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Facebook touts AI benefits as job risks loom
Newspaper | USA Today
Date | 1.12.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | (mental) health, artificial intelligence, threat
Summary | Facebook and other corporations are trying to improve artificial intelligence's image in society. Many people are afraid of it, that it will take away their jobs, or do not trust it with high-stakes tasks such as flying planes, overseeing children, or medical diagnoses. It is likely that all of these things will happen and a consortium of corporations of the digital world are trying to lift the stigma off of these facts. After all, we are already trusting artificial intelligence to remind us to take medication, to guide us through traffic while avoiding traffic jams, and so on.
Image Description | Portraits of two digital experts.
Image Tags | male(s)
Zuckerberg can now talk to his AI, but it's still no Jarvis
Newspaper | USA Today
Date | 19.12.2016
Language | English
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Facebook
Summary | Mark Zuckerberg is experimenting with his household appliances trying to connect them all to the internet so that he can eventually operate any and all devices in his home by voice command. He thinks that artificial intelligence will become more and more important in our daily lives and is hard at work in creating his own personal digital butler that follows all his verbal orders and even anticipates his needs. The technology is however not ready yet: not all household appliances can be connected to the internet and those that can often use different programming languages.
Image Description | Getty image portrait of Mark Zuckerbern while speaking.
Image Tags | male(s)
Mattel's Aristotle is like an Amazon Echo for kids
Newspaper | USA Today
Date | 3.1.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, childhood, digitized education, privacy
Summary | A new baby monitor by Mattel is enhanced with various affordances we know from chatbots: the monitor starts a lullaby when the baby wakes up or plays with older children, teaching them colors by asking them to name what color light they see or learning a new language and so on. The monitor called Aristotle reports all these things to the parents by means of smartphone notifications and also gives them suggestions on where to stock up on diapers. The developers are emphasize their high standards for child privacy security.
Image Description | Video about CES 2017 conference in Las Vegas.
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