Filming The Future: How AI Was A Director For A Sci-Fi Short
‘When we teach machines to write, machines don’t replace us any more than a piano replaces a pianist. They become extensions of us.’ Goodwin Benjamin the AI Writer, Director and Actor Remember Sunspring? The film was written by AI ‘Benjamin’ back in 2016? Well, he’s back with another piece of… art?… in the form […]
The Link Between Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and AI
“None but those who have experienced them can conceive of the enticements of science… in scientific pursuit there is continual food for discovery and wonder.” – Victor Frankenstein There is an indisputable link between Victor Frankenstein’s creation (let’s try and veer away from the term monster), and Artificial Intelligence. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s narrative of the […]
Why Studying Humanities and Arts Is Key to Developing Artificial Intelligence
“The evolution of technology is, like the evolution of literature, heavily path-dependent. Culture plays a far more important role in the acceptance, adoption, and spread of technology than many of us are willing to acknowledge.” -Ken Liu, science-fiction and fantasy writer Humanities and arts degrees are essential Technology needs humanities degrees. They give context […]
How AI Can Help Alleviate Poverty
Artificial Intelligence can help those most in need We’re seeing an increase in researchers, scientists, organisations and start-ups of all kinds looking at ways we can leverage AI for good. ‘High-technology’ has become synonymous with high wages and high investment. However, there are loads of projects out there applying this technology to poverty reduction. Harnessing […]
How AI is Being Used to Combat Poaching
Artificial Intelligence is helping tackle poaching problems, offering new hope for endangered species As the human population booms (7.7 billion as of May 2019), we’re seeing a mass extinction of other species taking place. There are many contributing factors; disease, urbanisation, and climate change to name a few. All of these are synonymous with humans […]
Beyond the Hype: Daily Uses of AI
Artificial Intelligence is often overlooked as being a general-purpose application technology that already inhabits many aspects of our lives. Not to mention the prophecies about the ‘future’ of AI, Skynet-inspired stories and doomsday divinations. But what about the way in which AI has improved existing technologies? Let’s take a look at how Artificial Intelligence impacts […]
The Importance of Decoding Unconscious Bias in AI
We need to address the coded bias in Machine Learning algorithms We try to write a lot about the positive ways in which Artificial Intelligence and other technologies are impacting our world. It’s a subject close to our hearts as a company. Quite frankly, we think it’s something worth celebrating. Given all the doom and […]
MIT IQ Initiative Is Taking a Different Approach to AI Research
“By tapping the united strength of these and other interlocking fields and capitalizing on what they can teach each other, we seek to answer the deepest questions about intelligence — and to deliver transformative new gifts for humankind.” L. Rafael Reif, President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology The current socio-economic and political global climate […]
Data Science, Machine Learning, and AI Conferences and Events 2018
We’ve compiled a list of the hottest events and conferences from the world of Data Science, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence happening in 2018. If you’re looking for 2019’s events, click here! Below are all the links you need to get yourself to these great events! Jump to: January February March April May June July August […]
Big Data, Machine Learning and AI Predictions for 2018
Investment in Big Data and AI shows no signs of slowing down. Here are some of our predictions for the year to come… Automation of human tasks We’re still a far cry from the hyperbolic envisioning of robots taking over our jobs. However, there is evidence to suggest that cognitive technologies are on the rise, […]