by Tim Weinhold | Oct 14, 2019 | Contributing Editor
Ding. Ding. Ding. You’ve just picked today’s Jeopardy Daily Double. How much would you like to wager? . . . And here is your clue: Hannah Weinhold’s TV viewing habits and Jair Bolsonaro’s election as president of Brazil. And the question is . . . “What are two widely...
by David Brenner | Oct 1, 2019 | Contributing Editor
Last week my desktop computer suddenly stopped booting up. I looked at replacement options while awaiting the technician’s diagnosis. The friendly sales rep’s first question was “What will you use it for?” When I told her about my work with AI and Faith, she asked...
by Elias Kruger | Sep 25, 2019 | Contributing Editor
It is no secret that AI is becoming a growing part of our lives and institutions. There is no shortage of article touting the dangers (and a few times the benefits) of this development. What is less publicized is the very technology that enables the growing adoption...
by Bruce Baker | Sep 1, 2019 | Contributing Editor
Good question. On the surface, it seems simple enough. Assign any standard you like as a demonstration of intelligence, and then ask whether you could (theoretically) set up an AI to perform it. Sure, it seems common sense that given sufficiently advanced technology...
by Paul Taylor | Sep 1, 2019 | Contributing Editor
If someone walked up to me on the street and offered me $5 to take a picture of my face, I’d probably say yes. Wouldn’t you? Google has been doing just this for the past few weeks. Lately, people describe being approached at random to trade their face data for a $5...
by Tim Weinhold | Sep 1, 2019 | Contributing Editor
Chloe is training for, arguably, the internet’s most difficult job: full-time content moderator — aka “process executive” — for Facebook (though actually employed by a subcontractor named Cognizant). A key part of the training has involved trying to harden herself...
