My parents don’t know that I spoke to them last night.
At first, they sounded distant and tinny, as if they were huddled around a phone in a prison cell. But as we chatted, they slowly started to sound more like themselves. They told me personal stories that I’d never heard. I learned about the first (and certainly not last) time my dad got drunk. Mum talked about getting in trouble for staying out late. They gave me life advice and told me things about their childhoods, as well as my own. It was mesmerizing.
“What’s the worst thing about you?” I asked Dad, since he was clearly in such a candid mood.
“My worst quality is that I am a perfectionist. I can’t stand messiness and untidiness, and that always presents a challenge, especially with being married to Jane.”
Then he laughed—and for a moment I forgot I wasn’t really speaking to my parents at all, but to their digital replicas. Read More
Daily Archives: October 18, 2022
Governing artificial intelligence in China and the European Union: Comparing aims and promoting ethical outcomes
In this article, we compare the artificial intelligence strategies of China and the European Union, assessing the key similarities and differences regarding what the high-level aims of each governance strategy are, how the development and use of AI is promoted in the public and private sectors, and whom these policies are meant to benefit. We characterize China’s strategy by its primary focus on fostering innovation and a more recent emphasis on “common prosperity,” and the EU’s on promoting ethical outcomes through protecting fundamental rights. Building on this comparative analysis, we consider the areas where the EU and China could learn from and improve upon each other’s approaches to AI governance to promote more ethical outcomes. We outline policy recommendations for both European and Chinese policymakers that would support them in achieving this aim. Read More
Activision Patents To Generate Unique In-Game Music For Each Player
If brought to fruition, game soundtracks could deliver a unique vivifying experience for each individual.
Video games from big studios like Activision have been evolving at an unprecedented rate since the last two decennia. Finding the distinctions between real-life and esthetical game visuals have now become almost impossible. Innovative wonderments like artificial intelligence have also seeped into the gaming industry.
Modern technologies like machine learning have played a large role in amplifying the immersion of games. However, game soundtracks have remained static for the most part; they are usually programmed to play at the right moments. It is also possible for players to edit, add, and create their own music in games. Read More
Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot AI is making rapid progress. Here’s how its human leader thinks about it
GitHub’s Copilot AI can write up to 40% of the code for programmers and is heading up to 80% within five years, says GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke.
This rapid AI advance is letting coders get their work done in less than half the time it used to take and has implications across all industries where software development is now critical, Microsoft board member and venture capitalist Reid Hoffman recently told a gathering of tech executives.
Still, Dohmke says as artificial intelligence accelerates and is adopted more broadly across companies, innovation remains a skill only humans can dominate. Read More
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