This New Startup Is Making Chatbots Dumber so You Can Actually Talk to Them
A Spanish tech startup decided to ditch artificial intelligence to make its chatbot platform more approachable. And it’s working out for them.
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Everyone Is Flipping Out About Google’s AI Assistant That Just Booked a Haircut
Google’s Assistant AI is getting better every year. It can tell you the weather, or perhaps crack a terrible joke if that’s more your speed. Give it another year or two, and it’ll be able to pre-order your lunch before you even had your morning coffee.
Kazuo Ishiguro: Soon, We Will Be Able to Create Humans Who Are Superior to Other Humans
Author Kazuo Ishiguro believes we are unwittingly walking into a dystopian future because the world has yet to give science and technology more than just peripheral interest.
The Rise of the Human Hive Mind
The dominance of humanity may soon be challenged. That’s because an alien intelligence is heading towards us at breakneck speeds. Many experts believe it will arrive within the next 50 years while others think it will get here in 20.
Can Futurists Predict the Year of the Singularity?
The end of the world as we know it is near. And that’s a good thing, according to many of the futurists who are predicting the imminent arrival of what’s been called the technological singularity.
Why the Singularity Is Certain to Happen in My Own Lifetime
The inflection point at which computers, ‘thinking machines’ and AI may become infinitely and recursively powerful is no more than 20–25 years away, at most—and it might be as soon as 12–15 years from today.
Elon Musk Hit Back After a Robot Threw Shade at Him Over AI Warnings
A robot poked fun at Elon Musk but the billionaire didn’t take it lying down.
Scientists Have Created an Artificial Synapse That Can Learn Autonomously
A team of researchers has developed artificial synapses that are capable of learning autonomously and can improve how fast artificial neural networks learn.