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BBC Click looks at whether AI could ever create an artistic masterpiece.
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Creating sensitive and astute machines comes with a plethora of ethical considerations.
An active and passionate community of over 2,500 people spread across 62 countries have rallied around the open source platform.
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Machover, known for his use of new technologies to expand music, was moved by Schoenberg’s commitment to maintain his artistic integrity.
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Simple, scalable wireless system uses the RFID tags on billions of products to sense contamination.
Sohan Dsouza speaks on the topic of moral machines.
"Food computers" can tell us everything we need to know about what we grow and eat.
Researchers live-stream data in Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary with the hopes of better understanding wildlife restoration techniques.
Complex biological systems such as brain circuits are extended 3-D structures made out of nanoscale building blocks such as proteins, RNA...
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