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Harrison Ford shuts down AI fears, dismisses technology's power to 'steal my soul'
Harrison Ford isn't impressed by or afraid of artificial intelligence. In a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal, the "Captain America: Brave New World" star was asked if he was planning on securing control of his likeness from studios, and he brushed off the concern. "You don't need artificial intelligence to steal my soul. You can already do it for nickels and dimes with good ideas and talent," he told the outlet. Ford was referring to the 2024 video game "Indiana Jones and the Great Circle," with actor Troy Baker, who provided the voice and motion-capture performance for the character.
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Jennifer Doudna on the Brave New World Being Ushered In by Gene Editing
In 2012, the biochemist Jennifer Doudna and her colleague Emmanuelle Charpentier developed a method for using RNA-guided proteins to edit specific sections of DNA. Their innovation--for which the two won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, in 2020--is known as the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing system. CRISPR has since been used to alter plants (to, for instance, produce greater yields), insects (preventing them from carrying certain diseases), and people (to treat sickle-cell disease). The technology's promise can sound as if derived from science fiction: it might help us adapt to a radically different climate, or grow organs for those in need, or reprogram a cancer patient's own cells to target tumors. But there are also worries about its possible side effects, both biological and social.
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Annotation Guidelines for Corpus Novelties: Part 1 -- Named Entity Recognition
Amalvy, Arthur, Labatut, Vincent
It was constituted mainly to fulfill two goals: in the short term, train and test NER methods able to handle long texts, and in the longer term, be used to develop Renard [3], a pipeline aiming at extracting character networks from literary fiction. This pipeline includes several processing steps after the NER, including coreference resolution and character unification. Character networks can be used to tackle a number of tasks, including the assessment of literary theories, the level of historicity of a narrative, detecting roles in stories, classifying novels, identify subplots, segment a storyline, summarize a story, design recommendation systems, align narratives, etc. See the detailed survey of Labatut and Bost [11] for more information regarding character networks. This context drives the elaboration of the corpus, which explains why it exhibits certain differences with many similar NER corpora, such as CoNLL-2003 [17] or OntoNotes v5 [20]. We originally based Novelties on the literary corpus from Dekker et al. [6] as we describe in Section A of the appendix. Note that there are other literary NER corpora (cf.
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Brave new world: Artificial Intelligence in teaching and learning
Groza, Adrian, Marginean, Anca
We exemplify how Large Language Models are used in both teaching and learning. We also discuss the AI incidents that have already occurred in the education domain, and we argue for the urgent need to introduce AI policies in universities and for the ongoing strategies to regulate AI. Regarding policy for AI, our view is that each institution should have a policy for AI in teaching and learning. This is important from at least twofolds: (i) to raise awareness on the numerous educational tools that can both positively and negatively affect education; (ii) to minimise the risk of AI incidents in education.
'Killer AI' is real. Here's how we stay safe, sane and strong in a brave new world
The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) has been nothing short of remarkable. From health care to finance, AI is transforming industries and has the potential to elevate human productivity to unprecedented levels. However, this exciting promise is accompanied by a looming concern among the public and some experts: the emergence of "Killer AI." In a world where innovation has already changed society in unexpected ways, how do we separate legitimate fears from those that should still be reserved for fiction? To help answer questions like these, we recently released a policy brief for the Mercatus Center at George Mason University titled "On Defining'Killer AI.'"
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How AI could revolutionize full-body scans and cancer detection
Keep your Google account data safe from third-party apps with CyberGuy. As we've seen in the world of health tech, artificial intelligence (AI) is not just making waves – it's making tsunamis. Full-body AI scans are becoming the vanguard of preventive medicine. According to some experts, these scans are set to revolutionize how we approach our health. CLICK TO GET KURT'S FREE CYBERGUY NEWSLETTER WITH SECURITY ALERTS, QUICK TIPS, TECH REVIEWS AND EASY HOW-TO'S TO MAKE YOU SMARTER Here's the skinny: The folks at Prenuvo have developed an innovative AI-powered full-body scan using MRI technology that helps flag potential health issues before they escalate.
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Languages in the metaverse: Why AI is critical for communication in the brave new world
We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - August 3. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. By the end of 2021, the word "metaverse" had generated a lot of hype. The topic was covered by almost every existing media outlet. But what is a metaverse and what is its purpose? To put it simply, it is cyberspace, a virtual world that should serve human connection. In a metaverse, a person is represented by an avatar, just like in a video game.
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Brave New World: The EEOC's Artificial Intelligence Initiative
The use of artificial intelligence ("AI") and machine learning in the workplace is growing exponentially – and specifically in hiring. Over the last two decades, web-based applications and questionnaires have made paper applications nearly obsolete. As employers seek to streamline recruitment and control costs, they have jumped to use computer-based screening tools such as "chatbots" to communicate with job applicants, to schedule interviews, ask screening questions, and even conduct video conference interviews and presentations in the selection process. Employers of all sizes are creating their own systems, or hiring vendors who will design and implement keyword searches, predictive algorithms and even facial recognition algorithms to find the best-suited candidates. The algorithms in these computer models make inferences from data about people, including their identities, their demographic attributes, their preferences, and their likely future behaviors.
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The brave new world
The fronds of the coconut tree swayed gently in the cooling breeze blowing from the sea. The turquoise blue waters of the shallow lagoon shimmered in the evening sunlight. Children played on the white sand. The whitewashed clinic building was set among a grove of coconut and mango trees. The clinic had a doctor's room with an old-fashioned high back revolving chair and a room where most procedures could be done.
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