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Roomba i7+ Review: The Most Capable, Most Expensive Robot Vacuum
robots
::: IEEESpectrum ::: IEEESpectrum
Robots won’t replace you, the press repeatedly said. Unsaid: robots will just de-professionalize, outsource, or privatize the work. Or, as the AI makers like to say, robots will make us all work harder (and no doubt, with no unions, cheaper)
robots
::: FrankPasquale
This Was the Year the Robot Takeover of Service Jobs Began
robots
::: Slashdot
Can #ArtificialIntelligence be ethical? 🤖 Today 52 #AI experts presented draft ethics guidelines for trustworthy artificial intelligence in #Europe. You can contribute 📝to the document until 18 January
artificial intelligence | etica
::: DSMeu
Amazon’s Grocery Push Keeps Stumbling After Whole Foods Purchase
innovazioni, futuro
::: Slashdot
China Launched More Rockets Into Orbit In 2018 Than Any Other Country
innovazioni, futuro
::: Slashdot
With only a tiny number of days of the year remaining, we have a late but EXTREMELY strong contender for The Most Stupid Thing A British Politician Has Said in 2018
robots | automazione
::: CharlotteGore
Le dieci personalità che hanno influenzato la scienza nel 2018 secondo @nature
innovazioni, futuro
::: formicablu
In case you are interested: the full report of NASA Technosignatures Workshop is out today on arXiv
innovazioni, futuro
::: amedeo_balbi
Facebook Is Developing a Cryptocurrency for WhatsApp Transfers, Report Says
blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot
How Do Universities Prepare Graduates For Jobs That Don’t Yet Exist?
scuola, educazione
::: Slashdot
Our latest paper surveys the field of open source quantum software engineering. It was terrific to work with two big believers in free and open software – thanks @TomasBabej and @peterwittek for all the effort!
quantum computing
::: mark_fingerhuth
An Amoeba-Based Computer Found Solutions To 8-City Traveling Salesman Problem
dio-dubbioso; da verificare
innovazioni, futuro
::: Slashdot
In un’intervista al Corriere di oggi il nuovo commissario per la digitalizzazione Luca Attias dice una cosa da scolpire nel marmo
innovazioni, futuro
::: mante ::: fabiochiusi
Logitech Will Restore Third-Party Harmony Home Automation
robots
::: Slashdot
Alexa’s advice to ‘kill your foster parents’ fuels concern over Amazon Echo
robots
::: marcelsalathe
Rapporto sulla governance della #geoingegneria #SRM, risultato del Workshop ad Harvard di settembre 2018
innovazioni, futuro
::: cmnit
The docs were skeptical that #AI will replace them in any of six key medical tasks—except paperwork
artificial intelligence
::: newsbeagle
This is a dangerous position to take. An expert on technology who feels themselves divorced from social or policy implications does not understand that technology is not value neutral, and that their decisions…have socio-political implications
tecnologia | etica
::: FrankPasquale
Tim May, Father of ‘Crypto Anarchy,’ Is Dead At 67
blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot
Machine translation uses “statistical techniques to find roughly equivalent chunks of text in the source & target languages, &, lately, blends in deep learning to find higher order equivalences. There’s no real understanding of the meaning of the text
spesso non funziona; a volte comicamente
deep learning
::: FrankPasquale
Price Of Bitcoin Rises 27%, While Price of Bitcoin Cash Triples
blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot
ARM CPUs are now printable / flexible
innovazioni, futuro
::: bascule
Self-Driving Car Company Zoox Is Now Allowed to Carry Passengers
automazione
::: Slashdot
Why some people fear AI, explained
artificial intelligence
::: FrankPasquale ::: tdietterich
These results strongly suggest that when regions…develop new industries, they should focus on accumulating industry-specific knowledge that entrepreneurs can leverage
innovazioni, futuro
::: medialab
Amazing brick laying robot. Robots like these will automatically build houses in the future
però brutta così solo certi quartieri di LA (nei paesi ricchi, se ricordo bene)
robots
::: Transhumanism_
Automate biological experimentation with OpenLH
robots
::: arduino
The GPS Wars Have Begun
innovazioni, futuro
::: Slashdot
Amazon is thought to have mostly expanded through internal growth, relying far less on acquisitions than Google & FB. This piece nicely traces the dozens of firms Amazon has acquired. And with AWS financing entry into any market it chooses, acquisitions will likely continue
ditte
::: linamkhan
Remember all those stories about Wall Street getting into crypto trading? Basically none of that is actually happening
blockchain e crypto*
::: TheStalwart
Starting in 2019, Oslo Will Restrict the Use of Vehicles in its City Center
innovazioni, futuro
::: Slashdot
Great rebuff to Hinton’s “no need for ML explainability argument. Excellent comment from @HMRoff @ruchowdh @jovialjoy Again I say, decisions that have a significant impact on human lives should be made by humans
artificial intelligence
::: NoelSharkey
Relive some of the physics highlights of the year at CERN
innovazioni, futuro
::: CERN
Sending Astronauts To Mars Would be Stupid
innovazioni, futuro
::: Slashdot
Trump Signs Legislation To Boost Quantum Computing Research With $1.2 billion
quantum computing
::: Slashdot
There are now growing indications that the West is slouching toward rule by algorithm—a brave new world in which vast fields of human life will be governed by digital code both invisible and unintelligible to human beings
algoritmi, codice
::: FrankPasquale ::: fabiochiusi
Book Review: Architects of Intelligence
artificial intelligence
::: IEEESpectrum
This @Google founder launched a flying taxi
innovazioni, futuro
::: DigitalTrends
Spotify-core, the descriptor coined by New York Times pop music writers that’s becoming an increasingly popular shorthand for music that sounds tailored to streaming. Or perhaps more specifically, to data-driven systems of mood-enhancing background music
innovazioni, futuro
::: fabiochiusi
This is a big reason why market caps, high and low, are a terrible measure of a company’s “value”. The algorithms that decide the vast majority of trades are blind to individual corporate trends and fundamentals. They act with blazing speed on pre-set macro inputs. Worth a read
artificial intelligence | economia, lavoro
::: waltmossberg
Amionx Ready to Roll Out Its Lithium-Ion Battery Safety Tech
hardware
::: IEEESpectrum
A study of more than 40 projects where blockchain was supposed to make services more efficient has found a success rate of zero
blockchain e crypto*
::: paul_shetler
Estimating the fundamental value of bitcoin by looking at its captive markets
blockchain e crypto*
::: _wilfredh
The cell phone network is broken; why aren’t we fixing it?
tecnologia
::: cooperq
No More Paperwork: Estonia Edges Toward Digital Government
innovazioni, futuro
::: Slashdot ::: madbob
There is no “intelligence” in AI. It’s a misnomer
artificial intelligence
::: HarryDCrane
If bitcoin is below $50,000 on Dec. 28, 2018, the options will expire worthless, and the $1 million will be lost. If bitcoin rises above that level, the options will give their owners the right to buy 275 bitcoins for $50,000 apiece
no, non se ne fa niente siamo a %3700-3800
blockchain e crypto*
::: matt_odell
