Masters of Illusion Xavier Mortimer, Scott Pepper, Chris Randall, Joshua Jay, Murray SawChuck, Billy Kidd and Greg Gleason are the featured magicians in this new episode hosted by Dean Cain. Killjoys As the Killjoys plan to execute a high-risk theft on a well-armored convoy, Aneela (Hannah John-Kamen) is distracted by her own to find Delle Seyah (Mayko Nguyen). Guy's Family Road Trip The Fieris depart Flagstaff, Ariz., and enjoy a flight through the Grand Canyon before heading east on Route 66 and making a few stops before getting to Albuquerque. Dark Matter Former Raza crew member and now emperor Ryo (Alex Mallari Jr.) captures Two (Melissa O'Neil) and holds her hostage in a bid to force the crew of the ship to give up the Blink Drive. Three, Five and Six (Anthony Lemke, Jodelle Ferland, Roger Cross) are ready to deal, but Ryo's negotiating position is undermined by treachery among his own ranks in this new episode of the science-fiction series.

One of the scariest statements I ever heard came from a young relative of mine: "All the science I know I learned from your books!" To which I replied, gasping a little, "But you know I make it up, right?" But not entirely--which raises a critical question. While much has been written about how to use science to create, plot, or enhance one's fiction, not as much has been written about how speculative fiction impacts our understanding of science. Consider the following: Haijun Yao, editor of China's major SF magazine, Science Fiction World, told me last year that the Chinese government, which banned SF during the Cultural Revolution, is now very enthusiastic about its publication.

This is part of a project I've been working in that involves using ML techniques to robot control. The first one is applying evolutionary algorithms to a neural controller. You cna find a Jupyter Notebook on the linked repository.

I'm interested in generative models and I have an idea that I haven't seen attempted before. I'm interested to see if it's really original or if there's previous research. The idea is take the inputs and mixed them with noise, then train a neural network to decide what the mixing coefficient was. To generate examples, simply start with noise and optimize the pixel values until the network says that it's real. Perhaps a second network could be trained to speed this process up.

When I'm bumper-to-bumper in a sea of exhaust fumes and distracted drivers, it seems like autonomous driving can't get here fast enough. Nor can the potential rewards that come along with fully autonomous vehicles, like far fewer accidents and mobility for people who struggle to get around on their own. To do my part, I'm focusing on how building the best autonomous brain for a car will get us there faster. Every day, we're getting closer to the technology needed to power self-driving cars. But in-vehicle compute needs are complex, and autonomous driving algorithms are changing rapidly.

Businesses and brands are using chatbots in lots of exciting ways. You can order food, schedule flights, and get recommendations for pretty much anything you can think of. We're still in the early days, but the latest chatbot statistics all say the same thing: adoption is growing. Whether you like it or not, chatbots and virtual assistants are the future of marketing and customer support. So which brands are already making the most of chatbots to delight their customers?

Stephen Colbert kicks up his feet at the Ed Sullivan Theater, where he tapes "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert." Stephen Colbert kicks up his feet at the Ed Sullivan Theater, where he tapes "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert." (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) Stephen Colbert's desktop computer monitor is ringed with reminders -- Post-it notes ("Joy is the most infallible sign of the presence of God," Pierre Teilhard de Chardin), keepsakes (cards from musicians Regina Spektor and Jack White), directives ("Ask yourself this question: Is my attitude worth catching?"), When not in use, Colbert's computer screen defaults to a live feed of the Earth taken from the International Space Station. Right now, the view has just crossed the Nile, the sun is setting and clouds are casting long shadows across the Red Sea. Colbert looks at these images whenever he's feeling anxious. There's the whole world, he tells himself.

Let's be honest: Reaching for the remote while watching TV isn't a major inconvenience. If you can control your TV by voice instead, why wouldn't you? To that end, Google and Amazon now offer hands-free TV controls through their respective connected speakers. Amazon added Fire TV voice controls to the Echo speaker and other Alexa devices a couple weeks ago, while Google has offered similar voice controls for Chromecast through its own Google Home speaker since last December. Both combos allow you to launch videos, pause, play, rewind, and fast forward without ever touching a remote control.

According to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Artificial Intelligence could be the answer to reducing headaches for viewers and streaming services. Video buffering and pixelation continues to be problematic for those who rely a ton on video streaming services for catching up on the newest movies and the latest TV shows. Buffering and pixelation can make people to switch over to other content which can result in poor viewership and advertising. The way it works is that Streaming services use ABR (Adaptive BitRate) algorithms to ascertain what the resolution of the video playback is at that time which varies according to changing network conditions. Videos are typically chopped into smaller chunks and transmitted in a sequential manner to the device that viewers are watching it on.

"Creativity is intelligence having fun." – Albert Einstein These days, artificial intelligence (AI) is being applied to nearly every aspect of our working lives. Creatives, however, have been mostly left alone because, after all, a robot can't create art, can it? As it turns out, there's more AI experimentation going on in artistic fields than you'd think, and it's on its way to making the lives of marketers, designers, journalists and advertising people easier. From the automation of monotonous everyday tasks to true autonomy, where robots may one day create their own artworks, AI is changing what it means to be creative and challenging concepts we thought were intrinsically human. Defining what we mean by'creativity' is a tall order.