Bits’n’Pieces 4.6.2016: A.I. Killswitch Grundeinkommen Sweets & Snacks Expo 2016

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Jun 4, 2016

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Science & Technology

Google is working on a kill switch to prevent an AI uprising: „Google is keen to keep this sort of thing from happening, as well, and has published a paper (PDF) detailing the work its Deep Mind team is doing to ensure there’s a kill switch in place to prevent a robocalypse situation. Essentially, Deep Mind has developed a framework that’ll keep AI from learning how to prevent — or induce — human interruption of whatever it’s doing.“

Tja: Die Neudefinition des Geschlechts: „Immer mehr Studien zeigen: Unsere Vorstellung von zwei Geschlechtern ist allzu simpel — nicht nur aus anatomischer, sondern auch aus genetischer Sicht.“

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Google DeepMind AI finds its way through a 3D maze by ‘sight’

What’s causing the devastating floods in France and Germany?: „A weather phenomenon called an “omega block” is behind the deluge. In this case the air currents known as the jet stream have kinked in such a way to create a large area of low pressure over western Europe. How this fits into the broader trend of a changing climate is still unclear, however.“