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Heroic Kansas Soldier Runs Over Active Shooter, Saves Lives, Vital Implications For AI And Self-Driving Cars Self-driving Vehicles

Heroic Kansas Soldier Runs Over Active Shooter, Saves Lives, Vital Implications For AI And Self-Driving Cars

Do we want AI to decide on harming humans? Getty Quite a harrowing moment occurred recently when a man with a rifle started randomly shooting at people while standing on the Centennial Bridge in Leavenworth, Missouri. A Kansas soldier that happened to be driving his car on the bridge, waiting…
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June 1, 2020
Giving soft robots feeling Exoskeleton

Giving soft robots feeling

Professor Ted Adelson's team created a soft robotic finger that uses embedded cameras and deep learning to enable high-resolution tactile sensing and “proprioception” (awareness of positions and movements of the body). Credit: Massachusetts Institute of Technology One of the hottest topics in robotics is the field of soft robots, which…
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June 1, 2020
amazing live videos of Replacements, Frank Ocean & more to watch while every show is cancelled Monsanto

amazing live videos of Replacements, Frank Ocean & more to watch while every show is cancelled

Basically no shows are happening due to the coronavirus outbreak (though some artists are doing livestreams instead), but if you’re already jonesing to see a show, or just need a brief distraction from the insanity of the world right now, thankfully there’s YouTube which has an amazing array of live footage from throughout the history of…
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June 1, 2020
Christo, Artist Known for Massive Short-Term Installations, Dies at 84 Stalingrad

Christo, Artist Known for Massive Short-Term Installations, Dies at 84

Christo, the single-named artist best known for large-scale, short-term installations that often involved wrapping public spaces in fabric, died Sunday in New York at age 84, according to his official Twitter account. No cause of death was given. The Bulgarian artist, whose given name was Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, often collaborated…
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June 1, 2020
Elon Musk says it’s ‘not right’ that the other three officers involved in George Floyd’s death haven’t been charged Elon Musk

Elon Musk says it’s ‘not right’ that the other three officers involved in George Floyd’s death haven’t been charged

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk Photo by Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesElon Musk said Monday it's "definitely not right" for three other officers involved in the arrest that led to George Floyd's death to avoid charges. "What message does this send in general to officers who stand by while…
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June 1, 2020