Man & Machine

Yes, but they will be our children. We spend some time reflecting on Dr. Marvin Minsky’s famous piece from Scientific American, “Will Robots Inherit the Earth?” https://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/papers/sciam.inherit.html

The future is coming quickly... or is it already here? Fascinating thoughts and perspectives on the here and now... and where we are headed from the BBC Science Focus Magazine. We share our thoughts, questions, and concerns! https://www.sciencefocus.com/future-technology/future-technology-22-ideas-about-to-change-our-world/amp/

Dr. Kai-Fu Lee is the world's leading computer scientist, futurist, and businessman... and now he has partnered with renowned science-fiction writer Chen Quifan on "AI 2041."  We discuss Dr. Lee's "Predictions for AI in the year 2041"... what do we expect to come true? What do we fear? Could we change the future? Or is it too late?!    

Tesla, Tesla, Tesla... SPOILER ALERT: Tesla AI Day was mind boggling! We reviewed a recap from Lex Fridman to find out: Full Self Driving, D1, Dojo... and... you’ll have to listen to find out! Lex Friedman: https://youtu.be/ABbDB6xri8o Tesla: https://youtu.be/keWEE9FwS9o https://www.marketwatch.com/story/elon-musk-unveils-plans-for-humanoid-robot-that-uses-teslas-artificial-intelligence-11629426728?redirect=amp

DeepMind’s OpenAI moves us closer to artificial general intelligence... and AI transforms genomic data... how will we leverage these advances? https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/07/30/1030357/endless-playground-teaches-ai-multitask-general-intelligence-deepmind-openai/amp/?__twitter_impression=true https://www.genengnews.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-transforms-genomic-data-into-actionable-insights/

What does the future hold? How will the synergy between science, technology, and work change our future? Can we tame AI? https://www.salon.com/2021/07/27/artificial-intelligence-wants-you-and-your-job_partner/

If you thought the space race was intense, wait until you find out about the brain-computer interface (BCI) race we have uncovered… Competition has arrived for Elon Musk’s Neuralink with Synchron’s Stentrode gaining FDA approval for human trials. And a former PayPal colleague is throwing his $$$ behind another BCI... Could we all benefit? https://news.yahoo.com/everything-know-neuralink-elon-musks-103000152.html https://247newsaroundtheworld.com/health-news/new-york-company-gets-jump-on-elon-musks-neuralink-with-brain-computer-interface-in-clinical-trials/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-28/elon-musk-neuralink-competitor-announces-fda-trial-for-brain-device https://247newsaroundtheworld.com/news/peter-thiel-is-backing-a-rival-to-elon-musks-brain-implant-company/?relatedposts_hit=1&relatedposts_origin=5568730&relatedposts_position=1

Is DeepMind's AlphaFold2 going to revolutionize our understanding and interactions with biology? AlphaFold2 dominated a world-renowned protein folding competition... and now it is open source after DeepMind kept its promise to decentralize its power.   What seemingly unknowable things will we learn? https://fortune.com/2021/07/22/deepmind-alphafold-human-proteome-database-proteins/amp/

Who can we trust? Government? AI? Matt is back to go the distance on the clash between neuroscience & technology... and whether governments will reign supreme over AI. https://www.nextgov.com/ideas/2021/07/new-ai-architecture-could-transform-government/183671/ https://www.nextgov.com/ideas/2021/07/promoting-trustworthy-ai-government/183124/

AI is shaking up Big Agriculture & Farming... will it produce the results to eliminate hunger and famine? The response to the COVID-19 pandemic may give us an answer... https://interestingengineering.com/fully-automated-hands-free-farm-will-replace-workers-with-robots-and-ai https://interestingengineering.com/9-robots-that-are-invading-the-agriculture-industry https://www.techtimes.com/articles/262754/20210711/ai-nanotechnology-help-solve-world-hunger-via-precision-agriculture-thanks.htm https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jul/12/almost-one-in-three-globally-go-hungry-during-pandemic-un?utm_source=morning_brew