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I, chatbot: How ‘human’ should chatbots be?

Futurum

Published: Love them or hate them, chatbots are having an increasing role in the technological space, now that artificial intelligence has developed to a stage where they can be genuinely useful in fields such as healthcare, defence and finance. TALK LIKE A COMPUTER SCIENTIST.

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Creating software that works for everyone

Futurum

John agrees that combining studies in computing with science, social science or business courses will not only give you a broader education but will allow you to apply your software engineering skills in a wider range of applications (e.g., finance, manufacturing, agriculture, etc.). •

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Can AI Solve Science?

Stephen Wolfram

Beyond the “Exact Sciences” In areas like the physical sciences we’re used to the idea of being able to develop broad theories that can do things like make quantitative predictions. So might AI change that?

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Will AIs Take All Our Jobs and End Human History—or Not? Well, It’s Complicated…

Stephen Wolfram

We’ll be able to say some things—though perhaps in ways that are closer to psychology or social science than to traditional exact science. And this happens not only in areas like agriculture and mining, but also for example in finance (fewer clerks and bank tellers), as well as in sales and retail (online shopping).

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Remembering the Improbable Life of Ed Fredkin (1934–2023) and His World of Ideas and Stories

Stephen Wolfram

In 1956 McCarthy had been one of the organizers of the conference that coined the term “artificial intelligence”, and in 1958 McCarthy began the development of LISP (which was based on linked lists ). Ed remained friends with McCarthy for the rest of McCarthy’s life, and involved him in many of his endeavors.