The Audi Q2 'Deep Learning Concept' is no ordinary model car. And if you could, we suspect the cost would be well beyond the means of your average doting parent. This is because it uses something called'machine learning' to autonomously search for and park itself in scale parking spaces. Machine learning is exactly what it sounds like – when a machine learns something without being programmed. The Q2 has two mono cameras plus ten ultrasonic sensors – these send signals to an onboard computer, which then sends signals to the steering and motor.

Artificial intelligence came alive in the 80s with many startups, governments, and large enterprises deploying new systems that executed tasks typically performed by human experts. These were largely rule-based systems that encoded behaviors in rules versus the strict procedural logic of traditional programming languages. Then, as memory became more affordable, systems were able to handle much more computationally-intense tasks such as machine learning, planning and scheduling, and natural language understanding. Now in the age of Big Data, many believe AI has completely changed the tech landscape, but in some ways, as the Talking Heads song goes, it's the "same as it ever was". What remains the same are the core elements of an intelligent application.

An artificial intelligence program has written a Christmas carol. Researchers at the University of Toronto used their "" program to write a Christmas carol based off of a "Christmassy photograph," The Guardian reports. The scientists simply uploaded the photograph into a computer hosting the program and then "let it do its thing." The artificial intelligence program then wrote several lines of lyrics and sang them to music it Read More ... Tags: Computer systems Computer Software Artificial intelligence Google's DeepMind'Lab' opens up source code, joins race to develop artificial general intelligence Following right on its heels came Google's that, its machine learning platform, has created a "lab." The DeepMind Lab offers a 3D training environment, and its entire code library is now available on the open source hosting service GitHub. With Universe, OpenAI aimed to address a primary challenge for AI research, which is a lack of "a large variety of realistic environments [for AI agents to] learn progressively more Read More ... Tags: Computer systems Artificial intelligence Artificial general intelligence Places: Americas North America United States Microsoft's digital assistant, Cortana, could be getting an upgrade--and Intel may be helping.

Researchers at Georgia Tech and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing spectral imaging and machine learning algorithms to read closed books, according to a recently published research paper. The technology uses terahertz radiation (electromagnetic radiation between infrared light and microwaves) to scan pages in a book and identify the different letters. The camera shoots radiation at the book, producing distinct signals indicating where there's blank page or printed ink. The algorithm then processes the data and to distinguish individual letters. So far, however, the algorithm can detect 20 pages but only read through nine, researcher Barmak Heshmat tells Inverse, because the single from deeper pages is weaker. So how does this technology recognize letters?

Internet of Things, yes; but what does that mean? Internet of Things is a structural definition; it says there are "Things" such as sensors and devices (on machines or people) connected together in a Network. What does a Network of Sensors & Devices allow us to DO? What is the functional description of IoT? Being able to connect things together is "table stakes" at the intelligence augmentation game. What you are able to do with this network is the real story. All three objectives can be met because Network of Sensors & Devices exist and will grow.

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This article was posted by SmileJet on Dev Battles. She paints and writes poetry. She's also an artificial intelligence from the movie Her, which imagines how a juiced-up Siri will change our lives. Now, tech companies large and small are racing to make this a reality. You've heard the jargon: AI, machine learning, deep learning, neural networks, natural language processing.

Today's workforce and automation of key functions is moving us toward an unprecedented level of innovation. One recent study from KPMG found that about three out of every four U.S. tech industry CEOs believe automation and machine learning are likely to replace at least 5 percent of their manufacturing, technology, sales, and marketing workforce by 2019. Yet the same study found that over half of the executives expect their organization's headcount to grow by at least 6 percent. While some big businesses might assume A.I. is their ticket to paying less in labor costs, if we go this route we're selling our workforces short. The human brain possesses something computers still don't: mindfulness.

Thanks to the development of new technologies like cognitive computing, virtual and augmented reality and the Internet of Things (IoT), the technology industry is experiencing massive job demand and growth. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the employment of tech and computer occupations is expected to grow 12% by 2024, greater than the average for allother occupations. Nearly 500,000 jobs are projected to be added from 2014 to 2024 in technology alone. Not only that, but the newest and most in-demand tech careers are netting some of the highest salaries we've ever seen. To put it simply, tech is the future.