Do you know people over 60? Call them and tell them there are people making 6 figures playing games on the internet and talking to people they can’t even see. Now, look at their response. Is it disbelief? Laughter? Are they asking you “how” and “why” questions? For people older than the “digital generations”, working means going to the office, factory, or harbor for example, and working 8–12 hour shift. Working has a certain image and it surely doesn’t contain playing games online, chatting on some amateur radio (podcast), and creating short videos for millions of people. …
It’s rumored that between 618 and 907 AD — The period of the Tang Dynasty — the first printing of books started. Although the spoken language is much older, reading has “always” been an important part of how we share knowledge and absorb new information.
In an age of endless digital information, we can feel overwhelmed and actually learn less from the information overload we get on a daily basis. That’s why I personally committed to reading physical books on a daily basis and with the sole purpose of learning.
I have found ways to read more books even during…
If you’re reading this, I’m just going to assume you’re a human being. You can be recognized by many external features, such as your 10 fingers, the fact you walk — and stand up — straight and your general shape and posture. However, that’s just what you look like. Do you actually know how to BE a human and do you know that we aren’t always (or actually, hardly) being the best humans we can be? Let me tell you this: we have forgotten what it’s like to actually be human.
We’re humans, we love making things easier
Technology is probably one of the most important things…
Dear leaders, ministers, policymakers,
We are living in complicated and somewhat uncertain times during this COVID19-pandemic. It’s very understandable that you are looking for technological solutions to a — literally — ever-growing problem of the spread of the Coronavirus. However, through this open letter, I wish to address all who are involved in the making and/or approving of the various “Corona-apps” that are being developed to monitor, control and terminate the spread of the Coronavirus.
Although I am all for finding quick solutions to problems, especially with the aid of technology, I do fear that we could fall victim to…
Baby’s use older people as their main point of reference to understand the world. Whether it’s a parent, a random adult or a child that’s just a couple years older: everybody is a reference. The more time a baby spends with a specific person, the more it will see him or her as their example. They will copy them too. Baby’s will mimic their reference’s behavior, but also their vocabulary and ultimately their thoughts. A baby doesn't have any references other than the ones that are around him or her the most. …
When you think of Artificial Intelligence, you might think of Siri, Google Home or the mysterious Facebook Algorithm. All of them serve a certain purpose in their own niche. They are still seen as forms of Narrow AI, something I wrote about in a previous article and are — in most cases — mere tools or gadgets for us. However, when talking about Artificial Intelligence, you might also think of your job and how AI will affect it. …
How AI changes the way we use information.
Back in the early days of the industrial revolution, being able to craft and execute physical labor was key to earning money for most people. Working 8-hour shifts in factories, working construction or — if you were lucky and able to afford it — study for a job that required more brainpower than muscle power. With the rise of machines, more and more hard physical labor was done by early-stage robots. Assembling cars or lifting heavy objects was taken over by machines and we slowly went into a more knowledge-based economy. …
You know how some people are called having “book smarts” while others refer to one's knowledge as “street smarts”? It refers to where people get their specific knowledge from and for what purpose they use it. People having street smarts generally learned from practice and doing the work in the field, while the book smart people got theirs from gathering theoretical information. There are different types of “smart” in people, it just depends on how you learn best and what you wish to use it for.
Weak AI vs. Artificial General Intelligence
Personally I find the term “weak AI” a little condescending. It suggests that it’s…
(Or any other form of technology for that matter)
“Just because we can, doesn’t mean we should” could be something to keep in mind when it comes to innovating with technology. The arrival of The Internet has 10x’d the speed of innovation and allows us to pretty much create anything we can think of. Artificial Intelligence is a great example of a space in which we can build whatever we like and then some, but should we?
As ethical as its developer
Ethics (noun): moral principles that govern a person’s behavior or the conducting of an activity. ( “many scientists question the ethics of cruel experiments”)
We, humans, have something called “a moral compass”…
If you were to compare A.I. to either a big computer filled with answers or a newborn baby, the latter would be way more comparable.
You see, AI (Artificial Intelligence) is just as its name makes you suspect….intelligence, but artificial. But instead of “it” already being super intelligent, it’s actually pretty darn stupid on itself. The only thing that makes it smart or intelligent is the fact that, once it’s fed with the right information, there is potentially no stopping it.
You don’t code it, you train it
Artificial Intelligence is not a being in itself. It’s the intelligence we can assign to a machine or other…
