This week: what happened while we were gone, real problems with AI, spying vacuums, and a suicidal robot. Sandra Peter (Sydney Business Insights) and Kai Riemer (Digital Disruption Research Group) meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business in The Future, This Week.

 

The stories this week:

Elon is worried about killer robots

The real problems with AI

Roomba, the home mapping vacuum cleaner

 

Other stories we bring up:

AI and enormous data

Why AI is not colour blind

Google’s collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University paper

AI Now initiative

Cathy O’Neil’s book Weapons of Math Destruction

Do algorithms make better decisions? 

Roomba data will be sold to the highest bidder

How to Use iRobot Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum

 

Our robot of the week:

A Knightscope security robot

 

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