Tag: Tech
Elon Musk warns AI could become an immortal dictator
Image: MORGAN SETTE/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Authoritarianism is nothing new. But at least Mussolini and Hitler died. In the age of artificial intelligence, we could create “an immortal dictator from which we would never escape,” says Elon Musk in the new documentary Do You Trust This Computer? SEE ALSO: Creepy AI scans a driver’s face and voice to […]
Elon Musk takes SpaceX and Tesla off Facebook
Sorry, Zuckerberg. Image: mark brake/getty images Elon Musk just deleted SpaceX’s and Tesla’s Facebook pages. At first we thought the Instagram-obsessed billionaire was joking or, as someone would say, trolling. But Musk got himself involved in the #DeleteFacebook movement, in the wake of a data privacy issue involving Cambridge Analytica, and actually followed through. SEE […]
Nvidia unveils new Tesla V100 GPU, DG-X supercomputer at GTC 2018
Image: smith collection/gado/Getty Images Nvidia has unveiled several updates to its deep-learning computing platform, including an absurdly powerful GPU and supercomputer. At this year’s GPU Technology Conference in San Jose, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveiled the DGX-2, a new computer for researchers who are “pushing the outer limits of deep-learning research and computing” to train […]
Las Vegas launched a self-driving shuttle, and it crashed an hour later
If driverless vehicles are gonna take over the world, it should feel about as natural as taking an elevator, and, say, less risky than playing a slot machine. And yet. On the first day of Las Vegas celebrating the historic launch of its new self-driving shuttle bus pilot program, said shuttle bus promptly collided with […]
Enlarge your photos with artificial intelligence with a simple drag-and-drop website
You know how in CSI, the cops always try to “enhance” a shot to zoom in and read (non-existent) details in photos? It’s amusing to the rest of us, but perhaps one day won’t be all that impossible, with artificial intelligence. Researchers have been adopting neural networks and machine learning technologies to help computers fill […]