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This video shows the impressive tech behind robots walking on rough terrain

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by on July 5, 2019 at 3:27 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence, robots


While robots taking a tumble is pretty funny, watching how these humanoid machines figure out how to walk autonomously without falling is absolutely fascinating. In a new video, the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) showcased an automatic footstep planning system for Boston Dynamics’ Atlas and NASA’s Valkyrie robots. The method uses the machines’ sensors to work out the most efficient path to a human-selected location. It also works on rough and narrow terrains. Previously, the IHMC relied on a manual method that required a human operator to place the desired footsteps in a special user interface. Unfortunately, this…

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Social media shaming and forgiveness: why nobody’s beyond the pale

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by on July 5, 2019 at 2:33 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Opinion


She was a high-flying international human right’s lawyer who worked with refugees. Then she was found dead on a beach in East Sussex. What happened in-between is a story of crime and punishment, and a question of how justice works in the social media era. Simone Burns, who is also known as Simone O’Broin, first achieved international infamy in the business class cabin of an Air India 777. She’d been drinking. Three bottles of wine had hit her like a freight train, and the cabin crew decided to stop serving her, provoking a fiery backlash from the intoxicated lawyer. Burns…

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India claims its Aadhaar push is for the ‘good’ of people despite serious privacy concerns

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by on July 5, 2019 at 1:08 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, India


Last year, India’s top court ruled that the central government’s national identification system – Aadhaar – doesn’t violate the privacy of citizens. Now, there are three major developments on this front that might put privacy activists on high alert. First, India’s parliament passed an amended bill on Aadhaar that allows voluntary use of the ID to open a bank account or get a SIM card and penalty for any private company if it stores Aadhaar data – a step to curb frequent data leaks. Then the government’s chief economic advisor, K Subramanian, said in this year’s Economic Survey report that a master…

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Get 20 expert coding courses for a price you pick

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by on July 5, 2019 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers


But, you know what? Specialization is overrated. Rather than pursuing one narrow programming path, why not learn a bunch? The Pay What You Want: 20-Course Programming Bundle is a kitchen sink-sized programming package that jams in just about any web development discipline you could ever want. And rather than charging you an Ivy League sum for all that schooling, it’s actually on sale now at any price you want to pay.

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Humans and AI will work better when they start learning from each other

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by on July 5, 2019 at 12:22 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence, syndication


In the age of big data and breathtaking advances of artificial intelligence, social infrastructure promotes digital engagement and active presence. Digital democracy propagates the participation of a growing number of users to interact with institutions and services, ensuring that decisions made by AI-powered digital tools reflect human values. Immersed in automation, many choices we make include some form of a computationally-modeled process. This transformation from manual to programmed behavior has started with the introduction of recommendation systems to find similar products according to users’ preferences. However, today’s AI systems go beyond imposing suggestions and know pretty well what we do and what…

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