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Spies like them: The intelligence war between Iran, Israel
1 month, 1 week ago

Spies like them: The intelligence war between Iran, Israel

Al Jazeera  

The charging of CIA official Asif Rahman for allegedly leaking US intelligence of Israeli preparations for retaliatory strikes on Iran in October has brought into open view the shadow war of espionage and counterespionage that has raged between actors locked in a regional conflict for decades. Catching spies In late October, Israel’s internal security agency, Shin Bet, said it had …

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The Future of Humanity: Will AI Make Us or Break Us?
2 months ago

The Future of Humanity: Will AI Make Us or Break Us?

China Daily  

Futurist Gerd Leonhard discusses the potential impact of artificial intelligence on the future. He argues that AI is a powerful technology that can either be a paradise or a hell depending on how it is developed and used. Leonhard emphasizes the importance of protecting and preserving human values and purpose in the face of AI advancements. He also highlights the …

Tech over human intelligence? Why fatalities among security forces are on the rise in Jammu region
5 months, 1 week ago

Tech over human intelligence? Why fatalities among security forces are on the rise in Jammu region

India Today  

The repeated fatalities suffered by security personnel in terror attacks in the Jammu region have raised questions about the way counterterrorism operations are being carried out in the forested and hilly terrains. Lack of credible human intelligence and perceived deviance from the standard operating procedures of anti-terror operations are believed to be some of the reasons behind the heavy casualties …

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Pope Francis calls for ban on ‘lethal autonomous weapons’ at G7
6 months, 1 week ago

Pope Francis calls for ban on ‘lethal autonomous weapons’ at G7

Al Jazeera  

Pope Francis spoke about the moral quandaries surrounding artificial intelligence in warfare, saying ‘no machine should ever choose to take the life of a human being’. Pope Francis called for a ban on “lethal autonomous weapons” in an address to the G7 leaders’ summit in Italy on the perils of artificial intelligence. “In light of the tragedy that is armed …

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Zoë Schlanger’s book The Light Eaters, about plant intelligence, reviewed.
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Zoë Schlanger’s book The Light Eaters, about plant intelligence, reviewed.

Slate  

Back when I only visited the countryside occasionally, I suffered from what botanists call “plant blindness,” described by Zoë Schlanger in her entertaining new book, The Light Eaters, as “the tendency to view plant life as an indistinguishable mass, a green smudge, rather than as thousands of genetically separate and fragile individuals, as distinct from one another as a lion …

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Human intelligence: it’s how your brain is wired rather than size that matters
1 year ago

Human intelligence: it’s how your brain is wired rather than size that matters

BBC  

Human intelligence: it’s how your brain is wired rather than size that matters Mareen Fischinger/Forschungszentrum Jülich The human brain is turning out to be much more complicated than scientists could have ever imagined Human brains are bigger than those of our primate relatives, but evidence from extinct human ancestors suggests brain size isn't everything. "Humans are by far the primates …

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Humanoid robots are here, but do we really need them?
1 year, 1 month ago

Humanoid robots are here, but do we really need them?

The Hindu  

Building a robot that’s both human-like and useful is a decades-old engineering dream inspired by popular science fiction. "The intention is not to start from the beginning and say, ‘Hey, we’re trying to make a robot look like a person,’" said Jonathan Hurst, co-founder and chief robot officer at Agility Robotics. "The hardest problem is the problem of understanding the …

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Humanoid robots are here, but they’re a little awkward. Do we really need them?
1 year, 1 month ago

Humanoid robots are here, but they’re a little awkward. Do we really need them?

Associated Press  

Building a robot that’s both human-like and useful is a decades-old engineering dream inspired by popular science fiction. “The intention is not to start from the beginning and say, ‘Hey, we’re trying to make a robot look like a person,’” said Jonathan Hurst, co-founder and chief robot officer at Agility Robotics. “We’re trying to make robots that can operate in …

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Good chance that AI will achieve Artificial General Intelligence in 5 years, says Google AI Boss
1 year, 1 month ago

Good chance that AI will achieve Artificial General Intelligence in 5 years, says Google AI Boss

Firstpost  

Shane Legg, co-founder of Google’s DeepMind AI Lab in 2001 had predicted that by 2028, AI will achieve AGI or Artificial General Intelligence, a state in which a machine is as intelligent as humans, if not more. Although there are some hurdles there’s 50 per cent chance it will hit AGI level More than a decade ago, Shane Legg, co-founder …

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The A-Z of AI: 30 terms you need to understand artificial intelligence
1 year, 5 months ago

The A-Z of AI: 30 terms you need to understand artificial intelligence

BBC  

The A-Z of AI: 30 terms you need to understand artificial intelligence Getty Images AI is everywhere Artificial intelligence is arguably the most important technological development of our time – here are some of the terms that you need to know as the world wrestles with what to do with this new technology. Over the past few years, multiple new …

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Human teaching must be at ‘heart of schools’ over ‘dangerous’ AI – headteacher
1 year, 7 months ago

Human teaching must be at ‘heart of schools’ over ‘dangerous’ AI – headteacher

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Human teaching must be at the “heart of schools” amid concerns …

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Zen and the artificial intelligence: We should be "somewhat scared," says OpenAI CEO, not paralyzed
1 year, 7 months ago

Zen and the artificial intelligence: We should be "somewhat scared," says OpenAI CEO, not paralyzed

Salon  

The way Jack Kornfield tells it, one of the first things OpenAI CEO Sam Altman asked when the two started meditating together was: How will we know if artificial intelligence becomes conscious? On the Wisdom 2.0 stage, Altman's vision of human-machine coexistence — built on his AI's shared language capacity — surpassed Briggs' then-fanciful notions, veering into the realm of …

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World's greatest minds at war over ChatGPT-like AI: Elon Musk and Bill Gates are on opposing sides
1 year, 8 months ago

World's greatest minds at war over ChatGPT-like AI: Elon Musk and Bill Gates are on opposing sides

Daily Mail  

Silicon Valley is in the midst of a civil war over the advancement of artificial intelligence - with the world's greatest minds split over whether it will destroy or elevate humanity. The fears of AI come as experts predict it will achieve singularity by 2045, which is when the technology surpasses human intelligence to which we cannot control it However, …

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Can you tell if these artworks were created by artificial intelligence or a human? Take our quiz
2 years ago

Can you tell if these artworks were created by artificial intelligence or a human? Take our quiz

ABC  

Artificial intelligence is making its way into more and more aspects of our lives, and the art world isn't immune. Brendan Murphy, a lecturer in digital media at CQUniversity, says it can be "very hard to tell" if an image was created using artificial intelligence, but there are some telltale signs. "Because these systems take all of the images and …

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Cyborgs v ‘holdout humans’: What our species will look like if we survive a million years
2 years ago

Cyborgs v ‘holdout humans’: What our species will look like if we survive a million years

Firstpost  

After a million years, man may become extinct, split into several species, or evolve. Future technologies such as human enhancement, brain emulation, and artificial intelligence may result in technological forms of new species that have not previously been observed in biology Most species are transitory. Foreseeable future technologies such as human enhancement, brain emulation or artificial intelligence may produce technological …

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Human vs Technology: How Traditional Ways of Intel Gathering Made PFI Raids, Anti-Naxal Ops Big Success
2 years, 2 months ago

Human vs Technology: How Traditional Ways of Intel Gathering Made PFI Raids, Anti-Naxal Ops Big Success

News 18  

From the first round of raids against the Popular Front of India, freeing Buddha Pahad from Naxals in Jharkhand to terrorist encounters in J&K, investigating agencies relied on human resources than technology to gather intelligence for the successful completion of recent operations. Sources told News18 during a high-level meeting held a few weeks ago, home minister Amit Shah stressed on …

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MyHeritage’s Deep Nostalgia can animate old photos. But there’s nothing human about artificial intelligence
3 years, 9 months ago

MyHeritage’s Deep Nostalgia can animate old photos. But there’s nothing human about artificial intelligence

CNN  

CNN — It’s hard to explain the mix of emotions that spark upon seeing a photo of Frederick Douglass come alive with the click of a button. His animated image and others like it – at the same time unsettling, emotional, and a bit fantastical, are made possible by Deep Nostalgia, an artificial intelligence program from the genealogy platform MyHeritage. …

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