“We have a three-pronged approach that broadly looks at the origins of a given content, the content itself, and also the associated metadata that provides us additional informant and clues about a given piece of content”. From a technical standpoint,…
The philosopher Peter Singer argues that creatures that can feel pain or suffer have a claim to moral standing. As real artificial intelligence technology advances toward Hollywood’s imagined versions, the question of moral standing grows more important. If AIs have…
Adam Conner-Simons introduces an MIT CSAIL system that aims to help linguists decipher languages without advanced knowledge of relations to other languages. Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have recently developed a new system that can…
Accidents involving HGVs are also more common on expressways than on small streets and roads. To address this issue, Heriot-Watt University Malaysia conducted a year-long project in collaboration with Malaysian Technical Standards Forum Bhd on how to reduce road accidents…
“One of the most powerful piece is that students will ask it questions they would never ask another human being, because it’s a bot,” Elizabeth Adams, associate vice president for undergraduate studies at California State University, Northridge. “They’re grateful to…
A University of Kansas interdisciplinary team led by relationship psychologist Omri Gillath has published a new paper in the journal Computers in Human Behavior showing people’s trust in artificial intelligence (AI) is tied to their relationship or attachment style. Importantly,…
The ability to share AI and ML datasets, processing engines and the other working paraphernalia of Deep Learning (DL) through open (and indeed open source) platforms, channels and communities is argued to be a more productive way for the machines…
If a computer can understand what a human means when they communicate, we can create all manner of applications of practical value from chatbots and conversational agents to systems that can read what we write in our documents and emails…
During the COVID-19 pandemic, artificial intelligence (AI) has become a trusted ally and partner in our daily lives. AI even enables robots to answer the call for contactless food delivery to our homes and deliver personal protective equipment (PPE) to…
The first Emirati humanoid robots Samit and Sidra were launched at Gitex last year. The main purpose of the two robots is to provide assistance, interact with clients, and accomplish daily tasks without any human interference. Three years ago, Dubai…
