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Lawyers are turning to machine learning to ease caseloads
Adaption is not only necessary to remain competitive in terms of offering alternative channels, the use of digital technology can also assist with the amount of work involved with the legal process. To assist legal teams with this data review process artificial intelligence platforms can be used. In addition, intelligent machines can be used to assess decisions made by judges, to work out how case law is set and what the decision of a particular judge is likely to be. According to a review by Forbes, the use of machines to assess legal cases can reduce the hundreds of hours required to trawl through case notes considerably.
Your Future - Artificial Intelligence, Robots and Automation - Disruption Hub
Successful new technology often develops, displaces, disrupts or destroys a previous technology or mode of being, but with each new technology, the horizon of possibility retreats further, offering us new opportunities, new collaborations, recombinations of old ideas and new ways of being and working. Artificial Intelligence, Robots and Automation will offer new opportunities for human endeavour and new markets will follow. It's likely our future jobs will in part be based on these technologies and through the opportunities they offer directly and the opportunities they offer in combination with existing technologies. When we begin to consider AIRA technologies as a community of available collaborators, rather than a threat, we identify the huge potential for greater human success through us working together in partnership with technology.
A Strategist's Guide to Artificial Intelligence
Then, as high-bandwidth networking, cloud computing, and high-powered graphics-enabled microprocessors emerged, researchers began building multilayered neural networks -- still extremely slow and limited in comparison with natural brains, but useful in practical ways. The type of machine learning called deep learning has become increasingly important. Tomorrow's AI aggregators will be able to detect "fake news" and route people to alternative perspectives. AI applications in daily use include all smartphone digital assistants, email programs that sort entries by importance, voice recognition systems, image recognition apps such as Facebook Picture Search, digital assistants such as Amazon Echo and Google Home, and much of the emerging Industrial Internet.
Microsoft revealed its plans for world domination at Build
To make this multidevice universe work, developers will need a convenient platform to code on, and Build 2017 also provided exciting news about that. In addition to unveiling a Fluent Design framework to simplify coding for all manner of gadgets (headsets, phones or speakers), Microsoft also released a Project Rome SDK for iOS (previously available on Android) for developers to create apps that can work across devices running those operating systems. Whether it's through Cortana-enabled devices, Windows tweaked for various gadgets or multiplatform access to the Graph, it's clear that Microsoft is laying the groundwork to slide into all aspects of your life. Click here to catch up on the latest news from Microsoft Build 2017.
The Arrival of Artificial Intelligence
The history of computers is often told as a history of objects, from the abacus to the Babbage engine up through the code-breaking machines of World War II. In fact, it is better understood as a history of ideas, mainly ideas that emerged from mathematical logic, an obscure and cult-like discipline that first developed in the 19th century. Mathematical logic was pioneered by philosopher-mathematicians, most notably George Boole and Gottlob Frege, who were themselves inspired by Leibniz's dream of a universal "concept language," and the ancient logical system of Aristotle. Dixon goes on to describe the creation of Boolean logic (which has only two values: TRUE and FALSE, represented as 1 and 0 respectively), and the insight by Claude E. Shannon that those two variables could be represented by a circuit, which itself has only two states: open and closed.1 Dixon writes: Another way to characterize Shannon's achievement is that he was first to distinguish between the logical and the physical layer of computers. Dixon is being modest: the distinction may be obvious to computer scientists, but it is precisely the clear articulation of said distinction that undergirds Dixon's remarkable essay; obviously "computers" as popularly conceptualized were not invented by Aristotle, but he created the means by which they would work (or, more accurately, set humanity down that path).
Hawking: Creating AI Could Be the Biggest Event in the History of Our Civilization
Speaking at the launch of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI) in Cambridge, science icon Stephen Hawking warned listeners about the future of artificial intelligence (AI) and humanity. "Success in creating AI could be the biggest event in the history of our civilization," Hawking acknowledged, noting the unprecedented and rapid development of AI technology in recent years, from self-driving cars to a computer playing (and defeating humans) in a game of Go. "But it could also be the last," he warned. This isn't the irrational ramblings of a technophobe. Hawking himself acknowledges the value of AI and what it could contribute to humanity's future, saying he believes artificial intelligence and this century's technological revolution will parallel the previous century's industrial one. "The potential benefits of creating intelligence are huge.
Digital Today, Cognitive Tomorrow
In today's economy, we are seeing companies, business models, products, and processes undergoing major transformation. At the time, I felt that I was watching history in the making: The technology known as artificial intelligence (AI) was finally moving from the lab into the world. Second, the abundance of data being generated throughout the world today requires cognitive technology. Intelligence augmentation -- IA as opposed to AI -- will change how humans work together, make decisions, and manage organizations.
Humans and Machines in the Evolution of AI in Korea
Zhang, Byoung-Tak (Seoul National University)
Artificial intelligence in Korea is currently prospering. The media is regularly reporting AI-enabled products such as smart advisors, personal robots, autonomous cars, and human-level intelligence machines. The Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning (MSIP) has launched new funding programs in AI and cognitive science to implement the government's newly adopted endeavor of building a "Creative Economy" and "Software Centric Society". Similar to the history of AI worldwide, AI research and industry in Korea have faced both the ups and downs in its history.
A History of AI Research and Development in Thailand: Three Periods, Three Directions
Kawtrakul, Asanee (Kasetsart University) | Praneetpolgrang, Prasong (Sripatum University)
Thailand a country of 65 million people, has had an active AI community for almost three decades. With limited research funding (less than 1% of GDP), AI reserchers have had to maintain a focus on producing concrete results. They have set clear research goals to ensure that'Smart' or'Intelligent' systems are developed and applied to help reduce costs, improve efficiency, and increase productivity in integrated public services.