case, the word 'woman' or 'women' got the CVs rejected!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-45809919
Amazon scrapped 'sexist AI' tool - BBC News
An algorithm that was being tested as a recruitment tool by online giant Amazon was sexist and had to be scrapped, according to a Reuters report. The artificial intelligence system was trained on ...
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
The Big Hack
From Bloomberg News
Big Brother is watching you. From Beijing.
Big Brother is watching you. From Beijing.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies
The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S ...
To help with due diligence, AWS, which was overseeing the prospective acquisition, hired a third-party company to scrutinize Elemental’s security, according to one person familiar with the process.
Monday, September 24, 2018
Lumi
A high-technology brush to die for. How did we manage before the launch of the Lumi brush?
The next generation will be internet-enabled and will send a full report to your smartphone and tablet computer every time it is put to good use, analyzing all the relevant data and forwarding it to your GP. This way, you will also be able to keep an eye on the bowel movements of your wife, and/or children, and/or nanny.
The next generation will be internet-enabled and will send a full report to your smartphone and tablet computer every time it is put to good use, analyzing all the relevant data and forwarding it to your GP. This way, you will also be able to keep an eye on the bowel movements of your wife, and/or children, and/or nanny.
https://newatlas.com/lumi-toilet-brush-uv/56467/?
Lumi: Self-sanitizing toilet brush blasts cleansing UV ...
A lot of thought has gone into making Lumi the ultimate toilet brush. Its battery-powered base UV-sanitizes the brush after use, and evaporates off any drip water. It's weighted, so it's hard to ...
A lot of thought has gone into making Lumi the ultimate toilet brush. Its battery-powered base UV-sanitizes the brush after use, and evaporates off any drip water. It's weighted, so it's hard to ...
Monday, September 17, 2018
Real Science-fiction
GIZMAG
Science fiction is here and now, and for real.
"I am the biggest drone you can get, and I can recharge in mid-air too," tweeted POTUS, pleased with himself. "A double-cheeseburger with a large portion of fries and a Coke on Air Force One is enough to keep Donald Trump going for a couple of hours. I am Drone #1, the best, the biggest, the most biggest-largest drone you have ever seen!"
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In-flight charging gives drones unlimited autonomous range
Russian company GET (Global Energy Transmission) has pioneered a mid-air inductive recharging system that can charge up several drones at once without requiring them to land. Build enough of these stations, and you can have an army of drones in the air that never need to land.
Friday, September 14, 2018
Deepfake
Next-gen deepfakes can falsely put words in people's mouths:
https://newatlas.com/recycle-gan-deepfake/56280/?
Deepfake. It's a word that's entered the modern lexicon for all the wrong reasons. The technique can superimpose the likeness of one person onto a video of someone else. Now, new research could take deepfakes to the next level, taking the detailed content of one video and applying it to another.
https://newatlas.com/recycle-gan-deepfake/56280/?
Deepfake. It's a word that's entered the modern lexicon for all the wrong reasons. The technique can superimpose the likeness of one person onto a video of someone else. Now, new research could take deepfakes to the next level, taking the detailed content of one video and applying it to another.
Riderless BMW R1200GS
GIZMAG -- Machines, good! People, bad!
A bit spooky if it zooms past you on the motorway. Watch the short video-clip with the proud German engineer explaining how it all works.
I have 2 questions: (1) Is it made of recycled plastic? (An obsession of mine.) (2) If there is no one to ride the motorbike, why do you need a handlebar? For the Invisible Man?
Riderless BMW R1200GS eerily makes its way around a test track
Yamaha's Motobot is not alone, it seems. Behind closed doors, BMW has also been working on autonomous motorcycle technology for the last couple of years. And ...
newatlas.com
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
UK voice-recognition tech is anti-trans
BBC -- Trans bulleting
latest [expect more]
The problem with
male-to-female 'transition' is that many things can be altered surgically and
chemically but, from what I have read (and heard) the voice is one thing that
barely shifts.
So, you get that really
good-looking 6-foot tall girl called Paula who sounds like Paul the
construction worker that she was in a previous life...
The bank is now waiting
for the lawsuit to land on its desk.
It really is great for
surgeons, doctors, psychologists, therapists, and lawyers: a new frontier fit
for the 21st century!
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"But you sound like
a man!"
"No, I don't!"
"But you do!"
"No, I don't! I am
a woman!"
"Yes, you
are."
"So?"
"But a woman who
sounds like a hairy ape of a man..."
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Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Eye Damage
Screens are killing your eyeballs, and now we know how:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/screens-are-killing-your-eyeballs-and-now-we-know-how/ar-BBLWOTR?li=BBnbcA1
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/screens-are-killing-your-eyeballs-and-now-we-know-how/ar-BBLWOTR?li=BBnbcA1
Wednesday, August 1, 2018
Typewriters Make a Comeback
BBC
"We are using
non-internet enabled, analogue keyboards that work with our mechanical
computers, also known as typewriters," explained Marmaduke J. Moose Sr.,
spokesman for the Alaskan town concerned. "Amazingly enough, it actually
works fine. I had never seen these machines before, but they are reliable and
sturdy, and you don't spend 5 mins switching them on, and 2 hrs a week
upgrading them. It's incredible: I didn't know such things existed..."
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The ransomware
attack has spread to email, telephone and door entry systems.
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Monday, July 9, 2018
AI Censors US Declaration of Independence
More News of AI:
BBC -- Who do they think they are?
Another document that is really racist is Magna Carta. For a start, there is not a single mention of the rights of ethnic minorities in England (e.g.: Jamaicans or Bangladeshis).
Also, the rights of the peasants and lower classes are simply ignored and, at the time, their status was close to that of a slave.
And we should not forget that the rights of women, the LGBT community and trans people are simply overlooked. Having a couple of effeminate court jesters and a few Moorish eunuchs for house-keeping does not cut it...
Unprintable drivel, really, Magna Carta.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-44722728
BBC -- Who do they think they are?
Another document that is really racist is Magna Carta. For a start, there is not a single mention of the rights of ethnic minorities in England (e.g.: Jamaicans or Bangladeshis).
Also, the rights of the peasants and lower classes are simply ignored and, at the time, their status was close to that of a slave.
And we should not forget that the rights of women, the LGBT community and trans people are simply overlooked. Having a couple of effeminate court jesters and a few Moorish eunuchs for house-keeping does not cut it...
Unprintable drivel, really, Magna Carta.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-44722728
Fake AI
From Grauniad of the UK
-Do you work here?
-Yes.
-Are you one of my humanoid robots?
-No, I'm one of your employees, Sir.
-Employees? Human employees, you mean? And please call me Charles. Charles Chester.
-Yes, my name is Jack Trip, Mr Chester.
-Right, Jack. You look and behave so much like a machine that, for a split second, I thought you were a Replicant V 6.50. Take this as a compliment, by the way.
-A compliment, Mr Chester?
-Yes, the Replicant V 6.50 is far more intelligent than the average employee here -- artificial intelligence, but intelligence all the same.
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George Orwell could have written this (quote): It’s hard to build a service powered by artificial intelligence. So hard, in fact, that some startups have worked out it’s cheaper and easier to get humans to behave like robots than it is to get machines to behave like humans.
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The rise of 'pseudo-AI': how tech firms quietly use humans to do bots' work
Using what one expert calls a ‘Wizard of Oz technique’, some companies keep their reliance on humans a secret from investors.
Sunday, July 1, 2018
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
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- Babak Makkinejad
- I had been a senior software developer working for HP and GM. I am interested in intelligent and scientific computing. I am passionate about computers as enablers for human imagination. The contents of this site are not in any way, shape, or form endorsed, approved, or otherwise authorized by HP, its subsidiaries, or its officers and shareholders.