Tag: artificial-intelligence
Is technology contributing to increased inequality?
Christoffer O. Herns Contributor Christoffer O. Herns is chief digital officer of Skandiabanken, Norway’s first pure internet bank and leading challenger bank. More posts by this contributor: Cash is no longer king What Facebook’s European payment license could mean for banks As global poverty continues to decline, another issue emerges. According to the World Economic Forum, rising […]
‘Future of Sex’ podcast tackles the frontiers of sex and technology
Bryony Cole wants women to build the sex tech future they want. Image: Shutterstock / WhiteHaven We built the internet, we got online porn. We invented haptic engines that can automatically convey a remote sense of touch, we got teledildonics. Technological advances and the shifting of sexual boundaries are intertwined, and this is the world […]
The only way to prove you aren’t a robot is to solve this chess puzzle
Check it out, Mate! Image: James Tagg Check out the chess board above: looks wrong, right? If you’ve ever played chess, you know something’s amiss, here. For one thing, someone chose to exchange a pawn for another bishop instead of a queen. For another, virtually all the action’s moved to the left side of a […]
Can this Al win a $200,000 poker battle?
An AI system named Libratus will go up against top poker players during matches later this month in Pittsburgh. Image: joe raedle/ Getty Images Artificial intelligence has already become a part of our everyday lives through AI-assisted services like Siri. But Al has its own hobbies too, including the mind-whirling game of poker. Scholars at […]