Artificial Intelligence
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Artificial intelligence stands at odds with the goals of cutting greenhouse emissions. Here’s why
Training an AI model generates as much carbon emissions as it takes to build and drive five cars over their lifetimes.
Kate Saenko, The Conversation
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Artificial intelligence will need a body to develop a sense of self and reach its full potential
Researchers in the field of developmental robotics are exploring how robots can learn from scratch, like infants.
Mark Lee, The Conversation
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Can this artificial intelligence program replace writers, journalists and poets?
The language generated by GPT-3 sounds as if it had been written by a human.
Prasenjit Mitra, The Conversation
Trending
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How BJP leaders responded to the Arnab Goswami WhatsApp leaks plus nine more weekend reads
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‘Please don’t follow me now’: Actor Rhea Chakraborty asks paparazzi when spotted in Mumbai
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The Political Fix: What BJP’s rejected offer to suspend farm laws tells us about Modi’s tactics
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The mass radicalisation that India does not acknowledge
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There is not a Virender Sehwag in that current team; India are very, very patient: Graeme Swann
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While we still don’t understand how algorithms work, firms are using them to manage staff
AI programme does what its code tells it to do. The problem is this code is rarely available.
Tom Barratt, The Conversation, Alex Veen, The Conversation & Caleb Goods, The Conversation
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The next frontier of human-robot relationships is building trust
The challenging step is to move from ‘I trust the robot to do X’ to ‘I trust the robot.’
Mark Edmonds, The Conversation & Yixin Zhu, The Conversation
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There is still one domain which machines can’t take over: Human creativity
Without this unique ability, there would be no poetry, no internet and no space travel.
Tim Schweisfurth, The Conversation & René Chester Goduscheit, The Conversation
Video
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Watch: Delhi police installs concrete barricades ahead of farmers’ Republic Day tractor march
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Watch: Thousands of farmers reach Mumbai’s Azad Maidan to protest against the new farm laws
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‘This Land’s Not Your Land’: Indigenous artiste responds to classic American song with own rendition
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Watch: Angry haircut boy Anushrut is back throwing another adorable tantrum during a new haircut
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Watch: Mountaineers sing the national anthem of Nepal as they reach the summit of K2
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No, artificial intelligence won’t start a robocalypse or solve humanity’s fundamental problems
But the hyperbole could set the technology back by decades.
Wim Naudé, The Conversation
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How a group of researchers trained bees into solving simple maths problems
New research shows the honeybee can use symbols to perform basic maths, including addition and subtraction.
Jair Garcia, The Conversation, Adrian Dyer, The Conversation & Scarlett Howard, The Conversation
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Can artificial intelligence ever keep up with the complicated world of human emotions?
We may never be able to build a machine that can recognise the full diversity of human emotional experience.
Dr Rich Firth-Godbehere
The Reel
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Watch: ‘Godzilla vs Kong’ set for March 26 release
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Book excerpt: When NT Rama Rao became the first Indian chief minister to act in a movie
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Zeb Bangash on the Bollywood cover of ‘Bibi Sanam’: ‘A disservice to the song’s meaning’
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Why Malayalam breakout film ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’ is ‘the story of most Indian women’
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‘Metro Park 2’ trailer: The NRI Patels from New Jersey is back
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Railways develops robot powered by artificial intelligence to check for faults in trains
The robot will take pictures and record videos of the under-gears of trains and send them to engineers for repairs and maintenance.
Scroll Staff
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What the debacle of Amazon’s sexist hiring algorithm reveals about how human bias works
We automatically expect an algorithm to make decisions without discrimination when this is rarely the case with humans.
Maude Lavanchy, The Conversation
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How Chelsea football club is using Artificial Intelligence for smarter coaching
The best footballers aren’t necessarily the ones with the best physical skills.
Varuna De Silva, The Conversation
The Field
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Premier League: Chelsea sack head coach Frank Lampard after recent slump in form
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Hockey: Indian women’s team go down to Argentina B in second straight loss on tour
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Cricket: Bouncers against players under 18 years of age should be banned, says concussion specialist
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NBA wrap: Leonard scores 34 as Clippers stretch win streak to seven games
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England in India: Root and Co will get three days to train before first Test in Chennai