Cian Westmoreland was 18 years old when he enlisted in the US Air Force. Now 28, the former serviceman served with the 606 Air Control Squadron in Germany and the 73rd Expeditionary Air Control Squadron in Kandahar, Afghanistan, as an Air Force Technician. He built the communications infrastructure for the US military's drone programme in Afghanistan, which, according to a 2015 report by The Intercept led to the deaths of hundreds of civilians. In 2010, after four years in the military, he left the Air Force and joined other whistle-blowers speaking out about US drone policy. The group of technicians and operators wrote an open letter to US President Barack Obama.

There is growing expectation that in the near future, intelligence far beyond human understanding will produce new technologies by using knowledge and information around the globe to drastically change the world. By making excellent use of nanotechnology, the intelligence will cure any disease or injury, and also resolve environmental problems. If it were to bare its fangs at humans, it would become a threat that we could not compete with. The 2014 film "Transcendence" depicts a world in which AI is highly developed. Many countries have spent an enormous amount of money to take the lead in the field, and global "artificial intelligentization" is arriving at the point of no return. If this happens, we should choose a path of coexistence.

Describing his company as "all-in" when it comes to artificial intelligence and virtual reality, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang today unveiled new GPUs and AI platforms for developers at Nvidia's GPU Technology Conference in San Jose, Calif. While many of the new products and platforms are intended for data centers, Nvidia designed its new VR rendering tool, called Iray VR, to work with consumer devices. The Iray VR algorithms will let users experience more realistic scenes thanks to its ray-tracing technology. It's designed to accurately represent real-world materials and surfaces, so "carbon fiber looks like carbon fiber," Huang said. There are two versions of Iray VR, one for desktops and data centers, and a version called Iray VR Lite that can run on a wide range of platforms, from full-scale VR headsets to the free Google Cardboard.

If the humans ain't broke, don't replace them with robots. Otherwise, your whole restaurant will itself be -- you guessed it -- broke. In a rather damning display of the limitations of technology, a fleet of useless robots meant to replace human servers have caused the demise of two restaurants in China. As it turns out, the answer to the question, "What can't robots do?" is actually, "a lot." Initially, Chinese restaurant chain Heweilai bought a whole staff's worth of automatons to wait on its patrons in three locations.

Mark Zuckerberg has revealed Facebook's plans for the next decade - claiming the firm's goal is to'give everyone the power to share anything with anyone'. Speaking at the firm's F8 developer conference in San Francisco, he predicted the next decade will revolve around video - saying it will have as big an effect as mobile phones. He also predicted the emergence of smart AI bots, and showed off virtual reality glasses indistiguishable from normal glasses he said could be available in a decade. Zuckerberg showed off virtual reality glasses indistiguishable from normal glasses he said could be available in a decade. Profile Expression Kit: People can now use third-party apps to create profile videos with just a few taps.

Facebook has almost 2B active users. At a developer conference today, the company announced plans to connect even more, and Mark Zuckerberg hinted at a near-future scenario where AI-controlled bots will answer basic questions via the Messenger app. Why is that such a big announcement? Because 2016 is the year of the chatbots, a turning point when the AI that drives these machines can imitate human speech, respond to queries, help you find the right product online, and troubleshoot problems. In fact, while there is no way to prove it, there's a good chance you have already chatted online with a customer service bot--say, at one of those pop-ups you see at an online store or when you visit a big-name brand site.

We asked developers at Facebook's F8 Developer's Conference what they think of the new chatbot features in Messenger. A link has been sent to your friend's email address. We asked developers at Facebook's F8 Developer's Conference what they think of the new chatbot features in Messenger.

Classy started as a code challenge for a technical interview for a machine learning job in Tokyo. The challenge was to create an an application that uses a supervised learning algorithm to classify images based on their text content. This application was then wrapped in a server with a tiny REST API, and Classy was born. I can certainly make that happen! Let me know a little more about what you're working on using the contact form below and we'll get the ball rolling.

WIRE)--How do our brains learn and understand the world? That question is of paramount importance to both neuroscientists and technologists who want to build intelligent machines. It has been understood for over a hundred years that the inputs and outputs of the brain are constantly changing sequences of patterns and therefore learning and recalling sequences must be a fundamental operation of neurons. Numerous proposals have been made for how neural networks might learn sequences. However, these proposals did not match the anatomy and function observed in the brain.

Numenta's theory of how the brain learns and understands sequences of patterns may be an essential component for creating intelligent machines REDWOOD CITY, CA –April 12, 2016-- How do our brains learn and understand the world? That question is of paramount importance to both neuroscientists and technologists who want to build intelligent machines. It has been understood for over a hundred years that the inputs and outputs of the brain are constantly changing sequences of patterns and therefore learning and recalling sequences must be a fundamental operation of neurons. Numerous proposals have been made for how neural networks might learn sequences. However, these proposals did not match the anatomy and function observed in the brain.