Rotting organs and self aware machines — #13

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1/ Cognitive science professor argued rare disease is key to determining if machines can be self aware. link

2/ Advocates for the visually impaired pushed for development of autonomous vehicles that can be driven by blind people. link

3/ President Obama addressed concerns over machine learning and the impacts it will have on our planet. link

4/ OpenAI started using Reddit to teach an artificial intelligence how to speak. link

5/ Researchers stressed the need for agreed methods to assess the effects of autonomous systems on human populations. link

6/ The first concert consisting almost entirely of music composed by AI took place in North East London. link

7/ The White House laid out a strategic plan for federally-funded research and development in AI. link

8/ Researchers at Google DeepMind broadened the abilities of today’s best AI systems by giving them a working memory. link

9/ A London-based startup equipped a 3D printer with AI to build industrial structures. link

10/ A team of MIT PhDs and Google[x]’ers raised $5.25M to build a self-driving car startup, Optimus Ride. link

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