The AI Revolution Has Come for Stock Art
But we'll still need photographers and modelsThe new tools allow for a level of customization not previously available. They also allow for a level of anonymization.
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Would a Simulated Universe Even Make Sense?
A well-crafted short sci-fi film suggests, intentionally or otherwise, maybe notI’ve seen quite a few sci-fi short films over the years and Simulation is certainly one of the better ones. However, beyond that, I’m not sure this film knows what it is; it’s an identity crisis.
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A Singular Space Adventure Takes A Twist…
The old man could buy anything but youth. Until now, maybe. —TruMind serial, part 4He was the richest man in history, having amassed wealth through his inheritance and that of a few other unfortunate people.
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Neuroharvest
TruMind engineers had discovered a new science: editing the very fabric of reality. – a tale, from the TruMind serial, part 3But there was a lingering problem. To power the world’s vacuums and rice cookers, the Craizins had to be at the source of the action: the home. But no one wanted somewhat smelly teenage gamers hulking around in their homes.
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Ad Astra: The Great Silence Becomes Personal
The film images the fate of those who seek significance in the stars and may well wait indefinitelyIn a world where the divine touch of extraterrestrial intelligence doesn’t elevate human existence to any level of significance, we are left with Ad Astra: a slow, methodical decay of human significance.
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Another Life: All Fun, Games Till an AI Falls in Love
Then it descends into a convoluted drift of uncertain storytellingAnd the victim is not primarily the viewer, who has other options. The victim is the art itself.
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The Brain: Junkyard, Watch, or Antenna?
A warped genius reviews the options, as he seeks ultimate power - a taleAfter many dead ends, Flim realized that all forms of human power are ultimately controlled by the human mind. Thus, if he could harness the power of the mind, he would finally be able to create anything his heart could desire.
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Has AI Been Racist?
AI is, left to itself, inherently unthinking, which can result in insensitivity and biasJust any available data swatched into systems may embody prejudices that only become evident in use.
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3G? 4G? 5G? What Gs Are These?
An expert COSM panel will fill us in on what the latest Generation of the internet (5G) and block chain offer usThe panelists include Jules Urbach, creator of the web’s first 3D video game platform, described by George Gilder as “the most inventive software engineer he has ever met.”
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The Three Laws of Robotics Have Failed the Robots
Almost no one out there thinks that Isaac Asimov's Three Laws could work for truly intelligent AIProlific science and science fiction writer Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) developed the Three Laws of Robotics, in the hope of guarding against potentially dangerous artificial intelligence. Jonathan Bartlett, Brendan Dixon, and Eric Holloway discuss what went wrong.
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Ghost in the Nuke
Weapons have no souls, thus greater power ensures our safety…? —a taleArctang’s grip tightened on the throttle. This was it. No going back. The Fortress loomed, gigantic towers gazing down on him, laser dots peppering his window.
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Always Wear Your Safety Glasses: A Tale for Our Times
What if we came to know the world only through our high tech aids? Russ White imagines…Xeph shuddered at the still-lingering feelings, realizing this day had been a horrible mistake.
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Will we become mere apps of our smart machines?
At COSM, Ray Kurzweil will offer a glimpse of his foreseen Singularity where we merge with superintelligent computersHe believes that the merger will eventually make the whole universe intelligent. Kurzweil’s critics believe that the superintelligent computers he needs can’t exist. If the critics are correct, we have misread the AI revolution.
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The Top Ten AI Hype Stories of 2018, Updated
You can segue to each in the podcast and read the accompanying Mind Matters News story, as well as key updates2019 has seen some remarkable revelations about Google, DeepMind, Watson, Sophia, and other AI faves. Check them out here!
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Nigerian Teens Create Sci-Fi With Cracked Smartphone
They love sci-fi and, well, if you are going to start, you have to start somewhereThe teens’ project, Critics Company, has alerted people to the possibilities of digital media like YouTube to tutor themselves in skills that can fetch money or jobs or even help them start their own businesses.
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Fan Tries Programming AI Jazz, Gets Lots and Lots of AI…
Jazz is spontaneous, but spontaneous noise is not jazzAs Gioia says, jazz depends on the “personality of the individual musician.” And the blindspot of AI creativity is: There’s no one home.
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New AI Can Create—and Detect—Fake News
But how good is it at either task? We tested some copyWill the predicted tsunami of fake news and advertising make much difference? Possibly, but in ways that might surprise you.
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We See the Pattern! — But Is It Real?
It’s natural to imagine that a deep significance underlies coincidencesUnfortunately, patterns are not always a source of information. Often, they are a meaningless coincidence like the 7-11 babies this summer.
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Can We Write Creative Computer Programs?
As Robert J. Marks tells World Radio, people have tried making computers creative but no luckThe Bradley Center director pointed out, in a wide-ranging discussion, that programmers cannot write programs that are more creative than they themselves are.
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We went back to visit Gödel, Escher, and Bach…
Forty years after publication, how has a big explain-the-mind book withstood the test of time?Is there evidence that human minds function like computers and can soon be reproduced in software, as Hofstadter believed?
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