RMIT University recently held a special event to celebrate its 131st birthday, entitled Will Robots Eat our Jobs? The event featured Vice-Chancellor Martin Bean and a panel of experts discussing what the future of jobs might be in a world ...
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If I were to tell you I could detect your personality and rate your attractiveness based solely on a head shot, would you believe me? Probably not. Would you believe an AI could do those things? Maybe, but you shouldn't, cautioned ...
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To some, artificial intelligence (AI) sounds like a futuristic possibility. But it’s already here, and it’s prolific. Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa are just two examples of advanced AI embedding themselves into our lives. Education, too, is not immune to AI’s creep. When it ...
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Frigid Farrah is a sex robot with a personality. She is, as her name suggests, sexually coy. Advances made on her likely won't be "appreciated", say her creators, True Companion. But what are the ethics associated with this situation? Should the fact ...
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