In late November, a college senior at Brigham Young University named Nick Walton published a short fable called "My Musical Troupe of Orcs Uses Music to Advance Orc Rights." In the story, written in the second person, you are a goblin. "I am a goblin!" you say proudly. "And I'm glad to be one." "Well then, congratulations," says the orc captain. Over the course of a few hundred words, some big things happen: You ask if you can join the orc band.

Back in August 2019, the USPTO published a notice requesting public input on the interplay between patent law and artificial intelligence (AI). The PTO has now extended that deadline for comments until January 10, 2020. For example, should it be sufficient if a person (i) designed the AI algorithm or process that created the work; (ii) contributed to the design of the algorithm or process; (iii) chose data used by the algorithm for training or otherwise; (iv) caused the AI algorithm or process to be used to yield the work; or (v) engaged in some specific combination of the foregoing Start Printed Page 58142activities? Should authors be recognized for this type of use of their works? For example: Should a company who trains the artificial intelligence process that creates the work be able to be an owner?

Back in August 2019, the USPTO published a notice requesting public input on the interplay between patent law and artificial intelligence (AI). The PTO has now extended that deadline for comments until January 10, 2020. For example, should it be sufficient if a person (i) designed the AI algorithm or process that created the work; (ii) contributed to the design of the algorithm or process; (iii) chose data used by the algorithm for training or otherwise; (iv) caused the AI algorithm or process to be used to yield the work; or (v) engaged in some specific combination of the foregoing Start Printed Page 58142activities? Should authors be recognized for this type of use of their works? For example: Should a company who trains the artificial intelligence process that creates the work be able to be an owner?

Finland, which holds the rotating EU presidency until the end of the year, said on Tuesday it aims to teach 1% of all Europeans basic skills in artificial intelligence through a free online course it will now translate into all official EU languages. The European Union is pushing for wide deployment of artificial intelligence across the bloc, to help European companies catch up with rivals in Asia and the United States. "Our investment has three goals: we want to equip EU citizens with digital skills for the future, we wish to increase practical understanding of what artificial intelligence is, and by doing so, we want to give a boost to the digital leadership of Europe," said Finnish Minister of Employment Timo Harakka. "As our Presidency ends, we want to offer something concrete. It's about one of the most pressing challenges facing Europe and Finland today: how to develop our digital literacy," Harakka said in a statement.

Artificial intelligence today is properly known as narrow AI (or weak AI), in that it is designed to perform a narrow task (e.g. However, the long-term goal of many researchers is to create general AI (AGI or strong AI). While narrow AI may outperform humans at whatever its specific task is, like playing chess or solving equations, AGI would outperform humans at nearly every cognitive task. But after so many advantages do we have any danger with AI and the Future era of ROBOTS..? I will explain the Science of Artificial Intelligence. Sophia is one of the most Advanced AI humanoid robots.

The concept of artificial intelligence has been a fascination since long. Basically a simulation of the human intelligence embedded in machines that are devised to think and work like human brains whilst imitating the similar actions, AI has brought about a revolution worldwide. What has made the AI market gain quite some traction since the last few years is the conceptual interpretation of the subject as depicted by big-budget films and novels. These illustrations build up artificial intelligence as a robot in the minds of people which is fostering the penetration of artificial intelligence-based solutions worldwide. Emerging as a groundbreaking invention since 1956, artificial intelligence has let loose various human intelligence concerns on the side and has evolved as top choice for myriad industries, sectors and companies to execute tasks, right from simple to complex.

The military wants artificial intelligence, but it's not intending to cook it up from scratch. Instead, in a recent solicitation, DARPA asked for proposals to build A.I. based on insect brains. The program seeks to build A.I. that is smaller and more efficient than normal software. Unlike us, insects operate almost entirely based on simple stimuli. Moths, for instance, are so programmed to navigate based on the direction of light that they occasionally navigate directly into lightbulbs.

The Elements of AI online course will be translated into all official languages of the European Union during 2020–2021. The initiative is part of Finland's Presidency of the Council of the EU and it was publicized during a meeting by European employment ministers in Brussels on 10 December 2019. The initiative is worth over 1,5 million euros. The Elements of AI online course is a creation of the University of Helsinki and Finnish technology firm Reaktor. The course is free and open to all, offering basic information on artificial intelligence without requiring previous knowledge of AI or coding.

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei announced a new documentary at Art Basel Miami Beach, where he has several pieces on display, the Art Newspaper reports. With one film already in the works on animals and the environment, Ai sent a camera team to the Brazilian states of Rondônia, Mato Grosso, and Amazonas to capture footage of the ongoing fires in the Amazon Rainforest, along with another team which went to Pará to shoot cattle farms. This footage will be used for a separate documentary on the fires, as well as in next year's production of Turandot at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, which Ai is directing. Agribusiness and the deforestation of the Amazon are inextricably linked issues. Ai said in his announcement: "We can clearly see that the fires are a part of a wide-ranging and premeditated plan to cause deforestation to increase land use for agriculture and cattle farming."

During 2020-2021, Finland will provide European citizens with free access to an online course named'The Elements of AI'. The initiative, which aims to offer EU citizens free training in future skills, was made public in Brussels on 10 December 2019, in the margins of the meeting of the EU employment ministers. The course, already published in Finnish, English, Swedish and Estonia, will be made available in all the official EU languages soon, informed the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment. This initiative by the Finnish Presidency aims to respond to the challenges posed by the transformation of work and to reinforce the digital leadership of the EU. 'The Elements of AI' is a series of free online courses created by the University of Helsinki and the Finnish tech company Reaktor.