When AI Makes Art, Humans Supply the Creative Spark

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2022-07-15T13:36:35

When AI Makes Art, Humans Supply the Creative Spark

Link: https://www.wired.com/story/when-ai-makes-art/

Wed, 13 Jul 2022 11:00:00 +0000

Fears that artificial intelligence tools could displace creatives such as illustrators, designers, and photographers seem unfoundedfor now.

The Summer's Best Read Is About AI, Surveillance, and Tiny Aliens

Link: https://www.wired.com/story/lambda-david-musgrave-book/

Tue, 12 Jul 2022 12:59:33 +0000

Ever wish George Saunders tried his hand at crime fiction? Try David Musgraves imaginative debut novel, Lambda.

Amazons Safe New Robot Wont Fix its Worker Injury Problem

Link: https://www.wired.com/story/amazons-wor ... y-problem/

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 15:00:00 +0000

The companys warehouses demand a fast pace of workers, and have higher injury rates than at competing firms.

Cruises Robot Car Outages Are Jamming Up San Francisco

Link: https://www.wired.com/story/cruises-robot-car-outages/

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 11:00:00 +0000

In a series of incidents, the GM subsidiary lost contact with its autonomous vehicles, leaving them frozen in traffic and trapping human drivers.

Autonomous Drones Could Soon Run the UKs Energy Grid

Link: https://www.wired.com/story/autonomous- ... ergy-grid/

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 14:40:54 +0000

The National Grid is testing computer-manned drones that can save millions in maintenance work.

Genetic Screening Now Lets Parents Pick the Healthiest Embryos

Link: https://www.wired.com/story/genetic-scr ... t-embryos/

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 11:00:00 +0000

Those using IVF can see which embryo is least likely to develop cancer and other diseases. But can protecting your child slip into playing God?

The Fight Over Which Uses of AI Europe Should Outlaw

Link: https://www.wired.com/story/europe-law-outlaw-ai/

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 15:39:20 +0000

A new European Union law will set rules for what the technology can and cant do to people, like whether its OK to deploy lie detectors at borders.

School Surveillance Will Never Protect Kids From Shootings

Link: https://www.wired.com/story/school-surv ... shootings/

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 13:00:00 +0000

The failure is not only in the spurious systems, but in the belief that more data can improve them.

This Warehouse Robot Reads Human Body Language

Link: https://www.wired.com/story/warehouse-r ... -language/

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 12:00:00 +0000

Machines that understand what their human teammates are doing could boost productivity without taking jobs.

Spotting Objects From Space Is Easy. This Challenge Is Harder

Link: https://www.wired.com/story/spotting-ob ... is-harder/

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 11:00:00 +0000

A battle royale called the Smart program has charged teams with a daunting first task: Identify construction sites on Earth using only data from orbiters.