Facebook’s answer to Siri, Cortana . . . the list keeps getting longer. AI that knows you backed by real people who care. Wired has the details.
But, a further article explains that Facebook plans to use data generated by the service to feed much more complex AI systems that can reduce the burden on the trainers (in other words get rid of the humans).
Prefer driving my Land Rover the traditional way, although the smartphone option is sadly not likely with the limited electronics in a 97 300TDi.
My Landy
But Jaguar Land Rover engineers have developed the remote driving app for the specific use-case of control over rough terrain, not really for extracting your vehicle from awkward parking. I’d be surprised if more car makers didn’t have similar products in development.
Touchpoint Group is planning to develop “the world’s angriest artificial intelligence machine,” which is named Radiant after a sci-fi supercomputer that could predict future behavior. The point of the very angry AI research project is to learn what makes folks go nuclear during customer service calls and how to avoid those issues.
Nick Bostrom, who keeps stirring the AI-will-kill-us-all pot, now says it might be OK because the big firms are becoming more mindful of AI Safety. So that’s alright then.
A new report covered by the NYT draws our attention to the security vulnerabilities of modern cars as well as the privacy concerns implicit in the idea of connected cars. CNET offers additional insight.
