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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
From The Noisy Channel
Fair point, Ive managed incredible interns myself that I have put on important prohlems.
But in this case I felt the intern’s lack of domain experience was an issue. Continue reading on
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Dutch police closes probe into fatal Tesla crash
Dutch police closed a probe Friday into a fatal crash involving a Tesla, accepting the US electric car firm's findings that the Model S sedan was not on auto-pilot...
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Google parent Alphabet unit to drop burritos by drone
A team at Google parent Alphabet working on unmanned aerial systems this month will try out delivering burritos by drone on a college campus in Virginia.
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Navy's futuristic destroyer makes port call in Rhode Island
The U.S. Navy's futuristic Zumwalt destroyer has arrived in Rhode Island for its first port visit since leaving the shipyard to join the fleet.
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Pride, not money, the spur to eGames King
Golf has the Ryder Cup, tennis the Davis Cup and now the fast-growing eSports will have the eGames in Pyeongchang in 2018, the main mover behind it, Chester King...
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US rules for targeted killing using drones need clarifying, RAND report asserts
Current U.S. policies on using drones for targeted killing are characterized by ambiguities in interpretations of international law and too many generalities, despite...
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Driver dies as Tesla slams into tree in central Dutch town
The 53-year-old driver of a Tesla Model S electric car died Wednesday when the vehicle smashed into a tree in the central Dutch town of Baarn and burst into flames...
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New regulations curb use of drones in Poland
New aviation regulations have taken effect in Poland to limit the flying of drones in populated areas and to require identification plates on drones used for professional...
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Car sharing on campuses improves quality of life, takes cars off the road
You don't need to be a rocket scientist to figure out why UC Berkeley has designated parking areas for Nobel Laureates: if there's one thing harder to snag than...
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Fighting crime at the intersection of science and social justice
During the past decade, law enforcement agencies across the country have confronted the alarming trend of sex trafficking. The crimes often take place in hotel...
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Stealthy destroyer ready to set sail to join US Navy
The largest and most expensive destroyer ever built for the U.S. Navy once headed to sea in a snowstorm during builder trials. Now, it's heading into the remnants...
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Emirates jet crashed as gear went up for 2nd landing attempt
The pilot in last month's Emirates airliner crash landing in Dubai tried to take off again after a brief touchdown and had already begun raising the landing gear...
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Rumor patterns on social media during emergencies
A researcher at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) has developed a new methodology to track and manage rumors during emergencies, and proposes guidelines...
From The Noisy Channel
The Uncanny Valley of Chatbots
In 1970, roboticist Masahiro Mori coined the phrase “uncanny valley” (不気味の谷 in the original Japanese) to denote the phenomenon that when a… Continue reading on...
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Drones overfly Champs-Elysees in 'magical' Paris festival
The Champs-Elysees was the setting of a mini-air show on Sunday as amateur drone enthusiasts flew their high-tech toys over the famed Paris avenue in the city's...
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I didn’t put that there – it must have been added as part of publishing the post on Startup Grind.
Regardless, I just removed it. Continue reading on »
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Jesus story gets virtual reality treatment in Venice
Even having Jesus as its central character could not save a virtual reality biblical epic from the bile of slightly nauseous critics at the Venice film festival...
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London lab recreates horrors of war with 3D technology
Starvation, torture and rape: the grim daily realities of prisoners inside Syria's Saidnaya military prison have been recreated in harrowing 3D detail by a London...
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