Moravec‘s Paradox

ITHACA, N.Y. — Tiny swimming micro-robots that can provide internal treatments to humans have been created by scientists. Using a design inspired by bacteria and sperm, they can be moved through the body using ultrasound to help deliver drugs to specific areas. The cell-sized “rocket ships” are powered and steered…

News @canterrain Sep 26, 2021, 3:00 pm EDT | 2 min read Karlis Dambrans / Shutterstock.com Over the years, iRobot Roomba vacuums have grown smarter and better able to navigate. But for the longest time, the weirdest navigation they ran into came from an unlikely source: carpets and rugs. With…

Two state-of-the-art centres, powered by artificial intelligence, were built for the mega event. With millions expected to visit the world’s greatest show, Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is making sure traffic from all directions will go smoothly and public transport easily accessible to all. “We have charted out a…

Deep learning is now being used to translate between languages, predict how proteins fold, analyze medical scans, and play games as complex as Go, to name just a few applications of a technique that is now becoming pervasive. Success in those and other realms has brought this machine-learning technique from…

LONDON-UK, 23rd September 2021—The man behind A*STAR chatbot AI startup—INTNT.AI—explains why knowing what customers care about is the secret to operating successful chat and voicebots. Leveraging best-in-class AI technologies, A*STAR spinoff INTNT.AI has remarkably boosted chatbot customer satisfaction by three times for financial services companies. Manuel Ho, CEO of INTNT.AI…

Percentage of organizations with board-level CX accountability more than doubles in 12 months38% of consumers say that CX systems improved during the pandemic – but 52% experience CX failures due to limited technologyThe share of CX workloads handled via automation is expected to rise from 32% now to 51% in…

Almost one in eight applications under Australia’s Global Talent Visa Program relate directly to the financial services and fintech sector, which offers roles in IT biochemistry, digital health, resource robotics and, most importantly for the local crypto industry, blockchain. The program attracted 9,584 migrants in the 2020-2021 year as the…

Facebook is serious about being a long-term player in hardware. On Wednesday, the company promoted Andrew Bosworth, the current head of its hardware division that makes Oculus and other consumer devices, to the role of chief technology officer, replacing outgoing CTO Mike Schroepfer when he becomes a senior fellow next…

Artificial intelligence could perform more quickly, accurately, reliably, and impartially than humans on a wide range of problems, from detecting cancer to deciding who receives an interview for a job. But AIs have also suffered numerous, sometimes deadly, failures. And the increasing ubiquity of AI means that failures can affect…

Under Secretary for Food and Health inspects pest control work (with photos) ****************************************************************************      ​The Under Secretary for Food and Health and Chairman of the Government's inter-departmental Pest Control Steering Committee, Dr Chui Tak-yi, inspected the mosquito and rodent control work of various departments in Tseung Kwan O and Sham Shui…