As the world becomes more electrified, the race is on to build cheaper, longer-lasting, more energy-dense batteries. One of the most promising technologies in this space is the solid state battery, developed by an absolute legend in the battery world, one of the inventors of the lithium ion battery and recent Nobel Prize winner John B. Goodenough.
Alphabet’s Schmidt: AI Will Be Used With People, Not to Replace Jobs
Eric Schmidt, technical advisor of Alphabet Inc., talks about the global prospects for artificial intelligence. He speaks at Bloomberg’s New Economy Forum in Beijing.
The Future of Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning
In this interview, I speak to Ivo Koerner, VP, IBM Systems, about the future of AI and machine learning, what it means for businesses, as well as some top tips of how businesses can get ready for AI and avoid the key traps and mistakes. If you would like more information on this topic, please feel free to visit my website and sign up for content updates! I write articles every week on various different topics such as Big Data, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning.
Is the world getting better or worse? A look at the numbers
Was 2017 really the “worst year ever,” as some would have us believe? In his analysis of recent data on homicide, war, poverty, pollution and more, psychologist Steven Pinker finds that we’re doing better now in every one of them when compared with 30 years ago. But progress isn’t inevitable, and it doesn’t mean everything gets better for everyone all the time, Pinker says. Instead, progress is problem-solving, and we should look at things like climate change and nuclear war as problems to be solved, not apocalypses in waiting. “We will never have a perfect world, and it would be dangerous to seek one,” he says. “But there’s no limit to the betterments we can attain if we continue to apply knowledge to enhance human flourishing.”
The danger of AI is weirder than you think | Janelle Shane
The danger of artificial intelligence isn’t that it’s going to rebel against us, but that it’s going to do exactly what we ask it to do, says AI researcher Janelle Shane. Sharing the weird, sometimes alarming antics of AI algorithms as they try to solve human problems — like creating new ice cream flavors or recognizing cars on the road — Shane shows why AI doesn’t yet measure up to real brains.
Inside The Worlds Largest Semiconductor Factory – BBC Click
BBC Click visits the worlds largest semiconductor factory in Taipei, Taiwan.
The UK Is Racing to Build the World’s First Commercial Fusion Power Plant
There are many directions we could go when it comes to the future of sustainable energy—but the UK made a bold move when it announced a huge investment (220 million pounds huge) in a prototype fusion power facility that could be functioning as a commercial power plant by 2040.
So it’s safe to say the race to fusion power is on. Fusion energy could provide us with clean, basically limitless energy.
But the thing is, fusion power isn’t really a reality yet, but does this prototype facility have a shot at making fusion a reality?
Nuclear fusion is what powers stars, including the sun. The ‘fusion’ part refers to the fact that isotopes of extremely light elements like hydrogen, are fusing together at the extremely high temperatures and pressures that exist at the center of stars. Under these conditions, gases like helium and hydrogen actually exist as plasmas.
So how could we possibly recreate what happens inside of stars here on Earth? By replicating those extreme conditions so that we can get the atoms to behave the way we want them to.
And that involves creating plasmas, or taking gases to very high temperatures and densities, which a number of innovative facilities do in a variety of ways.
One of these facilities is called ITER, which means ’the way’ in Latin. ITER is a major international fusion collaboration that’s been in progress since 1985.
China, the EU, India, Japan, South Korea, Russia, and the U.S. are all contributing members who have agreed to fund ITER’s goal of producing fusion energy that could power our world.
The Future of AI and Blockchain
In this panel discussion at the Blockshow Conference 2019, we examine what some of the best minds in AI and blockchain think about how technological advancement is changing the world, and how AI and Blockchain are intrinsically linked.
The panelists are: Dr Ben Goertzel the CEO of SingularityNET, Toufi Saliba the CEO of Todalarity and Toda Network, Chirdeep Singh Chhabra the founder of Ocean Protocol, David Lake the CEO of Rejuv, and Cole Sirucek the co-founder and CEO of DocDoc. The panel was moderated by Chantel Costa the Director of Development for DAIA.
Vint Cerf Talks The Future Of The Internet – BBC Click
As the Internet marks 50 years, its co-inventor Vint Cerf, tells us of his concerns for the future and challenges ahead for the web.
How ad tech underpins the internet | FT
The FT’s European technology correspondent Madhumita Murgia explains the ad tech business model and how websites and apps make money through targeted advertising.