If artificial intelligence takes over our lives, it probably won't involve humans battling an army of robots that relentlessly apply Spock-like logic as they physically enslave us. Instead, the machine-learning algorithms that already let AI programs recommend a movie you'd like or recognize your friend's face in a photo will likely be the same ones that one day deny you a loan, lead the police to your neighborhood or tell your doctor you need to go on a diet. And since humans create these algorithms, they're just as prone to biases that could lead to bad decisions--and worse outcomes. These biases create some immediate concerns about our increasing reliance on artificially intelligent technology, as any AI system designed by humans to be absolutely "neutral" could still reinforce humans' prejudicial thinking instead of seeing through it. Law enforcement officials have already been criticized, for example, for using computer algorithms that allegedly tag black defendants as more likely to commit a future crime, even though the program was not designed to explicitly consider race.

BENGALURU: Mediatech startup Dailyhunt, InShorts and ScoopWhoop -through its latest acquisition Touchfone -amongst others are increasingly leveraging machine learning capabilities to improve personalisation and interaction for the end user. From InShorts introducing quizzes to Dailyhunt's personalised news feed, they aim to increase end users' monthly time spent on the app, ultimately targetting higher ad revenue potential. InShorts recently integrated a quiz into its app, which is in its beta phase and has been introduced to 10,000 users. While the user swipes through news content, the quiz emerges as an option. The user can play with a random opponent or share an invite with a friend through WhatsApp.

The process used to create a major motion picture hasn't changed much in a century. Someone has an idea that they turn into a screenplay, which is then edited, developed and handed to a director, who brings it to life. The only difference now is that there's plenty more focus-grouping, audience analysis and number crunching to ensure each film is a hit. Except that doesn't really work, since 2016 alone has seen scores of movies unceremoniously crash and burn. But maybe that will change with ScriptBook, an algorithm that its creators say can spot most turkeys before they've even been made.

Arrival Amy Adams stars in this elegant, involving science-fiction drama that is simultaneously old and new, revisiting many alien-invasion conventions but with unexpected intelligence, visual style and heart. The Eagle Huntress A portrait of a 13-year-old Kazakh girl from Mongolia who defies eons of tradition by learning to hunt with fierce golden eagles is a documentary so satisfying it makes you feel good about feeling good. The Edge of Seventeen Hailee Steinfeld gives a superb performance as a high-school misfit in Kelly Fremon Craig's disarmingly smart teen dramedy, the rare coming-of-age picture that feels less like a retread than a renewal. Elle Paul Verhoeven's brilliantly booby-trapped thriller starring Isabelle Huppert is a gripping whodunit, a tour de force of psychological suspense and a wickedly droll comedy of manners. The Handmaiden The most absorbing feature in years from South Korean director Park Chan-wook ("Oldboy") is a teasingly witty and elegant puzzle-box of a thriller about two women (played by Kim Tae-ri and Kim Min-hee) pursuing their destinies in 1930s Japanese-occupied Korea.

Robots can be terrifying all on their own, but stick a human being inside and give them control of the mechanical muscles that provide superhuman strength and you've got a recipe for a horror movie. South Korean robotics firm Hankook Mirae Technology has done exactly that, and its Method-2 robot just took its first steps towards world domination this week. "METHOD-1" large manned robot project for which I had a pleasure to make the design. Very fortunate to be part of the incredible Hankook Mirae Technology team. The robot is just one year into development, but it's already a hulking beast that could give anyone nightmares. The bot stands over 13 feet tall and weighs over one and a half tons.

You may not know it yet, but our music is already highly reliant on artificial intelligence. AI is already being deployed to develop music scores for advertisements and movies. Artificial Intelligence is also finding itself developing mood based music for games and smartphone apps. While they don't produce music themselves, Siri and Cortana are at our disposal if we need music suggestions. The same goes for streaming services such as Spotify, which rely on AI to deliver new music to our tastes.

Using real cash may seem like such a major convenience today. Far out in the digital future, though, cash will mutate from one form to another at blazing speeds. One minute, you'll be transacting in crypto-currencies; the next you'll probably exchange digital credits to purchase new gadgets -- and for almost any other monetary transaction. In a 2011 science fiction movie, In Time, currency is measured by a digital clock, which extends one's life, and "time" credits are exchanged between people, essentially meaning that people earn or spend time credits. When one's "time" credits are exhausted, that person dies, i.e. has'timed out.'

Recommendation engines are deeply embedded in American culture. Anyone who shops online, subscribes to a streaming media service, conducts on online search, or uses social media is encouraged to do something -- buy this, click on that, listen to this song, watch that movie. Sometimes the recommendations are accurate. For example, Google's search engine thinks I'm male. Netflix thinks I might enjoy comedies aimed at college-age men.

Two and a half years ago the rise of the chatbots started. For those of you who are not yet familiar, Chatbots exist in chatting apps and used to amuse and help in various needs; send us weather and news daily digests; suggesting things to do and see; amuse us with images and gifs of cats. Unfortunately, most of the chatbots suggest unusable experience. They are'breaking' during a regular chat, they get creepy by asking for personal details with no good reasoning, they operate based on scripts and almost never improvise.

Welcome to Risk Roundup, an integrated Cyber-Security and Strategic-Security Risk Podcast hosted by Risk Group Founder Jayshree Pandya PhD. With each episode, we'll sit down with the decision makers from across nations: its government, industries, organizations and academia (NGIOA). It's a peek behind the scenes of existing and emerging risks from cyberspace, geospace and space (CGS) --a first-hand conversation with the people who are shaping the digital global age. Each one of us across nations currently stands on the verge of the most turbulent and transformative period in all of human history. As Information Technology, Genetics, Nanotechnology, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing and Blockchain merge and converge to make the once unachievable imagination possible, it is not only human and robot intelligence that will merge and create unthinkable possibilities, the likes of molecular manufacturing will also bring earth shattering potential to build virtually any physical item quickly and inexpensively directly from pure information--creating complex security risks and challenges for each nation: its government, industries, organizations and academia (NGIOA).