How long can humanity survive?
What are the long-term predictions for humanity, whether it will survive (a very) long time? 6 problems to face in the very, very distant future.
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Download AI to remove people from videos
To remove people from videos, the developer mixed two different "training" models: one tracks moving objects, the other erases them.
Barsys, the robot is a bartender with AI
Barsys is a bartender robot that mixes with wisdom and wisdom (without waste) a sea of cocktails for your home or restaurant.
Pivot, the fitness app that brings a cloud gym to your home
Pivot is a distributed gym, a fitness app combined with sensors and machine learning: your performance data is managed by real coaches.
SpoilerNet, the anti-spoiler AI: it warns you and avoids them
Do you suffer from fear of anticipation? The University of San Diego created SpoilerNet, the anti-spoiler AI that prevents you from committing murders.
3 Scary technologies that we shouldn't be making
Smile! There are not only technologies that can have a negative impact. There are also scary ones that can have a lethal relapse.
Deepfake and AI more and more stunning
As you watch the video (it lasts a few seconds) ask yourself questions like me about the future of this technology. Because this technology, believe me, deserves all our questions.
Future work, the ideal dose will be 8 hours per week
The study published in the journal Social Science and Medicine shows that when someone goes from unemployment to a paid job of 8 hours or less per week, their risk of mental problems is reduced by at least 30%: instead there is no evidence that a longer schedule provides greater mental well-being.
A new algorithm "puts other words in the mouths" of people in videos by editing the transcript of the text.
A collaboration between technological giants allows to alter the speech in a video simply by changing the text transcription: the person in the movie changes the words and movements of the lips.
Samsung makes deepfake indistinguishable from reality
The new model can be able to extract a Fake video of a subject from just ONE photo of him, improving accuracy if more are used: the video accompanying the results of this research is impressive.
UNESCO warning: voice assistants encourage sexism
The tendency for voice assistants to “deflect, gloss over or give conciliatory responses” when insulted is considered particularly worrying, reinforcing the belief that women are subjected to abuse and harassment.
The new color night vision goggles are an extraordinary sight
Two new technologies will revolutionize the way we see in the dark by introducing colors. And one day we might drive a car at night without headlights anymore.
A new AI model improves breast cancer diagnostics
“Trained” on thousands of mammograms it can predict the risk of having breast cancer in the next 5 years, and it works better than any other model.
5 predictions in 5 years for a revolution: VR and AR will change the world
Here are 5 predictions on small revolutions that with virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) will add more worlds to what we live.
Experts warn: don't fall in love with a robot. The story of Jibo
No matter how engaging a device is, or how cute it is, it will never return your affection. Story of the little robot that preceded the virtual assistants Google and Alexa, and broke everyone's hearts by announcing its "death".
Neural interface translates thoughts into synthetic words
Researchers at the University of San Francisco have developed a neural interface that allows patients without the use of speech to “speak” through the device.
Singularity: Kurzweil expects intelligent computers as humans within 12 years.
According to futurologist and Google chief engineer Ray Kurzweil, the singularity is approaching by leaps and bounds. “By 2029, computers will have the same level of intelligence as humans.” This is the statement made in a recent interview at the SXSW Conference. What is the singularity? (It is always good to remember this) It is a process-event that will bring the intelligence of computers to a higher level than that of human beings. And according to leading experts on the subject it seems to be getting closer over time. Even the theoretical physicist Stephen… Read more
Probably the first person capable of living 1000 years has already been born.
“The biggest health problem in the world is age-related diseases.” Not a revolutionary statement from Dr. Brad Perking, the medical director of Human Longevity. Yet of his recent speech in Abu Dhabi, these were the last words stuck in the present. In his projections of the near future, the doctor's analysis was much more visionary, as is typical of him. Human Longevity inc. is the company founded by Craig Venter with an initial investment of over… Read more
The largest company in 2030 will supply robot teachers
Just thirty years ago the frontier was a school with a computer. Today, the frontier is having students with their own laptop. According to futurologist Thomas Frey, in the next 14 years the frontier will be to have students learning from robot teachers on the internet, and the company that will be able to provide this service will become one of the largest, richest and most important in the world. Frey's prediction is certainly made taking into account the latest macroscopic advances in artificial intelligence research. Robot teachers… Read more
AI will recognize criminals by their faces
The researchers subjected the faces of honest citizens and criminals to the computer, discovering that the AI was able to identify the latter with certainty.
Malicious software that pretends to be human beings
Do you think you can distinguish between a human and a #robot on the phone? Are you sure? The new malicious #software are very similar to human beings, they can call us at home and ask for personal data, and it would be really difficult to say that you are talking to a robot. A perfect Italian, a question and answer that does not raise doubts. But if they ask us for a credit card, it is almost certainly a scam. #Very sophisticated scams, created by robots, but obviously organized by scammers... Read more
