News & Articles By David Williams
07/07/2018 / By David Williams
Proposed electric helicopter that converts to a plane in the air gets backing from Toyota, Intel
The flying car that was promised in so many science fiction stories of the past may soon become a reality if the California-based startup Joby Aviation gets its way. The company is currently hard at work on a prototype electric vehicle that it calls a “flying taxi” and has just received $100 million in funding […]
07/01/2018 / By David Williams
Walmart gearing up to launch own cashierless stores via secret “Project Kepler”
Will all the big retail stores, such as Walmart in the U.S., become filled with robots and autonomous systems in the not-so-distant future? All signs point to yes, and in fact that future might arrive a lot sooner than you think. If you ask the biggest names in U.S. retail right now about what the future might […]
07/01/2018 / By David Williams
Because humans “worship supreme understanding” some believe AI religion with a robot messiah will be hugely successful
Are humans prepared to worship anything? Is it true that there are people out there who can look at the many religions already being practiced, think that none of those apply to them, and look for yet another one to try to belong in? According to some researchers, the answer is yes. Indeed, the seemingly […]
06/30/2018 / By David Williams
Researchers have developed a new, easy way to tell if you are being recorded
Cybersecurity researchers over at the Ben-Gurion University of Negev (BGU) and the Weizmann Institute of Science have developed a new technique to detect if a drone-mounted camera is recording a targeted house or subject. The study, titled “Game of Drones — Detecting Streamed PO from Encrypted FPV Channel,” shows a definitive method that would allow […]
06/30/2018 / By David Williams
Worldwide A.I. may fully replace human speech in just 32 years, researchers say
A team of artificial intelligence researchers are planning to launch a worldwide A.I. system that will make human speech entirely obsolete – but not in a bad way. The team is reportedly looking to launch a sort of worldwide consciousness some time in the next 30 or so years, thereby allowing people to communicate with each […]
06/20/2018 / By David Williams
Japanese robot wolf created to protect crops from being eaten by animals
Animal-inspired machines are becoming more and more common nowadays. From plans to invent small robotic drones that can help with pollination, to sending “bee-like” machines that are meant to pave the way for future Mars-based human colonies, there are plenty of areas wherein such creations can be put to good use. Now a group of […]
06/06/2018 / By David Williams
Bill Gates continues to defend artificial intelligence, claims “AI can be our friend”
The views of the world’s most advanced innovators are rarely in line with the status quo. This seems to be the case with Bill Gates, as he’s part of a vocal minority of artificial intelligence (AI) defenders that still maintain the stance that AI is not something to be afraid of. If anything, AI should […]
06/06/2018 / By David Williams
Robot takeover to result in job losses to 10,000 employees in Foxconn unit
The brunt of the artificial intelligence (AI) takeover that is widely expected to occur across the entire world is going to fall mostly on human workers – paid employees that are often found in assembly lines or certain customer-facing positions. And if you think this only applies to worker positions that could stand to be much […]
06/06/2018 / By David Williams
AI is the new weapon of choice in the global arms race: Advanced technology using “intelligent software” could lead to an automated Cold War
A new Cold War is afoot. And of course, it involves the usual suspects: The U.S. and Russia. As tensions rise between the two, fears of a modern-day clash have begun to rise, and experts are betting on one new technology being the deciding factor for the two – artificial intelligence (AI). According to Jeremy […]
06/06/2018 / By David Williams
26 global experts on AI ring the alarm bells: Dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity in the next 10 years revealed
To date, humanity has been able to advance the field of artificial intelligence (AI) a great deal. The field may have been developed far too quickly, however. Soon, humans could end up being helpless in a fight against highly intelligent, well-connected, and possibly all-knowing robot beings. That’s just one of the many possible threats to […]
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