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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.