Countries in Africa have some of the highest rates of entrepreneurship in the world, yet their contribution to the economy is limited. Technology such as the blockchain, drones and AI could provide a way forward.
Will it soon be possible to draw a blueprint of our future society?
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Could Knight Rider’s KITT finally be on the horizon?
If it were possible to download the neural networks of a human brain, could we preserve a computer simulation of that person?
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The quest for immortality is as old as humanity itself, but the prospect of being able to copy the neural networks of a person’s brain shifts the pursuit of perpetual life into the digital world.
The revolution in offshore wind for UK energy supply has begun, but we will need the help of AI and robots to sustain it effectively.
There are more than 33 million students in Indonesia’s public schools, while the number of those enrolled in universities amounts to around seven million.
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The lack of safe spaces for students to express themselves and explore their academic passions can be seen as a reason why Indonesia doesn’t perform well in global education indexes.
Only 13.83% of AI authors in arXiv are women and, in relative terms, the proportion of AI papers co-authored by at least one woman has not improved since the 1990s.
There are more radiological scans than ever, but too few radiologists to interpret them.
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Automated decision making has been around in healthcare since the 1970s, and now radiology is the new frontline where AI is being deployed.
Specialist machine learning and narrow AI could help us to start removing the “four Ds” - dirty, dull, difficult, dangerous - from our daily work.
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Artificial intelligence is predicted to contribute some US$15.7 trillion to the global economy by 2030. A new report looks at issues specific to New Zealand.
Health secretary Matt Hancock understands the importance of technology in healthcare.
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The idea that robots will take our jobs is not radically new – but artificial intelligence is now completely reorganising the global economy. Australia must act now to keep up with the world.
Africa is data-rich and well connected. Therein lies the solution to many of its challenges.
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Hardware could exploit the properties of scattered light so that computations happen at high speed and with low power consumption.
The demand for free higher education is one of the key factors that have led to competing waves of thinking and organisation in the sector.
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South Africa’s universities are detached from society because of a waning public and civic sector that once fueled the anti-apartheid struggle. Here’s what can be done.