7 HRS AGO - Algorithmic bias can be fixed more easily than the prejudices of people – so why do we still have a problem with it?One of the things that really annoys AI researchers is how supposedly “intelligent” machines are judged by much higher standards than are humans. Take self-driving cars, they say. So far they’ve driven millions of miles with very few accidents, a tiny number of them fatal. Yet whenever an autonomous vehicle kills someone there’s a huge hoo-ha, while every year in the US nearly 40,000 people die in crashes involving conventional vehicles.Likewise, the AI evangelists complain, everybody and his dog (this columnist included) is up in arms about algorithmic bias: the way in which automated decision-making systems embody the racial, gender and other prejudices implicit in the data sets on which they were trained. And yet society is apparently content to endure the astonishing irrationality and capriciousness of much human decision-making. Continue reading... Collapse

1 DAY AGO - Hackers are using two-way talk function to wake people up in the middle of the night and watch unsuspecting childrenHackers are tapping in to cameras intended for home security, talking to children through the devices and even dropping racist remarks, according to multiple news reports. The intended purpose of a two-way talk function on the devices is to allow parents to check in on their children. But hackers are using them to wake people up in the middle of the night, and watch unsuspecting children.Each time I've watched this video it's given me chills. A Desoto County mother shared this Ring video with me. Four days after the camera was installed in her daughters' room she says someone hacked the camera & began talking to her 8-year-old daughter.More at 6 on #WMC5 pic.twitter.com/77xCekCnB0 Continue reading... Collapse

1 DAY AGO - Technically worms, the garish looking animals were exposed on the sand after powerful winter storms hit the west coast of the US. Collapse

1 DAY AGO - The adorable Baby Yoda character has been added to The Sims 4 as a statue for players to buy and put in their virtual garden Collapse

1 DAY AGO - The issue appears to be in WhatsApp beta version 2.19.364 for Android, and causes the app to crash when users type reply messages Collapse

1 DAY AGO - Players of the popular online shooter will be able to lay down their weapons and watch exclusive footageThe next trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will not be shown in the cinema or on TV – it will be in Fortnite.At the Game awards in Los Angeles on Thursday night, director JJ Abrams announced that exclusive footage from the film will be revealed live within the game on Saturday evening. Anyone playing the popular battle-royale shooter at that time will be able to head to the Risky Reels area of the map and watch on a large screen. Star Wars-themed outfits, gliders, pickaxes and emotes have been launched into the game’s item shop. Continue reading... Collapse