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5 Upcoming Artificial Intelligence technologies that will change our lives

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Artificial Intelligence (AI), is a form of scientific advancement where robots and computer programmes have an ability to make decision independently and get closer to the way we, humans, think. Development of AI has a huge role to play in future. Today we can see driveless cars being tested, self-operating space shuttles being sent to Jupiter and even a robotic waiters waiting to welcome you at certain restaurants. However, when it comes to the future of AI, the scene is bigger and better than ever. AI enthusiasts like us grew up hoping that someday'Back to the Future' will become a reality.


Video shows crowd in Fresno attacking CHP cruiser with officer inside

Los Angeles Times

Video captured a crowd attacking a California Highway Patrol vehicle in Fresno with an officer inside last week. The incident took place last weekend, and three men have since been arrested in connection with the case. The video shows the assailants punching, kicking and throwing objects at the CHP SUV before the officer is about to drive away. One suspect "admitted to kicking the CHP vehicle and said he did so because he was upset with the CHP because a CHP officer recently towed his vehicle," Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer told ABC30. "There were several other people that were kicking the sides of the CHP vehicle. People there were other people that were chanting, yelling, 'F the police, we run the streets.'"


When Disaster Strikes, He Creates A 'Crisis Map' That Helps Save Lives

NPR Technology

Patrick Meier (center, in cap) flies a drone in Nepal after the earthquake in 2015. Meier and his team were able to to capture detailed images of damage around the capital, Kathmandu. He believes using this technology will make crisis mapping even more effective for disaster response. Patrick Meier (center, in cap) flies a drone in Nepal after the earthquake in 2015. Meier and his team were able to to capture detailed images of damage around the capital, Kathmandu. He believes using this technology will make crisis mapping even more effective for disaster response.


Kirstin Harper-Smith is helping build downtown Los Angeles

Los Angeles Times

The gig: Kirstin Harper-Smith, 32, is senior project manager at Boston-based Suffolk Construction, where she is supervising the building of a 525-unit apartment tower on Hope Street in downtown Los Angeles. The 888 Grand Hope Lofts project by L.A. developer CIM Group will eventually rise 34 stories, consuming 27,000 cubic yards of concrete and 3,500 tons of rebar along the way. As head of the 10-person office side of the project, she oversees the budget, ensures safety requirements are met and directs who should do what jobs when -- all while trying to keep the project on schedule to wrap in about two years. She anticipates 10-hour days until then. An early start: Harper-Smith caught the engineering bug while growing up in San Diego.


Detecting Hate Speech on Social Media to Prevent Violence

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Looking at the history of mankind spanning thousands of years, hatred was always present and people have been persecuted for a wide variety of reasons up until this day, but in recent times hate has been digitized and weaponized with the rise of social media. One of the biggest roadblocks law enforcement agencies and private institutions face when attempting to detect then combat hateful material found on social networks, especially Twitter, is how exactly to deal with the massive amount of data, including tons of false positives, sarcastic posts, emerging trends that go viral within hours as well as many other variables. It's a monumental task that no analyst, army of analysts or social media intelligence tools of the past can accomplish. For the past 2 years, the team at Soteria Intelligence has focused on developing technologies to confront online hate, school threats, terrorist propaganda and other challenges we face in a very unorthodox way, and through our research and development it became clear that the only way to solve the complex problem at hand was to use deep learning and machine learning. Taking 10 years of research on social media behavior and 5 years of research on social media threats in particular, along with input from a wide range of subject-matter experts, we've focused on creating machine learning systems with ability to assess social media activity faster and more accurately than humanly possible.


Will the coming robot nanny era turn us into technophiles?

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Zoltan Istvan is a futurist and 2016 U.S. Presidential candidate of the Transhumanist Party. That may dramatically change over the next 10 years as the "robot nanny" makes its way into our households. In as little time as a decade, affordable robots that can bottle-feed babies, change diapers and put a child to sleep might be here. The human-machine bond that a new generation of kids grows up with may be unbreakable. We may end up literally loving our machines almost like we do our mothers and fathers.


Six-year-old boy dies days after South Carolina school shooting

Los Angeles Times

A coroner says a 6-year-old boy has died days after he was critically wounded in a school shooting in South Carolina. Anderson County Coroner Greg Shore said Jacob Hall died about 1 p.m. Saturday. Jacob had been fighting for his life at a hospital since the shooting Wednesday at Townville Elementary School. A bullet struck Hall in a main artery in his leg, causing massive bleeding. Authorities say another student and a first-grade teacher were also shot when a 14-year-old boy opened fire on a playground.


Would you feel safer in a neighborhood with 25-pound security drones buzzing around?

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The drone turned slowly with a loud buzzing sound, red and blue lights flashing, and hit me right in the eyes with a spotlight. "Security has been notified," boomed a smooth voice from the aircraft's twin loudspeakers. Startup Aptonomy thinks this experience can keep intruders out of factories, warehouses, and other facilities more cheaply than human guards can and more effectively than cameras and alarms. I received the drone security guard treatment in a demonstration at the company's testing area on Treasure Island, an old naval base in San Francisco Bay. Cofounder Mihail Pivtoraiko says his drones will be ready to go on patrol next year.


'Miss Peregrine' outsmarts 'Deepwater Horizon' at the box office

Los Angeles Times

Will "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" have a fairy-tale ending at the box office? While its final chapter has yet to be written, Tim Burton's fantasy film is earning pretty good grades at the multiplex so far. The picture about a group of extraordinary children collected 9 million on Friday, according to an estimate from distributor 20th Century Fox. That means the movie is on track to gross around 27 million by weekend's end -- a so-so start, considering the picture cost the studio 110 million to make. The weekend's other big debut, "Deepwater Horizon," lagged slightly behind in ticket sales Friday, with 7.1 million.


Car bomb kills 2 at restaurant in Mogadishu, Somali police say

Los Angeles Times

A Somali police officer says a car bomb blew up at the entrance of a restaurant in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, killing two people. Mohamed Hussein said the blast Saturday occurred at the Blue Sky restaurant close to the presidential palace. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing, but the Islamic extremist group of Shabab often carries out such attacks. Shabab, Al Qaeda's East African affiliate, is fighting to impose a strict version of Islam in this Horn of Africa nation. Despite losing a lot of ground in recent years, the extremist group continues to carry out lethal attacks in many parts of the country, especially in the capital.