Stevens Hosts Lecture That Explores Morality of Artificial Intelligence
Fear of artificial intelligence is as real as Ryan Gosling’s smooth, calming skin in Blade Runner 2049. But is our future really doomed to despair because of sensual robots? Dr. Oren Etzioni recently spoke of the prognostication, as part of the Stevens Institute of Technology‘s President’s Distinguished Lecture Series (PDLS).
Stevens Institute Internet of Things Journal Leads Pack on Research
When discussing the Internet of Things—the principle concept of mass interconnected smart devices—the possibilities, according to the Stevens Institute of Technology, seem relatively infinite.
USC AI Research May Lead To Virtual Negotiators
Over the last few years, Jonathan Gratch, Director of Virtual Humans Research at University of Southern California, has been partnering with USC Marshall School of Business to integrate virtual humans into negotiation. In order to do this, it is necessary to understand humans’ gut-level responses to physical cues.
MIT Sloan CIO Conference Addresses Future of Work
MIT Sloan recently discussed last month’s MIT Sloan CIO Symposium, which addressed strategies to mitigate the digital transformation that AI, machine learning, self-driving cars, and the Internet of Things are expected to have on the future of work. TL;DR: everybody needs to step up their game.
Rotman School Weighs In on Canadian AI
Before Google, Amazon and Silicon Valley took advantage of the artificial intelligence boom, Canada actually laid the groundwork. In fact, it was a handful of Canadian researchers—backed by the Canadian government and universities—that helped to produce a growing number of artificial intelligence startups. Unfortunately, many of Canadian AI scientists have been lured away from Canada by fat paychecks from Google, Facebook, Apple and other companies. Continue reading…
Columbia Conference Offers Sneak Peek at Future of Fintech
Columbia Business School announced its Frontiers of Digital Finance conference, sponsored by Deloitte, Microsoft and Goldman Sachs, and organized in part by Columbia’s FinTech Club.
