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Tagged With: Future

Has AI reached the point where a software program can do better work than you?

December 16, 2022 5:07 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition NPR’s Rob Schmitz talks to Ethan Mollick of the University of Pennsylvania about an artificial intelligence program that uses AI to compose college essays, news stories, poems and even sitcoms. See transcript and Listen to complete podcast

Catégories: AMC1°_1-2-Science and techniques, promises and challenges, B1B2-4. Citizenship & Virtual Worlds, B1B2-6. Scientific Innovations & Responsibility | Tags: , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Has AI reached the point where a software program can do better work than you?

Could a robot ever recreate the aura of a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece? 

This month, the internet was flooded with stunningly ethereal digital art portraits, thanks to the work of the latest artificial intelligence-assisted application to go viral: Lensa. Users uploaded their photographs to the app and then – for a small fee – it used AI to transform their profile pictures into, say, a magical elfin warrior princess … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: AMC1°_1-2-Science and techniques, promises and challenges, B1B2-3. Art & Power, B1B2-6. Scientific Innovations & Responsibility, LLCET°_1-2-Polemical art | Tags: , , | Commentaires fermés sur Could a robot ever recreate the aura of a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece? 

Scientists Know how to solve the climate crisis

Scientists have just told us how to solve the climate crisis – will the world listen? Simon LewisWed 6 Apr 2022 The new IPCC report offers not only hope, but practical solutions. Governments that have signed off on it must now act A solar power plant on Karbi tribal land in Assam state, India, February … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: A2B1-7. Saving the Planet & Designing our Futures, AMC1°_1-2-Science and techniques, promises and challenges, AMCT°_2-2-From the protection of Nature to ecological transition, B1B2-6. Scientific Innovations & Responsibility | Tags: , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Scientists Know how to solve the climate crisis

CRISPR and designer babies (China-2018)

  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chinese-researcher-claims-to-have-genetically-altered-babies-crispr/

Catégories: AMC1°_1-2-Science and techniques, promises and challenges, B1B2-5. Fictions & Realities, B1B2-6. Scientific Innovations & Responsibility, LLCE1°_1-3-Utopias and dystopias | Tags: , , , | Commentaires fermés sur CRISPR and designer babies (China-2018)

A Robot Artist ?

‘Some people feel threatened’: face to face with Ai-Da the robot artist Self-portraits by ultra-realistic android go on show at Design Museum in London Ai-Da, described as the world’s first ultra-realistic robot artist, at the opening of the exhibition Ai-Da: Portrait of the Robot, at the Design Museum in London. Photograph: David Parry/PA Mark Brown … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: AMC1°_2-3-Representing the world and oneself, AMCT°_3-1-Power and influence, B1B2-3. Art & Power, B1B2-6. Scientific Innovations & Responsibility, LLCET°_1-2-Polemical art, LLCET°_2-2-Self-representation | Tags: , , | Commentaires fermés sur A Robot Artist ?

Dangerous gene myths abound…

20 years after the human genome was first sequenced, dangerous gene myths abound Misleading rhetoric has fuelled the belief that our genetic code is an ‘instruction book’ – but it’s far more interesting than that. Philip Ball ‘Successes in gene therapy remain rare, and medicine tailored to people’s individual genetic constitution has not yet materialised.’ … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: AMCT°_3-3-Common inheritance and diversity, B1B2-6. Scientific Innovations & Responsibility, LLCE1°_1-3-Utopias and dystopias, LLCET°_3-2-Anchoring and inheriting | Tags: , , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Dangerous gene myths abound…

G7 leaders depicted in Mount Recyclemore e-waste sculpture

G7 leaders depicted in Mount Recyclemore e-waste sculpture Cornwall art installation created from 20,000 pieces of discarded tech highlights growing threat it poses to environment Mount Recyclemore, the giant sculpture of the G7 leaders, sits on a clifftop near Carbis Bay in Cornwall. Photograph: Hugh R Hastings/Getty Steven Morris Thu 10 Jun 2021 The seven … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: A2B1-7. Saving the Planet & Designing our Futures, AMCT°_2-2-From the protection of Nature to ecological transition, B1B2-3. Art & Power, B1B2-8. Territory & Memory, LLCET°_1-1-Art and protest | Tags: , , , , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur G7 leaders depicted in Mount Recyclemore e-waste sculpture

Dressing for a Hotter Planet : Indian designers at work

Dressing for a Hotter Planet: In India, Designers Honor the Natural Sustainability of Artisan Crafts By Sneha Mehta Photography by Tenzin Lhagyal and Ashish Shah April 22, 2021 If there’s one thing that unites India’s 1.3 billion people, it is heat. Even in a country with a variety of regional climates—from tropical to Himalayan alpine—hot, … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: AMCT°_1-1-Unity and plurality, AMCT°_2-2-From the protection of Nature to ecological transition, AMCT°_2-3-Rethinking cities, AMCT°_3-3-Common inheritance and diversity | Tags: , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Dressing for a Hotter Planet : Indian designers at work

Robots could be our partners

AI ethicist Kate Darling: ‘Robots can be our partners’ Interview Sat 17 Apr 2021 16.00 BST Zoë Corbyn Dr Kate Darling says her baby robot dinosaurs mimic pain and distress very well.  The MIT researcher says that for humans to flourish we must move beyond thinking of robots as potential future competitors Dr Kate Darling … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: AMC1°_1-2-Science and techniques, promises and challenges, B1B2-1. Identities & Exchanges, B1B2-5. Fictions & Realities, B1B2-6. Scientific Innovations & Responsibility | Tags: , | Commentaires fermés sur Robots could be our partners

Skinny towers in Sydney and Melbourne

Skinny towers: with few prime city sites left, Sydney and Melbourne are going tall and slim Sydney’s Pencil Tower hotel will be 6.4 metres wide, 100 metres high and 34 metres deep. An ingenious solution – or foolhardy? Neil Durbach, architect of the proposed Pencil Tower hotel, says ‘each [hotel] room is super compact, it’s … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: A2B1-3. Villages, Neighbourhoods & Cities, A2B1-7. Saving the Planet & Designing our Futures, AMCT°_2-3-Rethinking cities, B1B2-2. Private Space & Public Space | Tags: , , | Commentaires fermés sur Skinny towers in Sydney and Melbourne