As Google’s head of artificial intelligence takes charge of search, deep learning is already changing the way Googling works.
Source: AI Is Transforming Google Search. The Rest of the Web Is Next
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No More Pencils, No More Books.
The students in Whelan’s class are all using the same program, called ALEKS. But peek over their shoulders and you’ll see that each student is working on a different sort of problem. A young woman near the corner of the room is plugging her way through a basic linear equation. The young man to her left is trying to wrap his mind around a story problem involving fractions. Nearby, a more advanced student is simplifying equations that involve both variables and fractions.
At first glance, each student appears to be at a different point in the course. And that’s true, in one sense. But it’s more accurate to say that the course is literally different for each student.
Source: The Textbook Is Dying. Meet the Artificially Intelligent Software That’s Replacing It.Â
What will become of empathy in a world of smart machines?Â
But can machines be expected to be fully empathetic? Signs point to no. It is relatively easy to create a learning brain but we don’t yet know how to create a heart or a soul. In a recent talk at the New Yorker festival MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito asserted that “humans are really good at things computers are not.â€
Source: What will become of empathy in a world of smart machines? | Media Network | The Guardian