Oregon became a testing ground for Amazon’s facial-recognition policing. But what if Rekognition gets it wrong?
The artificial-intelligence system has transformed a corner of suburban Oregon into a testing ground for the future of criminal justice.
Artificial Intelligence
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ARTIFICIAL SENTIMENT
Give This Funky Google AI One Word And It Will Give You A Whole New Poem
Is the poetry itself any good? Well, it's best when you don't take it too seriously and give it weirder words.
COMING FOR ABSTRACT ARTISTS' JOBS
AI Robot Tries To Paint Wall, Fails So Spectacularly That It Becomes Art
The Color Splash robot was initially intended as an April Fools' prank, but it's so terrible at its job that it's... actually kind of good?
MS PAINT FOR FUTURE PEOPLE
This AI Program Turns Barebones Doodles Into Photorealistic Landscapes
This artificial intelligence product from NVIDIA turns basic blobs, splotches and lines into environments that, unless you were looking super closely, you would assume were real places.
What will happen when machines write songs just as well as your favorite musician?
Artificial intelligence tools will hurt some musicians and help others.
This ‘Online Lie Detector’ Could Honestly Be a Problem
Critics point out serious flaws in a study promising an "online polygraph," with potential to create deep biases.
How artificial intelligence will revolutionize the way video games are developed and played
The advances of modern AI research could bring unprecedented benefits to game development
'A TURING TEST FOR CONSCIOUSNESS'
Here's How We'll Know An AI Is Conscious
Clearly, asking questions about consciousness does not prove anything per se. But could an AI zombie formulate such questions by itself, without hearing them from another source or belching them out from random outputs?
WHAT'S NEXT? UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME
What's The Purpose Of Humanity If Machines Can Learn Ingenuity?
Flashes of inspiration are considered a human gift that drives innovation — but the monopoly is over. AI can be programmed to invent and refine ideas and connections. What's next?
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENT DESIGN
How AI Will Rewire Us
For better and for worse, robots will alter humans' capacity for altruism, love and friendship.
'NEITHER ENTIRELY SCARY NOR ENTIRELY NEW'
John Oliver Explains That It's Not Globalization That's Stealing Jobs, It's Automation
"Jobs aren't being stolen. They are disappearing because machines are now doing them."
BEAUTY_GAN
Computer Scientists Ran Pictures Of Kylie Jenner Through An AI Program, With Disconcerting Results
Are we pretty enough yet?
CAN REAL EYES RECOGNIZE AI LIES?
Can You Tell A Real Person Apart From A Hyper-Realistic AI-Generated Person?
Which Face Is Real is a web game where you try to to determine which of two images is real and which is generated by a neural net. Sometimes it's easy. But disconcertingly often, it's quite hard.
WE JUST WANTED TO EAT PIZZA
Domino's Pizza-Spotting App Is A Window Into A Future Of Justified Paranoia
Given enough pictures that humans have confirmed to be pizza, an AI can learn how to recognize pizza for itself in ways that humans could never wrap our minds around.
SWIPE RIGHT FOR POSTERITY
The Dating Algorithm Fighting For Gorillas' Survival
It's the quintessential love story of the modern primate couple.
IT'S ON ITS WAY
Google Maps' New AR Function Will Finally Fix One Of Its Biggest Problems
It's still a pilot program, but Google Maps' "Global Localization" system might be the best thing to ever happen to people who have a terrible sense of direction.
THEY'RE WATCHING
Dozens Of Cities Have Secretly Experimented With Predictive Policing Software
Documents obtained by Motherboard using public information requests verify previously unconfirmed police department contracts with predictive policing company PredPol.
The Rise of the Robot Reporter
Fast, accurate and no typos! Bloomberg News, The Washington Post and The Associated Press test out machine-generated journalism.
MACHINE YEARNING
Can A Robot Hold Down A Desk Job?
It's a common sentiment among roboticists that existing mechanical hardware is sufficient to replace humans in many of the tasks by which we earn a living.
LET'S TAKE OUR FOOT OFF THE GAS
Self-Driving Cars Will Never Be Moral. Let's Stop Pretending Otherwise
If humans can't make a moral decision in the split second before an unavoidable accident, why do we think robotic cars can?
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