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AI Solves 50-Year-Old Biology ‘Grand Challenge’ Decades Before Experts Predicted

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Kevin Yaworski

(DeepMind/YouTube) https://www.sciencealert.com/ai-solves-50-year-old-biology-grand-challenge-decades-before-experts-predicted

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Elon Musk trots out pigs in demo of Neuralink brain implants – The Verge

Posted on August 29, 2020 by Kevin Yaworski

https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/28/21406143/elon-musk-neuralink-ai-pigs-demo-brain-computer-interface — I see the potential to do so much good but what about the harm in the wrong hands or unexpected consequences? Is China and others nation states well resourced already trying to do this in humans secretly? — … Continue reading →

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Clearview AI to end facial-recognition services in Canada, privacy commissioner says

Posted on July 9, 2020 by Kevin Yaworski

July 9 2020 Clearview AI to end facial-recognition services in Canada, privacy commissioner says https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-clearview-ai-to-end-facial-recognition-services-in-canada-privacy/ Related Facial recognition firm Clearview AI probed by U.K., Australia for privacy issues https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/international-business/european-business/article-facial-recognition-firm-clearview-ai-probed-by-uk-australia-for/

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AI Bot Experiments

Posted on June 26, 2020 by Kevin Yaworski

Here is some stories about AI bot experiments. The first three are from 2016 or 2017 but you may still find them interesting. I like many fell for misinformation about the first one that spread by word of mouth or … Continue reading →

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Exclusive: For $3, a ‘robot lawyer’ will sue data brokers that don’t delete your personal and location info – Fortune

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Kevin Yaworski

Digital Health, a new service from DoNotPay, maker of the Robo Revenge’ app, can demand that more than 100 data brokers stop selling your location data, phone number, and even facial recognition information, for just $3. https://fortune.com/2020/03/05/delete-location-data-privacy-personal-information-donotpay/

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Machines that can think: real benefits, the Apocalypse, or ‘dog-spaghetti’? | CBC Radio

Posted on January 18, 2020 by Kevin Yaworski

Deep dreaming or deep machine learning, neuro networks that act similar to those in the human brain and more about this rapidly progressing field. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/machines-that-can-think-real-benefits-the-apocalypse-or-dog-spaghetti-1.5429046

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Police in China are wearing high-tech sunglasses to match faces in the crowd to criminal suspects | National Post

Posted on July 24, 2019 by Kevin Yaworski

AFP/Getty Images The Telegraph Neil Connor February 8, 2018 11:20 AM EST Filed under: News World https://nationalpost.com/news/world/police-in-china-are-wearing-high-tech-sunglasses-to-match-faces-in-the-crowd-to-criminal-suspects

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Can AI help crack the code of fusion power?

Posted on May 11, 2019 by Kevin Yaworski

‘It’s sort of this beautiful synergy between the human and the machine’ By Rachel Becker on January 29, 2019 10:00 am https://youtu.be/k4eTAYbuvyQ https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/29/18201220/nuclear-fusion-energy-artificial-intelligence-machine-learning-tae-google https://twitter.com/verge/status/1125099212717223937?s=03

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Proper traffic safety not the priority in France and elsewhere “safety” camera corporations setup shop

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Kevin Yaworski

Feb 7 2019 – Kevin Yaworski – If the elected and appointed officials in France were concerned about proper safety as mandated and not the 1.4 Billion euros in annual “safety” revenue they would invest in proper traffic engineering. No … Continue reading →

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Social Media and Internet Monopolies Manipulating the Masses

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Kevin Yaworski

Sept 28, 2017, smartphone being operated in front of GAFA logos as background in Hédé-Bazouges, western France. (DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images) April 25 2018 Powerful message, warnings, impacts and solutions offered. Digital Media and Global Affairs expert Taylor Owen talks about … Continue reading →

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