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Machine logic can be too precise to seem fully human. Chatbots that learn logic from Aristotle instead might behave more like people.
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AI-powered tools have proven helpful for some couples trying to separate. But human relationships exist along a complicated spectrum, and even this advanced tech can’t grasp it all.
Babies don’t come with instruction manuals… mobile health apps can help new parents.
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Mobile health apps, teleconferencing with experts and thoughtfully designed educational platforms can all help families during the chaotic and confusing early years.
As plans for space exploration expand, how will sex and desire be addressed in these larger, longer missions?
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Sex technologies and ‘erobots’ could help address issues related to human desire, and physical and emotional needs of astronauts in space.
James Dean in East of Eden in 1955. Sixty four years after his death, a reanimated ‘James Dean’ will reportedly be starring in a new film.
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Casting James Dean in a new movie points to a bigger problem for us all: protecting the digital dead from the living.
A SenseTime artificial intelligence system monitors an intersection in China.
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AI can help make government more efficient – but at what cost? Citizens’ lives could be better or worse, based on how the technology is used.
In this 2007 photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg promotes ad targeting.
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Facebook’s focus on personalizing ads has created new tools for businesses to interact with customers and to connect coworkers.
We don’t need to put the same effort into making the conversation polite or interesting when we’re talking to a chatbot.
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Chatbots and virtual personal assistants are becoming an integral part of our daily lives. They could change how we talk to each other, and how we relate to ourselves.
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What do the Carlos Ghosn scandal, the rising power of algorithms and the “gilets jaunes” have in common? The need to extend the spatial and temporal definitions of responsibility.
The suicide rate among young people has increased at an alarming rate over the past 10 years.
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Researchers are beginning to look at the opportunities offered by social media to aid in suicide prevention.
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The success of current conversational AI is based on the premise that they know and understand nothing of the world.
AI chatbots still struggle to understand the impact of their words.
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The chatbot industry sees more data as the answer to building a truly conversational system. But the industry may be teaching chatbots the wrong thing.
A 2018 pilot project between the Public Health Agency of Canada and Advanced Symbolics will use social media posts as a resource to predict regional suicide rates.
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From predicting suicide risk to chatbot therapy, artificial intelligence is all the rage in suicide prevention. The question is, can it really work?
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Spot removes traditional barriers to reporting abusive behavior, because participants can log incidents without talking to a human.
Investment in AI research is growing in Canada, but there’s little thought about ethics, privacy and governance issues.
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Canada has a clear choice. Either it embraces the potential of being a leader in responsible AI, or it risks legitimating a race to the bottom where ethics, inequity and justice are absent.
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We should be worried about the development of social skills in a world where everyone can have their ‘perfect’ AI friend.
Chatbots need a personality. But what type?
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Siri is sassy. But when does the tone of voice in digital help override usefulness?
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Expect customer service to get worse as artificial intelligence steps in.
Who could have predicted it would end like this?
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The unexpected behaviour of even simple bots is only going to get more dramatic as AI scales up.
Does more convenience mean less security?
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Banks are experimenting with chatbots, but research shows we may not be ready to give them a go.