Top news of the week: 12.10.2022.
Spotting Frankensteins: Why humans beat AI at detecting freakish fakes
Computer vision expert James Elder explains why artificial intelligence is no match for human object perception.
How undesired goals can arise with correct rewards
As we build increasingly advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems, we want to make sure they don’t pursue undesired goals. Such behaviour in an AI agent is often the result of ...
Fake Joe Rogan interviews fake Steve Jobs in an AI-powered podcast
Voice synthesis PR stunt calls upon the dead to help sell an AI product.
Automation 2040 W Mini (Pico W Aboard)
A slimline industrial/automation controller with 2.4GHz wireless, powered by Raspberry Pi Pico W. Compatible with 6V to 40V systems.
Choking off China’s Access to the Future of AI
Introduction On October 7, 2022, the Biden administration announced a new export controls policy on artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor technologies to China. These new ...
Data ethics for computing education through ballet and biometrics
Researcher Genevieve Smith-Nunes raises awareness of data ethics using ballet and brainwave data, working with student Computing teachers.
RTX 4090 review: Spend at least $1,599 for Nvidia’s biggest bargain in years
Our review also dives deeply into DLSS 3—and how it may affect future Nvidia GPUs.
Don't leave your fingerprints on the future
Sometimes, I say some variant of “yeah, probably some people will need to do apivotal act” and people raise the objection: “Should a small subset of humanity really get so much control over ...