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Oct 19, 2016
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Top journalists predicted the path of future technologies at the Geekwire Summit. Topics included AI assistants, chat bots, and the Internet of Things (IoT). The insights offered by top journalists on the state of these industries were interesting and unique, and definitely worth the read.
China is joining the hunt find intelligent alien life
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The National Astronomical Observatories of China have partnered with Breakthrough Initiative to find alien life, bringing the largest radio telescope in the world with them — the 488 meter (1,600 foot) FAST telescope. The FAST observatory will seek out extraterrestrial life with the world's other largest radio telescopes, including the Green Bank Telescope in the U.S. and the Parkes Observatory in Australia.
FAST radio telescope home page
Scientists Just Launched a Breakthrough Initiative to Find Intelligent Alien Life
Help Artificial Intelligence prepare for the Kobayashi Maru
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The Kobayashi Maru is a training exercise in the fictional Star Trek universe designed to test the character of Starfleet Academy cadets in a no-win scenario. As autonomous vehicles hit public streets, situations are bound to arise, like a deer in the headlights, when the vehicle's software must choose, just like a human driver, what is the best course of action.
In some instances, the right call might be best left to the autonomous vehicle, loaded with sensors that don't get distracted. Is there time to brake or swerve to avoid the animal? A self-driving car might be better/faster at this analysis and execution than humans.
What if you could not brake in time, and your only option to avoid hitting the deer is to put your car in a ditch? I think most people would choose the ditch over hurting an animal, but what if it was a cliff on both sides? What if you had passengers? What if it was a snake, not a deer? You get the idea.
The Moral Machine is a web site from MIT that wants your opinion on how machines should make decisions when faced with moral dilemmas.
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