John Hagel, Deloitte, is giving an updated talk on the Future of Work. He has been given other talk on this subject. John says all of the companies and executives that he talks to on the work only have two questions: How quickly can we automate? How much can we reduce staff? Reskilling is buying …
The concept of innateness is rarely discussed in the context of artificial intelligence. When it is discussed, or hinted at, it is often the context of trying to reduce the amount of innate machinery in a given system. Gary Marcus considers as a test case a recent series of papers by Silver et al (Silver …
Tarin Ziyaee is Director of Algorithms, CTRL-Labs. Ctrl-labs is developing neural interfaces to connect humans and AI. Ctrl-labs is create a kit to enable neural control and interface AI Ctrl-labs Hardware Robust, multimodal biosensing Comfortable skin-contact sensors reveal the neural signals underlying fine motor control Inertial measurements compensate for external forces Safe, non-invasive, and comfortable …
Singularity University has a new program to help startups take advantage of 10X tools to transform into disruptive global companies. Entrepreneurs will be shown the power of converging exponential technologies to solve big challenges and make broad “billion-scale” impact. Singularity University will help train and inspire entrepreneurs to create unique moonshot ideas. Entrepreneurs will then …
Amin Toufani at the SU Global Summit 2018 made several claims and conclusions in regard to the exponential future. One is that 2020-2030 would be remembered historically as the Great Bifurcation. He refers to this as the time when there is not just increasing inequality between the megarich and the rest but when the rich …
Peter Diamandis discusses how extreme poverty is being eliminated. Peter Diamandis has started 22 companies. Reputation will a higher currency than having more capital. Things will tend towards the cost of energy, materials and data. We can have a world where everyone has energy, smartphones, AI in the cloud, healthcare delivered via devices and AI. …
Suzanne Gildert is the CEO of Sanctuary AI which is making Synthetic Humanlike Robots. This is like the kind of human-mimicking robots of the movies Bladerunner and the TV Show Westworld. Prior to Sanctuary AI, Suzanne was co-founder of Kindred AI. She oversaw the design and engineering of the company’s human-like robots and was responsible …
China paid US$2.5 billion for twenty-four SU-35 fighter jets which have thrust-vectoring engines for super-maneuverability. The Su-35 is powered by two AL-117S turbofan engines and fitted with thrust-vectoring nozzles enabling it to perform post-stall maneuvers at low speeds. The Su-35 also features a multifunctional radar capable of tracking up to 30 targets simultaneously – and …
RADA Electronic Industries Multi-Mission Hemispheric Radars (MHR), which are embedded in the Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Drone Dome counter-drone solution, will be delivered to the British Army in the coming months. These systems will be used to protect from airborne drones some sensitive facilities and sites on which British armed forces are deployed. The British …
Daniel Kraft, Faculty Chair for Medicine and Neuroscience for Singularity University and Founder and Chair of Exponential Medicine, gave a very information dense talk on Exponential medicine. There were perhaps a hundred slides in 20 minutes. Daniel gave a 48-minute talk with similar information in Japan 11 months ago in Japan. The new talk had …
The US Army is accelerating its Automated Ground Resupply (AGR) program by spinning off something called the Expedient Leader-Follower demonstration. Contractors are currently installing Robotic Research LLC’s computer brains and sensors on 10 Oshkosh M1075 PLS (Palletized Loader System) trucks that’ll be used for safety certification tests in 2019. They’ll convert 60 more to self-driving …