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Narrative automation

Design, Visualization,

This one comes via the PhD. Design list, courtesy of Don Norman, Narrative Science, corporate style. Give us your big data and we will churn out a story for you, using Quill narrative automation software.

“While advances in data visualization and data science are helpful, they don’t take us the last mile. Data visualizations are often complex, requiring expert-level analysis and explanation. Quill immediately adds value to data by identifying the most relevant information and relaying it through professional, conversational language. The result? Intelligent narratives that efficiently communicate the insights buried in Big Data that people can comprehend, act on and trust.”

All available at Narrative Science…

Artificial intelligence can pose a threat to human life

Design, General,

‘Tsukumogami’ is a term that the Japanese have used to refer to objects that, after having existed for more than 100 years, come to life. I myself have always been a bit wary of this type of situation involving the crossing of boundaries between the artificial and the so-called biological realm. Though more and more it is the case that our reality is in fact becoming one of hybridity, as the use of prostheses to improve and lengthen our existence proliferate.

Most recently it has made the news how ‘braniacs’ of the type like Bill Gates and Stephen Hawking seem to agree that, after a few decades, Artificial Intelligence (AI) might pose a threat to human society. See: http://www.bbc.com/news/31047780.
They think that:

[in the] possibility that AI could evolve to the point that it was beyond human control. Prof Hawking said he felt that machines with AI could “spell the end of the human race”.