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Transcending the Artificial Intelligence -

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A revolution has been set forth. Rather one which aims to provide users with the best of times in order to make their lives much easier. This revolution is in terms of Artificial Intelligence which has become the talk of the town and is slowly settling itself into people's lives. In reality, Artificial Intelligence has been around for a long time. Greek mythology has references of mechanical men who were designed to mimic people's behavior.


Game lets users turn beat around

Boston Herald

Ever wanted to combine the vocals from "Call Me Maybe" with the guitar from The Jackson 5's "I Want You Back"? With a new game, Boston-based music video game giant Harmonix -- makers of the iconic Rock Band franchise -- you can add these two songs, and hopefully better combinations, together, to make your own mash-ups using a smartphone, a high-tech gameboard and deck of cards. "There's a feeling you get when you hold the cards in your hand and slap it down on the board, you transform into a music maker, you feel like a DJ," said Steve Janiak, Harmonix' chief executive, during an interview at PAX East last night. "You're in control of the mix in a way you wouldn't feel if you were just doing it on a screen." The new game, Dropmix, lets players combine the vocals of one song with the bass line from another and add the drums from a third song to make an entirely new tune. When it is released later this year, the game will include current hits from Bruno Mars, The Chainsmokers and Ed Sheeran, as well as classics like The Jackson 5, Run-D.M.C and Barbra Streisand.


6 best media streaming devices to help ditch your cable bill

Boston Herald

With over-the-top television services like DirecTV Now, Playstation Vue, and Sling TV gaining popularity, the great unbundling is upon us -- and it's now easier than ever to dump your cable subscription for shows delivered via the Internet. But in order to watch your favorite online programs on a big screen, you'll probably need a streaming media device (unless you have a smart TV or a games console.) Improving all the time, these media streaming devices can connect you to everything from Amazon Video to YouTube TV, with apps and games added to the mix, too. One caveat: Even if you cancel cable TV, you'll still need to pay for Internet service to use these. Affordable and easy to use, the Amazon Fire TV can do a lot for your living room for little money.


'Reservoir Dogs' Video Game Announced For PC, Xbox One

International Business Times

Developer Big Star Games announced Reservoir Dogs: Bloody Days, a top-down shooter game based on director Quentin Tarantino's 1992 film of the same name. Bloody Days revolves around controlling each of the six main characters (Mr. White, Mr. Orange, Mr. Brown, Mr. Blonde, Mr. Pink and Mr. Blue) from the film and levels are based on heists in various scenarios. The game will release first on Steam in the spring and head to Xbox One later this year. "By taking control of different characters for overlapping bursts of time, players must utilize the strengths of each squad member to carry out the game's missions, with every move and shot creating a butterfly effect on the overall outcome." Big Star Games CEO Liam Patton said in a statement.


'Alien: Covenant' New Trailer: Meet Michael Fassbender's New Character Walter [VIDEO]

International Business Times

The highly intelligent synthetic has been created to serve. The video claims that Walter is an artificial intelligence powered by AMD, Ryzen and Radeon. READ: 4 major spoilers we learned from the official "Alien: Covenant" trailer Fassbender will be playing not one but two roles in "Alien: Covenant." Apart from Walter, the 39-year-old actor will be reprising his role from "Prometheus" as the robot named David. The first movie made us distrust David so it's no surprise if fans are skeptical of Walter.


5 ways deep learning improves your daily life

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Planning to Netflix and chill this weekend? The movie you choose to watch may be heavily influenced by Netflix's sophisticated algorithms. Similarly, decisions like where you choose to dine and what you choose to wear are increasingly facilitated by predictive technologies powered by deep learning. Here are five ways that popular consumer tech companies Netflix, Yelp, Yahoo, StitchFix, and Google improve your online experience with artificial intelligence. Historically, watching television is a unidirectional communication channel.


AI Will Turn Journalists Into Centaurs

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Many fear that artificial intelligence (AI) will one day replace huge swaths of the workforce. Last year The World Economic Forum predicted that AI and automation technologies will displace 5 million jobs by 2020, with healthcare, energy, and financial industries experiencing the greatest job losses. Some pundits predict that AI will also replace journalists. The theory is that as machines gain a more nuanced understanding of language, they will be able to produce the type of content that human journalists currently produce. The Washington Post, for example, uses an AI bot called Heliograph to produce news stories.


Will AI be able to moderate online discussions like humans?

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Some artificial intelligence products have become so advanced in online discussion moderation that they will no longer be confused by colloquial language, neologisms or spelling mistakes. AI is able to take on routine human tasks, but cannot fully replace human intelligence. Online discussions are abound with hate speech and off-topic comments, causing massive headaches for media companies. Legislation requires that illegal messages are removed, and users are more content if they can avoid becoming the target of inappropriate insults. The volumes of comments posted on discussion forums and below news articles can be staggering, and their proper moderation may sometimes require infeasible amounts of manpower.


How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Music Making

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For songwriters, the subject of artificial intelligence is an especially fraught one: Will technology that learns by watching and listening to us enhance human creativity or replace it? These initiatives, emphasizing the collaborative possibilities inherent in AI, insist that the former is possible -- from using Watson technology to inspire composers to uber-personalizing already existing tunes. THINK OF IT AS... IBM engineer Janani Mukundan calls Watson Beat a "creative assistant": It listens to existing music and scans social media chatter to find trends that could inform new work. RECENT WIN: Alex Da Kid used Watson Beat to write "Not Easy," which peaked at No. 48 on Billboard's Rock Airplay chart in 2016. A tool that can tweak an existing style, then adapt it to a new composition, drawing on the vast melody and harmony database of the Sony laboratory.


Dr. Ayanna Howard: African American Roboticist & Artificial Intelligence Scientist

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Dr. Ayanna Howard (1972 –) has some impressive credentials. She is a noted expert in the area of Artificial Intelligence. She is often referred to as an "old school Blerd" (Black Nerd). Her motivation to pursue a career in the sciences was fueled by watching TV shows such as, The Bionic Woman, Star Trek, and Wonder Woman" as a child. Howard has worked as a roboticist and Motorola Foundation Professor at Georgia Tech's Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines.