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Woman and man in social distancing sitting on bench in park

^{Denyse O'Leary
May 16, 2020
Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

Five Surprising Changes To Watch for from COVID-19

_{Denyse O'Leary
May 16, 2020
Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

There are the Spanish police drones flying around, enforcing lockdown orders. And Singapore’s robotic police dogs, enforcing social distance. Will they go away? Read More ›

^{Gary N. Smith
May 15, 2020
Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

Vitamin D and COVID-19: Is It Data or Noise?

_{Gary N. Smith
May 15, 2020
Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

Random data shows geographic clusters. Thus some locations will inevitably have higher COVID-19 rates than others. As my example shows, associating these clusters with personal characteristics after the fact is not convincing scientific evidence. That’s where randomized, controlled trials are needed. Read More ›

^{Denyse O'Leary
May 5, 2020
Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

Top Consumer Trends COVID-19 Will Change Long Term

_{Denyse O'Leary
May 5, 2020
Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

According to analysts, robotic devices are becoming more popular for a reason few would have guessed earlier; they reduce the need for physical human contact. Recycling, however, has taken a hit and weaning consumers from disposables post-COVID may prove a challenge. Huge firms are riding the storm, however, and Gen Z is spending the lockdown improving its career chances. Meanwhile, consumers surveyed around the globe say they plan to travel less. Read More ›

^{Mind Matters News
May 1, 2020
Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Technology}

Is Contact Tracing a Simple Answer to COVID Lockdowns?

_{Mind Matters News
May 1, 2020
Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Technology}

The conventional science fiction fear of a superintelligent AI taking over the planet and ridding it of pesky humans distracts our attention from a much more realistic threat: Artificial intelligence (AI) makes both government and corporate surveillance much easier, cheaper, and more useful—whether it is in average citizens’ interests or not. If we are lucky, this will be the decade when we address the implications of that fact.

Can AI Save Us from COVID-19? An Expert Is Skeptical

_{Mind Matters News
April 30, 2020
Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

Experts list various problems, including the fact that AI is vulnerable to failure due to unforeseen problems, including problems with data (too sparse, too noisy, too many outliers, etc.). It also doesn’t learn as well from experience as humans do. Read More ›

^{Robert J. Marks II
April 29, 2020
Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Technology}

Coronavirus: Is Data Mining Failing Its First Really Big Test?

_{Robert J. Marks II
April 29, 2020
Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Technology}

If Alphabet’s Deep Mind or Microsoft had successfully data mined the 29,000 papers and found useful coronavirus information, that would be pretty impressive. But they appear to be giving others a chance to try instead, raising issues once again about the value of data mining in medicine. Read More ›

^{The Center for Science and Culture
April 29, 2020
Discovery Institute, Intelligent Design, Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

ISI Webinar on Science, Scientism, and Society

_{The Center for Science and Culture
April 29, 2020
Discovery Institute, Intelligent Design, Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

From artificial intelligence to mandatory stay-at-home orders and everything in-between, what role should scientists — and their modern approach to scientific investigation — play in the critical decisions that we must make on such controversial issues? Read More ›

^{Denyse O'Leary
April 28, 2020
Education, Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

Five Ways COVID-19 Is Changing Education for Good

_{Denyse O'Leary
April 28, 2020
Education, Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

Recently, a Harvard prof chose to launch an attack on homeschoolers, portraying them as driven by narrow religious concerns. Given how many parents COVID-19 has forced to homeschool, the attack was, at best, poorly timed. But it usefully focused attention on the ways education needs to change in an online world. Read More ›

Digital stock market falling graph and blurry coronavirus. Concept of stock market crash due to covid 19 coronavirus pandemic. 3d rendering toned image double exposure

^{Mind Matters News
April 26, 2020
Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

COVID-19: When 900 Bytes Shut Down the World

_{Mind Matters News
April 26, 2020
Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

In the podcast “COVID-19: How 900 bytes changed the world,” Walter Bradley Center director Robert J. Marks and Dr. Daniel Andrés Díaz-Pachón explore a dreadful truth: “Human biology is so finely tuned that less than a kilobyte of information can stop the world”, for example when embodied in an easily spread virus like COVID-19. Read More ›

Man working from home and worried about covid-19 coronavirus

^{Denyse O'Leary
April 24, 2020
Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

Five Possibly Unexpected Ways the Post-COVID Office Will Change

_{Denyse O'Leary
April 24, 2020
Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

Some managers worry that remote employees will not be productive. They don’t always consider that the remote worker is the person in charge if something affects her work. For example, in an office building, if the water is shut off due to a street repair, a manager would likely co-ordinate. But at home, the worker must decide for herself how best to deal with it, while remaining productive. A level playing field would recognize overall long-term output vs. costs in either case. Read More ›