Over the past decade, social media has become one of the most important parts of running a business. Effectively managing your company’s social media accounts for reaching more customers, improving brand awareness, and getting feedback from customers has become a …
Chinese sex doll maker jumps on AI drive
WMDOLL, one of China’s biggest sex doll makers, is selling what it calls AI-powered dolls that offer features ranging from simple conversation to moving eyes, arms and torsos. Although the new technology may satisfy some people’s physical desires, sexologists worry …
5 smart ways small businesses are currently using AI and automation
Artificial Intelligence and automation are changing the landscape of business world very quickly. All the big market players in different industries are using AI and automation to get ahead in business and increase their overall revenues. As the technology has …
The current and future role of artificial intelligence in the defense industry
Machine learning and artificial intelligence decreases humans error and the need for expensive labor, so it’s no surprise that by 2025, the AI market is estimated to reach a staggering $190 billion. Also, by that same year, more than 40% …
The ethics of botting
New technology is always seen as a blessing and a curse. For those who develop and use it is a blessing, for those who it works against, it is always a curse. The new wave of future marketing and advertising, …
Artificial intelligence: mankind’s last invention
Technological singularity is the hypothesis that the invention of artificial superintelligence (ASI) will abruptly trigger runaway technological growth, resulting in unfathomable changes to human civilization. YouTube’s Aperture has put together by far the best video on the subject. Have a …
Are Russia’s Twitter bots promoting Donald Trump’s campaign?
Broadly speaking, Trump has two categories of support on Twitter. Trolls, and Russian bot accounts pretending to be patriotic Americans.* In many cases, these two groups cross over. The trolls contains actual humans, such as @prisonplanet, and many, many bots. …
Surviving the robopocalypse: how to pick a career that’s safe from robotics
Robots are big business; from Google’s robotic cars, to Honda’s latest Asimo: over the last year it’s become increasingly clear that we’re looking towards a tsunami of automation in the workplace. There’s lots of debate about whether this will be …
What is a bot?
A bot, short form of robot, is a piece of software designed to complete tasks and / or simulate human activity. Typically the tasks a bot is programmed to do are menial and repetitive, but a bot can work 24 …