Awesome, not awesome.

#Awesome

“… The Tesla Autopilot’s Forward Collision Warning sent out an alert for seemingly no reason, but a fraction of a second later we understand why when the vehicle in front of the Tesla crashes into an SUV that wasn’t visible from the standpoint of the Tesla driver, but apparently it was for the Autopilot’s radar.” — Fred Lambert, Writer Learn More on Electrek >

#Not Awesome

“In the name of providing us with easy access to information, [smart devices] are collecting enormous amounts of information about us, information that can be put to surprising ends. “A world of conversational machines is one in which we treat software like humans, letting them deeper into our lives and confiding in them more than ever.” — Jacob Brogan, Writer Learn More on Slate >

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What we’re reading.

1/ Syrian refugees are chatting with a psychotherapy bot to overcome the grief of war. Learn More on The New Yorker >

2/ Snapchat is using machine learning to show us ads that we are more likely to swipe, after we’re done sending selfies. Learn More on AdAge >

3/ Responsible AI researchers are doing everything in their power to stop AI from picking up human prejudice, but there have been a few awful blunders recently. Learn More on Scientific American >

4/ A super simple resource was created to make it easy for anyone to understand how self-driving cars work. Learn More on The New York Times >

5/ An AI system that generates short videos from still images, and predicts how scenes will play out, is a first step towards the replacement of filmmakers. Learn More on Scientific American >

6/ In 2016, Amazon brought AI into the home with Echo and a computer beat a human at Go. In 2017, you can expect major breakthroughs from AI that learns without explicit directions. Learn More on The Guardian >

7/ Machine learning is decoding human brain activity so that we can predict epileptic seizures and better understand vision. Learn More on Vox >

Links from the Community.

“Everything You Need To Know About AI Assistants, From Siri To Ozlo” submitted by Avi Eisenberger (@aeisenberger). Learn More on Fast Company >

“What Does It Mean to Be Intelligent?” submitted by Margie Meacham (@margiemeacham). Learn More on LearningToGo >

“One Hundred Year Study on Artificial Intelligence (AI100)” submitted by Jonathan Chizick (@JCinSV). Learn More on the Stanford University blog >

Your turn.

“I believe there is no deep difference between what can be achieved by a biological brain and what can be achieved by a computer. It therefore follows that computers can, in theory, emulate human intelligence — and exceed it.”

👆Stephen Hawking’s quote was the jumping off point for a fascinating conversation about AI and our own biological brains. Check it out on reddit. 🤔💡🤖

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