Saturday, January 6, 2018

Is 2018 The Year That AI Becomes 'Weaponized'?

Bots are prolific on social networks like Twitter and are shaping the way we communicate, whether we realize it or not. (Photo/Shutterstock)

Matthew Wall, BBC: Is this the year 'weaponised' AI bots do battle?

Technology of Business has garnered opinions from dozens of companies on what they think will be the dominant global tech trends in 2018. Artificial intelligence (AI) dominates the landscape, closely followed, as ever, by cyber-security. But is AI an enemy or an ally?

Whether helping to identify diseases and develop new drugs, or powering driverless cars and air traffic management systems, the consensus is that AI will start to deliver in 2018, justifying last year's sometimes hysterical hype.

It will make its presence felt almost everywhere.

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WNU Editor:  Real artificial intelligence is still years away .... and even then there are no guarantees that it will happen. But cruder platforms are being developed, and I suspect that it is only a matter of time and imagination before these platforms are being used.

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