Photos of a person in disguise — wearing glasses, a head covering, and scarf — with the points of the face detected by a new artificial intelligence face recognition system noted in the center and rightmost image of this photograph. | Image Credit: Amarjot Singh, et al.
Trouble Ahead: AI Identifies Humans →
PECB, Juris Puce's 'Effects of Artificial Intelligence on Information Security' →
From Juris' video description:
During the PECB Insights Conference, Juris Puce, the co-founder of 4SmartStreets, gave a brief presentation on the effects of Artificial intelligence. His presentation was illustrated with real life case scenarios on the impact of artificial intelligence on information security and personal data protection. PECB Insights Conference - Where experts meet!
To see the presentation slides: https://pecb.com/conferences/previous-events/pecb-insights-conference-2017/presentations/
Fast Lightweight Autonomy →
Image credit: Pasi Mämmelä / CC BY-SA 2.0
Cargo Cult →
via Wired's Backchannel Magazine, and superlatively written by Kevin Kelly, comes this tour de force on why the myth of superhuman artifical intelligence is the new Cargo Cult for our time. Today's Unequivocal Must Read.
AI, L'obscurité →
via the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's MIT Technology Review, comes this superlative piece of artificial intelligence (PDF) reportage. In this case, a particularly dystopian view of AI algorthmical underpinnings - illustrating the profound lack of foresight (inclusive of comprehension) in the utlility of those algorithms. Today's Must Read, Enjoy.
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Machines, Rise of
Yes, Bunky, this is the true Real Rise of the Machines... Hopefully, the Engineers of our robotic future will not forget The Three Laws.
