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AT&T Predicts Future, Save Service with Machine Learning
We've featured a number of artificial intelligence researchers on the show, but today we switch gears and dive into the business side of the industry. In this episode, Dr. Mazin Gilbert (who earned h…
Published on 9 years, 9 months ago
Snuggle up with Technology, But Don't Leave Empathy in the Cold
Are we losing something with technology? There are two sides to every argument, including this one. Dr. Sherry Turkle is of the belief that there's enough mounting scientific evidence that points tow…
Published on 9 years, 10 months ago
Putting the Horse Before the Cart May Lead the Way to Artificial General Intelligence
A lot of AI applications are not really "smart", at least not in the sense of the word as most humans might envision a true artificial intelligence. If you know how Deep Blue beat Gary Kasparov, for …
Published on 9 years, 10 months ago
Brain Gains on the Road to Mapping a Personal Connectome
It goes without saying that the brain is difficult to understand, with the billions of neurons, fine individual synapses between each neuron, and the different regions responsible for the innumerable…
Published on 9 years, 10 months ago
Deciphering the Discovery Engines that Decipher Our Digital Wants and Needs
Ever had the perfect book recommended to you by Amazon or gave a pleasantly-surprised thumbs up for a song selected for you by Pandora? Both services are powered by recommendation engines, which are …
Published on 9 years, 10 months ago
When Many Intelligent Agents are Better than One
The beauty of a platform like eBay is that you can set a price that you're willing to spend and let eBay do the bidding long after you've left the site. What if, in similar fashion, your washing mach…
Published on 9 years, 10 months ago
A Global Call to Ban Autonomous Killer Robots for Good
Over the last decade, many first-world militaries have developed, and in some cases deployed, autonomous "killer" robots. Some proponents believe that such robots will save human lives, but another …
Published on 9 years, 11 months ago
Seeing the World through Machine Eyes - with Dr. Irfan Essa
Most of us forget that just about a decade ago, Facebook's software was incapable of tagging people in a photo, but today can so without difficulty, sometimes without us even knowing. Machine vision …
Published on 9 years, 11 months ago
Navigating the Uncanny Valley with Character Robots
Have you ever seen a humanoid robot and felt creeped out? In this episode, we talk with Robotics Engineer Derek Scherer about the psychology of the uncanny valley and our relationships with robots. S…
Published on 9 years, 11 months ago
Conscious Evolution of an Economic Social Contract
Most of society functions based on a general social contract i.e. we work to contribute to society and earn income to acquire goods. Those who can't earn an income are required in some fashion to val…
Published on 9 years, 11 months ago