G08: L&L Heroic Horizons: Dystopian Literature: AI2041

Artificial intelligence (AI) could be the most transformative technology in the history of mankind—and we may not even see much of this sweeping change coming. That’s because we often overestimate what technologies can do in five years, and underestimate what they will be able to do in 20.

Use machine learning and neural networks to teach computers to see defects and issues before they affect operations

Generative Adversarial Networks belong to the set of generative models. It means that they are able to produce / to generate (we’ll see how) new content.

AlphaFold neural network produced a ‘totally transformative’ database of more than 350,000 structures from Homo sapiens and 20 model organisms.

New Skin Patch Continuously Tracks Cardiovascular Signals and Biochemical Levels. Could we be using something like this instead of the Health Kit app on our phones?

Researchers forecast that by 2025 we’ll see approximately 8 million autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles on the road. Before merging onto roadways, self-driving cars will first have to progress through 6 levels of driver assistance technology advancements.
What exactly are these levels? And where are we now?

Most comparisons between human drivers and automated vehicles have been at best uneven—and at worst unfair

In an era marked by rapid advances in automation and artificial intelligence, new research assesses the jobs lost and jobs gained under different scenarios through 2030.

Artificial intelligence won’t be very smart if computers don’t grasp cause and effect. That’s something even humans have trouble with.

How would an AI writing program start an article on the future of AI writing? Well, there’s one easy way to find out: I used the best known of these tools,

Nothing beats the human mind when it comes to developing engaging content for the web. However, the best AI writing software can help ease the content writing process.

A remarkable AI can write like humans — but with no understanding of what it’s saying.

A few years ago Manu Saadia, a longtime Star Trek fan, went looking for a book about the economics of Star Trek. When he couldn’t find one, he decided to write his own. The result, Trekonomics, has drawn praise from economists such as Brad DeLong and Joshua Gans. Saadia says that Star Trek is one of the few science fiction universes that grapple with the idea that money may someday become obsolete.

It’s 2041 in Australia, and money is easy, energy is clean, and AI is everywhere. But when one young Aboriginal woman takes a caregiver job, she ends up uncovering past traumas that remain painful even when society seems perfect.

Conversation with Alec Ross, the author of the Raging 2020s.

The industry is on the verge of a seismic, tech-driven shift. A focus on four areas can position carriers to embrace this change.

How the use of AI runs the risk of re-creating the insurance industry's inequities of the previous century.

Racial discrimination by algorithms or by people is harmful — but that’s where the similarities end.

Natural language processing strives to build machines that understand and respond to text or voice data—and respond with text or speech of their own—in much the same way humans do.

Computers are getting closer to passing the Turing Test.

In China, the COVID-19 outbreak has forced people and businesses to adopt new technologies and design new tools. Online education is at the forefront of this development.

AI tutors are being used in classrooms to boost productivity and help students better retain critical information

A man paralyzed from the neck down due to a spinal cord injury he sustained in 2007 has shown he can communicate his thoughts, thanks to a brain implant system that translates his imagined handwriting into actual text.

Nowadays, new and emerging technology has nurtured an attachment to acronyms, and virtual reality (VR) as well as augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR) and extended reality (XR) are not exceptions. The purpose of what follows will be to clarify what is really behind each of these acronyms.

n'Space, a projector-based platform, is capable of implementing mixed reality without wearable devices. Users can immerse in a virtual environment and interact with 3D projections without the need to cover their faces with electronics. The real world just got an expansion pack in the infinite realm of the imagination. ArchiFiction, the company behind the invention, optimized the virtual experience with GIGABYTE's solution, which can process large amounts of data with high performance.

Quantum computing is a rapidly-emerging technology that harnesses the laws of quantum mechanics to solve problems too complex for classical computers.

New techniques could stand up to the power of a quantum computer — if we implement them in time.

We’re seeing an increased focus and effort by consumers and policymakers toward enhancing privacy related to the collection and usage of data. In 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect in Europe and affected enterprises doing business in the European Union. GDPR requires enterprises to be more attentive about collecting, storing, utilizing, and transferring customer data.

is turning into a surveillance state nightmare In the “smart nation,” robot dogs enforce social distancing and flying taxis are just over the horizon. The reality is very different.

Dr. Kai Fu Lee talks about the predictions and stories of AI2041. Fascinating!

Written by Chen Qiufan, Kai Fu Lee's AI2041 co-author, and translated from Chinese by Ken Liu, this near-future sci-fi dystopia focuses on e-waste, power and class struggles.

Stephen started the curation of these resources on a Twitter thread. Nadine Bailey created the guide and added resources.