While automation and the use of robotics has drastically increased the efficiency of manufacturing processes, logistics, and delivery, the casualty list for a slew of manual and service-based jobs on and off the production line is growing.
The news of Google’s recent firing of Timnit Gebru has taken the online world by storm. Gebru was the lead researcher for Gender Shades, a project that “evaluates the accuracy of AI-powered gender classification products.” In other words, her work was to see if artificial intelligence and machine learning could correctly predict a...
With COVID-19 speeding up automation, many employees will be finding themselves gaining a new office aide for the holidays – in the form of a digital assistant, aka software robot. According to recent statistics the pandemic has resulted in 41 percent of companies turning to artificial intelligence and introducing new digital ways of...
Ships, planes, and cars are often given female names. This tradition started long ago. Captains and pilots named their ships and planes out of respect to their mothers or loved ones. Some were given names of goddesses.
An inside look into how technology is reshaping and revolutionizing how we train. From hockey to ping-pong, VR to robotics, this is the future of sports.
STEM education is a hot topic, as educators, politicians, and advocates push for a bigger focus on science, technology, engineering, and math. Organizations such as the STEM Education Coalition and the USA Science and Engineering Festival fight to protect the vital role that STEM education plays in society so that the United States can...
Human-like Robot, Pepper, Exhibits Fear, Happiness, and Provides Comfort.
By Nicholas Guzzo
Alan Turing, famous for a number of impressive feats including being one of the first computer scientists (note: he was born in 1912), developed what’s now called the Turing Test, which is a proposed standard for calling a...