When Bob Dylan won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature, it shocked the humanitarian world. What's more, Dylan himself hasn't behaved like a traditional Nobel winner: he hasn't commented on the honor and has yet to give an acceptance speech. At least one member of the Nobel panel has called Dylan's silence "rude and arrogant," and the public has been reminded that if he doesn't give a lecture within six months, he won't receive the $900,000 prize money. Selecting Dylan as a Nobel laureate may be contentious, but it's mostly a sign of growth for intellectual society -- at least in Literature, no one is off-limits, not even mumbling masters of wordplay and songwriting. Growing pains are expected as the world of mainstream politics, activism and academia is suddenly forced to consider the potential of new industries, and vice versa.

Artificial intelligence and robots aren't coming for your job anytime soon, the U.S. White House's chief economic advisor says. Some technology experts worry about the economic impact of AI-powered computers and robots, but Jason Furman, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, predicts that AI will grow the economy instead of take jobs away. While some jobs may disappear, AI will create new jobs and consumer demand for new products and services, he said Wednesday at the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference in Washington, D.C. Some studies have suggested that automation will replace half of all jobs in the coming years, but Furman questioned those predictions. While some jobs may disappear, AI will create new jobs and consumer demand for new products and services, he said Wednesday at the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference in Washington, D.C.

The report by Oxford University and Deloitte titled, The State of the State, highlights the industries most impacted by the world of automation. The research shows that over one million Brits could be out of work by 2030, with the strong possibility of being replaced by robots. Leaving the EU is an era-defining task for the UK government. What will it mean for devolved governments? There is a 77 percent probability of around 1.3 million "repetitive and predictable" administrative and operative roles being given to robots within the next 15 years.

A startup bankrolled by Bill Gates is about to conduct the first public trials of high-speed body scanners powered by artificial intelligence (AI), the Guardian can reveal. According to documents filed with the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Boston-based Evolv Technology is planning to test its system at Union Station in Washington DC, in Los Angeles's Union Station metro and at Denver international airport. Evolv uses the same millimetre-wave radio frequencies as the controversial, and painfully slow, body scanners now found at many airport security checkpoints. However, the new device can complete its scan in a fraction of second, using computer vision and machine learning to spot guns and bombs. Homeland Security: 'be patient' as airport lines reach extreme lengths This means passengers can simply walk through a scanning gate without stopping or even slowing down – like the hi-tech scanners seen in the 1990 sci-fi film Total Recall.

Most of the Government's online public services were knocked out by a "technical error" on Wednesday, the Cabinet Office has confirmed. The entire GOV.UK website, a flagship project of the Government Digital Service (GDS) went down, taking all government department websites and most services with it. GOV.UK was launched to fanfare 2012 and aims to consolidate all government department websites into a single service – meaning its failure interrupted services ranging from tax self assessment to driving licence applications. Initial speculative fears that the half-hour outage was caused by a cyber attack appear to be unfounded. The outage started at around 3.30pm when users were presented with a so-called "NXDOMAIN" error.

Advancements in artificial intelligence have set the world on fire. Our homes and pockets now contain voice-enabled intelligent assistants that are ready to answer any question, play music, coordinate our schedule, balance our budget, call us a taxi, replenish the pantry, and so much more. Our cars are now able to handle the driving on the highway, and very soon will not require our involvement at all. Bots are now providing customer service, booking our vacations, assisting lawyers and doctors, and protecting our networks. There is likely no task so complex that a machine cannot eventually be taught to do it faster and better than a human.

A Swedish industry group says a court ruling that drones with cameras must have a license under the country's surveillance laws "is a huge blow" to recreational and commercial users. Gustav Gerdes, head of Unmanned Aerial System Sweden, says Friday's decision by the Supreme Administrative Court could put 5,000 jobs in danger -- from drone operators to those handling footage. He said Wednesday that Sweden was among the first countries to ban camera drones with no surveillance license, adding permits can be expensive and difficult to get. The European Aviation Safety Agency recently released a rough, non-binding text for drone regulation, leaving it up to EU members states to decide whether to require licenses for drones with cameras. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

During the experiments, TALONS, which is the prototype mast, would uncoil itself from a nest tucked in the back of the ACTUV boat. Traditional radar units are usually fixed atop a crow's nest that sits about 150 to 200 feet above sea-level. However, Darpa's TALON's surface-track radar exceeded this range by 500 percent (pictured is an artist impression) Darpa isn't just looking to detect enemies in the sea, the agency has a plan track unmanned aerial systems (UAS) operating below 1,000 feet in large cities Darpa's ACTUV (pictured) was first developed to lay the technical foundation for an entirely new class of ocean-going vessel - one able to traverse thousands of kilometers over the open seas for months at a time, without a single crew member aboard No comments have so far been submitted. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, or debate this issue live on our message boards. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules.

Many natural systems, such as neurons firing in the brain or basketball teams traversing a court, give rise to time series data with complex, nonlinear dynamics. We can gain insight into these systems by decomposing the data into segments that are each explained by simpler dynamic units. Building on switching linear dynamical systems (SLDS), we present a new model class that not only discovers these dynamical units, but also explains how their switching behavior depends on observations or continuous latent states. These "recurrent" switching linear dynamical systems provide further insight by discovering the conditions under which each unit is deployed, something that traditional SLDS models fail to do. We leverage recent algorithmic advances in approximate inference to make Bayesian inference in these models easy, fast, and scalable.

Just like that, five days are gone. I fell into quite a few "One More Turn" traps over the weekend, looked up more than once to realize it was past 3 A.M., and I come before you now having made my way through three Civilization VI campaigns. I've got thoughts, both good and bad. But I'll say this up front: Civilization VI ($60 on Steam or Amazon) is better than Civilization V was at launch. Oh, the honeymoon's already worn off and people have started complaining that "Civilization VI isn't as good as Civilization V with all its expansion packs."