On the show this week:

• Hard AI
• Soft AI
• Little Space
• These Are The Rules (?)
• Extras

CQ: Clarke’s Third law states: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” but do you think we’ll ever get technology that could actually be mistaken for magic as we see it portrayed today?

Full list of 22 articles after the jump!

• Hard AI:
  • His cluster of agents are no longer intercommunicating..: NY Times – Marvin Minsky, Pioneer in Artificial Intelligence, Dies at 88
  • Silly humans, messing it up for robots..: Cycling Weekly – Renault CEO says cyclists are the biggest problem for driverless cars
  • I’m sure the floating humans will mess this one up, too..: New Scientist – Future delivery drones start learning how to fly on their own
  • A perfect example of something that isn’t actually AI..: Huffington Post – Watch As A Robot Solves A Rubik’s Cube In Just 1.019 Seconds
  • Clearly, they’ve never played Fizzbin.: LiveScience – Artificial Intelligence Beats ‘Most Complex Game Devised by Humans’
  • The laws aren’t for the robots, but their owners.: The UK Mirror – Robots could soon read your mind – and there are no laws against it
  • Shouldn’t we ask the autonomous weapons?: The Monitor Daily – It is Time We Considered a Ban on Autonomous Weapons
• Soft AI:
  • Everything is easier when you eliminate it.: The Atlantic – Consciousness Is Not Mysterious
  • Are molecules more than they appear to be?: The Telegraph UK – Are we more than molecules?
  • It really speaks more to the level of discourse than power of AI, however..: Gizmodo – A New AI Can Write Convincing Political Speeches
  • When is knowing too much a problem?: New Scientist – Artificial intelligence could make lawyers more risk averse
  • Unfortunately, they can’t rely on human judgement standards, like “gut instinct” and “makes me feel happy”..: New Scientist – AI, AI on the wall. Who’s the fairest of them all?
• Little Space:
  • (EXTRA) The entirety of humanity would be less than a year old..: The UK Express – Largest solar system discovered with planet taking 1million Earth years to orbit its star
  • (EXTRA) In the time before time, what time was it?: International Business Times – Time flies when you’re a subatomic particle — new quantum mechanics turns spacetime on its head
  • (EXTRA) Are you certain?: International Business Times – Teleportation of bacteria’s memories made possible by Schrödinger and his cat
• These Are The Rules (?):
  • (EXTRA) Because they already stole the rest of the ingredients?: MNN – Why are thieves stealing cheese?
  • (EXTRA) Was this meant to discourage “home burial services”?: Fox News – In advance of big storm, New Jersey lifts licensing laws for shoveling snow
  • (EXTRA) Welcome to our country. Let’s make your feel at home by denying our own art.: The Local Italy – Rome’s nude statues covered to spare Rouhani’s blushes
  • (EXTRA) I’m sure if he had to ask, they couldn’t afford it..: The Local Italy – Rouhani ‘didn’t ask for nude statues to be covered up’
• Extras:
  • (EXTRA) Generally it says “I attended this university”..: The UK Daily Mail – What does YOUR degree say about you? Law students tend to be selfish while science graduates are party animals
  • (EXTRA) For the same reason: don’t eat ANYTHING that might have been outdoors. EVER.: Alaska Dispatch/The Washington Post – Snow is beautiful. Please don’t eat it.
  • (EXTRA) Or at least one is. Once.: RocketNews24 – New development out of Asia: Cats are being used as hair styling tools (Video)

Podcast: Play in new window | Download