Apple and Amazon’s moves in health signal a coming transformation
THE past decade has seen the smartphone become a portal for managing daily life. Consumers use their pocket computers to bank, buy and befriend.
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A revolution in health care is coming
NO WONDER they are called “patients”. When people enter the health-care systems of rich countries, they know what they will get: prodding doctors, endless tests, baffling jargon, rising costs and long waits.
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Amazon Alexa and Google Home fall short of real conversation
Talking to a computer can feel liberating — as anyone who received an Amazon Alexa or Google Home device for Christmas can attest — but only until you ask the wrong question and the machine plays dumb.
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3D vision and AI are about to solve the biggest problem in construction | ZDNet
Construction is one of the largest industries in the world, accounting for $10 trillion annually, about 13 percent of global GDP.
But while productivity in adjacent industries like petroleum and mining has skyrocketed with the advent of new technologies, productivity in the construction sector has remained flat.
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Are programs better than people at predicting reoffending?
IN AMERICA, computers have been used to assist bail and sentencing decisions for years.
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Artificial intelligence dominated the Consumer Electronics Show
WHEN the electronics industry meets in Las Vegas at CES, its main trade show, buzzwords abound. But rarely has one been as pervasive as this week.
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Sometimes, computer programs seem too human for their own good
DIGITAL assistants such as Siri and Cortana are increasingly common on phones and computers. Most are designed to give their users the impression that a humanlike intelligence lies behind the program’s friendly voice.
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As Artificial Intelligence Advances, Here Are Five Tough Projects for 2018
FOR ALL THE hype about killer robots, 2017 saw some notable strides in artificial intelligence. A bot called Libratus out-bluffed poker kingpins, for example.
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Health Care Is Hemorrhaging Data. AI Is Here to Help
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE USED to mean something. Now, everything has AI. That app that delivers you late-night egg rolls? AI.
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How soon will computers replace The Economist’s writers?
THE machines are coming. A much-cited study in 2013 concluded that half of American jobs were at risk in the coming decades. Writers are not immune.
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Tech’s leaps, limps and likes: The 7 trends that defined 2017 | ZDNet
With 2017 almost in the record books, it’s worth a review of the main topics as well as what we learned from them.
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