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Esta notificación te está robando un pedazo de vida

(This notification is stealing a piece of life from you)

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Newspaper | El País
Date | 5.5.2017
Language | Spanish
Country | Spain
Topic Tags | addiction, artificial intelligence, brain, smartphone, threat
Summary | Elon Musk said that in eight or ten years our brains will be perfectly connected to artificial intelligence. Facebook also announced that they want us to be able to write directly from our brain, with a "thought reader" helmet that would be ready in two years. We live in a world where people are not able to concentrate because of the noise our smartphones make when we receive notifications. Sherry Turkle claims that smartphones are not simple accessories; they are powerful devices that change not only what you do, but also who you are. Some people are worried about what the internet and artificial intelligence will bring in the future.
Image Description | Video about nomophobia
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), smartphone

Google Lens reconocerá cualquier cosa solo con apuntarla con el móvil

(Google Lens will recognize anything just by connecting it to your mobile phone)

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Newspaper | El País
Date | 17.5.2017
Language | Spanish
Country | Spain
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Google
Summary | Sundar Pichai, Google's CEO, talks about Google and what it allows in terms of artificial intelligence (e.g. help detect cancer, translate texts to images, develop personal assistants and video immersion).
Image Description | Photograph of Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai, in front of a big screen where three smarthpones are projected.
Image Tags | male(s), smartphone

Esta es la tecnología que matará a tu ‘smartphone’

(This is the technology that will kill your smartphone)

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Newspaper | El País
Date | 25.5.2017
Language | Spanish
Country | Spain
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, brain, smartphone, threat, virtual reality
Summary | According to some experts, augmented reality is threatening the future of mobile phones, and soon smartphones will disappear. Facebook is interesting in creating a parallel universe. In April, at a conference, Facebook talked about the possibility of writing directly from the brain. Virtual reality is the future, and it will offer information in an non-intrusive way. Experts point out, however, that the great challenge of such a technology is its high cost.
Image Description | Video about augmented reality

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