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TWS391: AI, Eh? Uh-Oh

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On the show this week:

  • Think Different. Pray Same.
  • Space For Filling
  • Non-Traditional

    • CQ: Which industry will be disrupted first: the clothing industry, when robotic tailors can custom-make clothing locally rather than ship them, or the travel industry, when we can VR remote into robotic surrogates?

    Full list of 11 articles after the jump!

    • Think Different. Pray Same.:
      • First, they took chess from me, now this?: BBC – The computers being trained to beat you in an argument
      • Replace the “return” button with “pray”.: New Scientist – Build an AI god? Beware the downsides of this weird tech plan
      • Make your own Sistine Chapel.: LiveScience – This AI Helps You Paint Like Van Gogh
      • And the good Lordbot said, ‘let there be food’.: Live Science – Robotic Farm Completes 1st Fully Autonomous Harvest
      • Asking for a friend. With a cyber brain plan..: Aeon – When you split the brain, do you split the person?
      • But what if it wants to eat the table?: LiveScience – To Keep AI from ‘Eating a Table,’ Scientists Make It Read Wikipedia
      • Space For Filling:
        • (EXTRA) This will not help.: Fast Company – “If I Were An Alien, I Wouldn’t Feel All That Welcome Here”: Designing An Invite For Extraterrestrials
        • (EXTRA) I suppose he’s going to tunnel there..: New Scientist – Elon Musk’s new plans for a moon base and a Mars mission by 2022
        • (EXTRA) Probably trying to get away from.. everything.: Ars Technica – Why octopuses are building small “cities” off the coast of Australia
        • Non-Traditional:
          • (EXTRA) It’s all about millenials, and had nothing to do with millenials.: Eater – Applebee’s Deserves to Die
          • (EXTRA) Not necessarily a bad idea — especially for pointing out other bad ideas.: Slate – Hello, Men! Welcome to Your Mandatory Year of Customer Service!
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