The Singularity: Artifical Intelligence Friend or Foe?

The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) met creating a panel of 25 AI specialist to address the issues AI presents. Though unanimously deciding that AI was possible, the time frame for the creation of AI spanned all the way to 1000 yrs (that is...

'American Idol' is for Old People

American Idol's contestants may be young and talented, but the show's audience certainly isn't. According to recent reports, the average age of an American Idol viewer is almost 43-years-old — a far cry from the...

American Idol Season 8 Finalists and New 'Judges Save' Rule

American Idol has announced the finalists for Season 8 with a twist — instead of the top 12 this year's the competitors are a 'baker's dozen' group of lucky 13. Here is the list of finalists for the show, which...

Joe's Gaffe: Say It Ain't So

"There is no question that when Barack Obama sat down and listed out the pros and cons of picking Joe Biden as his running mate, at the top of the "cons" he wrote: "has a propensity for making hard to explain...

Turing Test Contest Proves Artificial Intelligence is Making Gains

The Loebner Prize contest was held in England this past weekend, where artificial intelligence machines were put to the test to see if they could convince judges that they were intelligent humans.  Based on...

Alleged JFK love-child's mother: He ain't no JFK

Well that certainly puts one rumour to rest, whereby a transplanted Texan living in Vancouver has his mother to thank for exposing his fantasy life of a Kennedy."Alleged JFK love-child's mother: He ain't no JFK ...

Amnesty International's briefing on Tasers ....

According to the Amnesty International report published 10 October 2007:" AI said data it had gathered on more than 290 cases of individuals who died after being struck by police Tasers since 2001 suggested many of the deceased fell within potential “at-risk”...

Being a little chunky ain't so bad, after all

OpinionBarry ARtiste, Now Public ContributorAs I have reported so many times on Now Public about Junk Science, Researchers who rely on public money for their livlihood have differing opinions, most researchers...

UFO Unmasked? Marketing Campaign for Halo 3 or Terminator 3?

Further Update: the mysterious Morbus Iff brings this latest update... Where does he come from? Where does he go? Nobody knows for sure, but hey- he gave us this cool Sarah Connor Chronicles tie-in that postulates...

Artificial Emergencies to Train Real Heroes: AI Firefighting

A very clever guy has devised an Artificial-Intelligence training tool for firefighters, stemming the need to organize a large team of veterans to train the new recruits. I imagine that some human element will...

Jordin Sparks is my American Idol

For the next few hours, everyone [all of North America at least] it seems will be asking themselves this very important question: Who will win American Idol?I feel like the show just started and we just finished...

MIT's The Restaurant Plays You

"The Restaurant Game is a research project at the MIT Media Lab that will algorithmically combine the gameplay experiences of thousands of players to create a new game. In a few months, we will apply machine...

Coming soon: a "software brain"

Jeff Hawkins, the guy behind the Palm Pilot and the Treo, says he has created software that engages in true learning like the human brain. The artificial intelligence breakthrough will be unveiled soon by Numenta. Unlike other electronics which are only capable of acquiring...

American Idol's biggest surprise

American Idol's executive producer, Nigel Lythgoe announced that within two weeks, American Idol viewers will see the "biggest thing to happen to Idol in five years." He also dispelled rumours that Michael Jackson...

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