Future of Self-Driving and Autonomous Ships

Future of Self-Driving and Autonomous Ships
In an interesting move for the AI autonomous vehicle space, a consortium made up of the EU’s Maritime Unmanned Navigation Through Intelligence in Networks Project, China’s Maritime Safety Administration, Wuhan University of Technology, and Rolls-Royce are developing self-driving technology for oceangoing ships to be deployed by 2020. Developing and testing self-driving technology in the ocean ...

The Future of AI and Banking – Chats with American Banker

The Future of AI and Banking – Chats with American Banker
The Digital Finance Institute’s Christine Duhaime joined other experts to discuss the future of artificial intelligence, GenAI, and machine learning in financial services with American Banker, in a series of podcasts and articles: In the interviews, Christine Duhaime articulated a sober vision of AI’s impact on the financial workforce, predicting that automation will lead to ...

Michelle Obama: “Get a good education; build a country worthy of your promise”

06. January 2017 Future of AI, Women in AI 0
Michelle Obama: “Get a good education; build a country worthy of your promise”
Michelle Obama’s farewell speech today made me think of AI. In a few short powerful statements as she left The White House on her last day, the First Lady said: “Young people, you matter. You belong. Be focused. Be determined. Empower yourself with a good education. Then, get out there and use that education to build a country worthy of your promise.” The ...

Sorry, but the world doesn’t need any more useless tech. It needs AI for the disabled, the elderly and to cure cancer

Sorry, but the world doesn’t need any more useless tech. It needs AI for the disabled, the elderly and to cure cancer
The part of artificial intelligence that we find the most promising is applications designed to improve the lives of people who have disabilities. It’s not easy to find #TechForGood that presents a strong business case but disability AI (sometimes called assistive AI) is one of those areas. How will we service 1 Billion People with ...