IBM has developed artificial intelligence that can predict, with a reported 95 percent accuracy, when employees are just about to quit their jobs. Super snoopy surveillance? Or smart technology that can actually benefit both business and employee? The jury’s still out. It’s all in the ultimate application. The justification for the “predictive attrition program,” as...
Google dissolved and disbanded its artificial intelligence ethics advisory board, just a week or so after its creation. Why? In brief: Heritage Foundation. In brief, the LGBTQ movement couldn’t stand the thought of a conservative on the council, so the LGBTQ movement did what it always does: It cried and petitioned and unleashed a public...
The European Court of Human Rights, in 2016, found that artificial intelligence could predict the outcomes of cases heard by human judges with a 79 percent accuracy rating. Great. But perhaps the better lead would be this: Artificial intelligence used in the European Court of Human Rights failed to accurately predict outcomes in 21 percent...
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO, is trying to build a “brain-computer interface” — or, in layman’s, technology that can read your mind. No keyboard needed. Does anybody outside of the techno-geek crowd believe this is a good idea? Police, intelligence agencies, security forces — these are all front-of-the-line parties just hankering and hunkering for mind-reading powers....
The National Institute of Mental Health reports that nearly one in five U.S. adults suffers from a disorder of the mind, ranging in severity from mild to nearly incapacitating, and that in 2016, only 19.2 million of the 44.7 million struggling with “any mental illness” at all — abbreviated in medical lingo as AMI —...
China, according to a report from the Center for a New American Security, is warning that global controls and international agreements on artificial intelligence are needed, or else a technological “arms race” will soon enough lead to world war. America shouldn’t be fooled. First appeared at The Washington Times. This is the same China that...
The fact this is even a headline — “Bill Would Regulate Microchipping Employees in Arkansas” — shows just how far this country has fallen off its freedom scale. But the bill is a good thing, really. This one is aimed at getting ahead of the human chip movement — the one of which USA Today,...
Heatworks' Tetra Countertop Dishwasher is an Internet-connect device that takes the place of its larger kitchen appliance sister without compromising on cleaning. Users simply set the dishwasher atop a counter and, with a few commands via a mobile app, adjust the water pressure, control cycle and start time. The space-saving option keeps kitchens free of...
LAS VEGAS — If CES 2019 tells anything, it’s a story of how technology is moving into every aspect of human life, from driving to securing home and possessions to parenting to — brushing teeth. Some of the artificial intelligence serves as an apt demonstration of overkill. Oral-B Genius X falls into that gray area...
LAS VEGAS — Federal regulators haven’t even figured out a satisfactory solution yet for dealing with drones, and here come the flying cars. On one hand, what a great idea. Not only are the flying cars and taxis showcased at this year’s CES show in Las Vegas the ultimate in cool, but they’re also practical...
