We extend the notion of anti-unification to cover equational theories and present a method based on regular tree grammars to compute a finite representation of E-generalization sets. We present a framework to combine Inductive Logic Programming and E-generalization that includes an extension of Plotkin's lgg theorem to the equational case. We demonstrate the potential power of E-generalization by three example applications: computation of suggestions for auxiliary lemmas in equational inductive proofs, computation of construction laws for given term sequences, and learning of screen editor command sequences.

Beijing authorities aren't messing around when it comes to stopping the theft of toilet paper. Facial recognition technology has been deployed at one of the city's busiest tourist spots to prevent what The South China Morning Post referred to as "toilet paper kleptomania." High-definition cameras installed at the city's Temple of Heaven restrooms capture facial images and then reportedly prevents any one person from taking more than 60 centimeters (or about 23 inches) of paper within a nine-minute period, according to the report and other news outlets. If the same person appears during that period, the toilet paper dispenser stops working. Presumably, this photo session takes place at the entrance to the restroom, so some degree of privacy is maintained while patrons go about their business.

The use of artificial intelligence will add impetus to the digital change in the financial market. An award-winning fund manager this week will launch a fund that is under the full control of artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence and highly intelligent computers will revolutionize the world of asset management to an extent that there will be no place for human beings in this part of the industry. This analysis is not new. The term artificial intelligence dates back to the mid-twentieth century and has been repeated with every new step in the development.

A visitor holds the new LG G6 mobile phone at the Mobile World Congress on the third day of the MWC in Barcelona, on March 1, 2017. Phone makers will seek to seduce new buyers with artificial intelligence functions and other innovations at the world's biggest mobile fair starting today in Spain. The world we live in today is completely different from what it was 20 or even 10 years ago. Advancements in technology have both improved and disrupted our lives. Take, for instance, how artificial intelligence has transformed the way we communicate and get things done.We also can't overlook how machines are replacing jobs we as humans have been operating for decades.

Four billion years ago, Earth was a lifeless place. Nothing struggled, thought, or wanted. Seawater leached chemicals from rocks; near thermal vents, those chemicals jostled and combined. Some hit upon the trick of making copies of themselves that, in turn, made more copies. The replicating chains were caught in oily bubbles, which protected them and made replication easier; eventually, they began to venture out into the open sea. A new level of order had been achieved on Earth. The tree of life grew, its branches stretching toward complexity. Organisms developed systems, subsystems, and sub-subsystems, layered in ever-deepening regression. They used these systems to anticipate their future and to change it. When they looked within, some found that they had selves--constellations of memories, ideas, and purposes that emerged from the systems inside. They experienced being alive and had thoughts about that experience. They developed language and used it to know themselves; they began to ask how they had been made. This, to a first approximation, is the secular story of our creation. It has no single author; it's been written collaboratively by scientists over the past few centuries. If, however, it could be said to belong to any single person, that person might be Daniel Dennett, a seventy-four-year-old philosopher who teaches at Tufts. In the course of forty years, and more than a dozen books, Dennett has endeavored to explain how a soulless world could have given rise to a soulful one. His special focus is the creation of the human mind.

I recently visited China on a business trip. While there, I decided I wanted to get a pedicure. My search turned into quite the adventure -- one that involved cutting edge translation technology, and a key word lost in translation. Google and Baidu (which is often referred to as China's Google) have built voice translation apps, available here and here. You speak into them, they listen and then they translate into the language you choose.

There are so many great commerce sessions at Amplify 2017 that I'm going to have to write a 10,000-word blog post. But it is true that we've got all the hottest topics in commerce today covered in our Amplify program – AI, omni-channel, personalization and so much more. How is #AI revolutionizing the way brands connect with customers? How can artificial intelligence help spur creative thinking? As a consumer, how can cognitive computing help deliver what you want before you even know you want it?

Sometimes, a year in review can be just as exciting as the preview. Looking back I discovered that all of the key topics I listed in my last year Industry 4.0 review are as relevant today as they were then. Today, I want to invite you to join me as I look back at the Industry 4.0 year 2016 and take a look ahead to what will shape the world of Industry 4.0 in 2017. Note: I have deliberately left out tech trends such as RFID, augmented reality, gesture control, 3D printing, and miniaturization. According to recent studies, many of the big industrial enterprises are developing Industry 4.0 platforms.

A student at Nottingham Trent University has created virtual reality software designed to help people with speech impediments. His software provides exposure therapy, placing users in a variety of scenarios and challenges them to confront social anxieties in VR. According to Mr Walkom, repeated exposure to such situations in a virtual environment can prepare users for anxiety-provoking real-life situations, enabling them to overcome their fears. The giant human-like robot bears a striking resemblance to the military robots starring in the movie'Avatar' and is claimed as a world first by its creators from a South Korean robotic company Waseda University's saxophonist robot WAS-5, developed by professor Atsuo Takanishi and Kaptain Rock playing one string light saber guitar perform jam session A man looks at an exhibit entitled'Mimus' a giant industrial robot which has been reprogrammed to interact with humans during a photocall at the new Design Museum in South Kensington, London Electrification Guru Dr. Wolfgang Ziebart talks about the electric Jaguar I-PACE concept SUV before it was unveiled before the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, U.S The Jaguar I-PACE Concept car is the start of a new era for Jaguar. Japan's On-Art Corp's CEO Kazuya Kanemaru poses with his company's eight metre tall dinosaur-shaped mechanical suit robot'TRX03' and other robots during a demonstration in Tokyo, Japan Japan's On-Art Corp's eight metre tall dinosaur-shaped mechanical suit robot'TRX03' performs during its unveiling in Tokyo, Japan Singulato Motors co-founder and CEO Shen Haiyin poses in his company's concept car Tigercar P0 at a workshop in Beijing, China A picture shows Singulato Motors' concept car Tigercar P0 at a workshop in Beijing, China Connected company president Shigeki Tomoyama addresses a press briefing as he elaborates on Toyota's "connected strategy" in Tokyo.

What kind of existential problems does AI bring about? The medium-term challenge of AI is not killer robots, it's job replacement. This dynamic is already underway and the literature suggests it's a more powerful driver of job loss than trade, though trade receives much more attention. True AI has not arrived, and automation is not AI, but robots and human-written code are a reasonable preview of what employment challenges genuine AI will bring. Computers already manage warehouses, can drive reasonably well, and are making meaningful progress into areas like basic lawyering and radiology that we long considered to be immune to change.