VR & AR
Pentagon Outlines AI Ethics
Global military forces are looking to AI as a way to improve their efficiency on the battlefield and beyond. Now, US Defense Department officials have announced a list of five principles that will ensure the ethical use of AI. As the Pentagon outlines AI ethics, let’s...
Coronavirus Pushing Us Into A VR Future… Today!
You know when you got an app for your bank for the first time, how convenient it was doing your banking admin in your pajamas, from the couch, on Sunday morning. How many times have you stepped foot into a bank since? Probably not many. We see the same for when we...
Meet the Godfather of Modern AI
For the last 4 decades, Geoff Hinton has been working on AI. His quest to build complex artificial intelligence systems began in high school, when one of his friends convinced him that the brain worked like a hologram. Even back in 1960s Britain, Hinton was intrigued...
AI Trends in March in 2020
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is expanding rapidly at the moment. With so many changes happening in the space, it can feel impossible to keep up. Let’s take a look at AI trends in March 2020, so you can get a handle on everything. ...
Want your Fortune Told? Consult AI
The future is always uncertain - that’s what makes it both so exciting and so terrifying. Long term, we don’t know much about what’s going to happen. However, what if we could predict the future in the short term? The editorial team at the Economist took a unique...
AI by Numbers: 2020
Artificial intelligence is still a relatively controversial topic - particularly in mainstream society. Growing fears around job security means that many people are concerned about AI’s ability to replace them at their place of work. This issue is largely...
VR reunited a mother with her deceased child, but can it reconnect us to our religious leaders?
Many people are skeptical of Virtual Reality, despite the fact that it can do so much for us. Recently, a bereaved mother was reunited with her seven-year-old daughter after losing her to an incurable disease more than three years ago. Today, Jang Ji-sung was able to...
5 Reasons Why VR is Good for Humans
Virtual Reality (VR) is the next big thing in tech. If you haven’t heard of it until now, you’ve probably been living under a rock. VR is generally considered as something associated only with video games, but the reality is that it’s so much more. Here are 5 reasons...
The Top 5 Most Unethical AI Projects to Date
AI has a lot of fantastic use cases. In fact, it really can help us out in so many interesting ways. However, its utility is largely down to what humans decide for it - and we can be total idiots. Let’s take a look at the 5 most unethical AI projects to date. ...
Has the Age of Virtual Humans Arrived?
Is your friendship circle ready for a virtual human? AI is getting better and better by the day, and as technological advancements are made it’s becoming increasingly popular. Still, it’s early days and we’ve yet to see the full potential of this exciting technology....
How AI Could Help Stop the Spread of the Coronavirus
Wuhan Coronavirus, also known as 2019-nCoV490 deaths, 24 324 confirmed cases worldwideAI issued first outbreak alert on 31 December 201999% of the cases are in China, 97% of deaths are in Hubei province The death toll from the deadly coronavirus outbreak that began in...
AI and Machine Learning are Different: Here’s Why
AI and Machine Learning are often cofused as the same, but they’re technically two different things. It’s probably a good idea we decided to define both.
How AI Weapons Could Cut Collateral Damage
The US, China, and Russia seem to be signalling that the time for AI in national security is now. With their militaries rolling out plans to move ahead with developing further applications of AI, and AI-driven, autonomous weapons, it’s time to address something pretty...
In the Fight Against Cancer, AI is Winning – sometimes
Researchers from Google, Northwestern University, the NHS, and Imperial College London have discovered that Google’s Deepmind AI outperforms radiologists in detecting breast cancer. The researchers trained the AI on thousands of mammograms, which resulted in the tech...
5 Scary AI Projects
Artificial Intelligence has the potential to revolutionize our world as we know it. Unfortunately, the future of AI is essentially what we (humanity) make it, and we’re into some pretty weird stuff. From cannibal Adam and Eve, to AI Kalashnikovs, let’s take a look at...
