I'm really curious about where Musk is getting these ideas from. It certainly couldn't have been from anybody in the industry.

It would also help if investors had a clue instead of just giving money to the guy in a flashy suit that screams buzzwords at them.

I'm not getting this either. People keep blaming Javascript, but we are talking about native IOS here, so it's either Swift or Objective-C. And it's not like they're going to have a bunch of graphics and video in the package, other than logos, backgrounds, etc. All that stuff would presumably be stored on a CMS. So what is all this bulk? Awfully fishy. Too bad it isn't Android we're talking about, or we could just decompile the APK and take a looksee.

They've stolen the term AI. Just let it go man. You'll get less stress headaches that way.

The right side of the hippocampus is the part of the brain that makes you a square.

Done properly, this could be used as a way to prevent profiling. An algo can only make decisions based on the data provided to it. If race isn't provided as an input, it won't affect the decision. Humans can't make the same claim, as prejudices can sneak into our decisions unconsciously.

Ya, the judges for these things are usually suits so it's pretty easy to pull the wool over their eyes. Three years ago all you had to do was use the term "Neural Network" for an instant win. These days, it's writing a quick Oculus app. The sad thing is, it makes it almost impossible to win these things honestly. In order to win, a competitor needs to make some grandiose claims that they'd never be able to back up. Otherwise they'll just get beat out by the teams focusing on smoke and mirrors.

Hey Aaron Carroll is the guy from the Healthcare Triage Youtube channel. Great channel.

Another family seduced into evil by the charismatic Ali Ababwa. Someday we will bring that monster to justice.

Why would lawyers get involved? Oh right, because you're talking about straight up murdering people.

Totally agree, why does it always have to be fake meat? I generally don't like foods with "fake" in the name.

I do like that they are trying to make a new vegetarian protein source though. Lentils can get pretty tired.

There is a Toronto startup making a programming oriented girl's toy called Linkitz. I think it's a really cool toy.
They are geared towards socializing, because it turns out girls like that sort of thing.
I think this is a good example of an effective way to stimulate STEM interest in young girls. The toys aren't necessarily pink and "girly", and they aren't reinforcing gender stereotypes. Instead they have done research on what kind of toys young girls like to play with, and built on that. They've ended up with a toy that is designed with girls in mind, but it wouldn't seem unusual to see a boy using one.

Your post made me curious enough to read the article to hear some of the things Elonis said. Here's my favorite:

What a charming man.

It's a literacy exam, so maybe having an AI grade the papers won't be so bad? I mean, if all the AI is doing is checking grammar and sentence structure and the like, then that seems doable. By the fact that they used the term "cognitive computing" I assume they are planning on using Watson, who should be good enough to get the job done. Better than having a human do it anyway.

As anybody who's used an Occulus will tell you, even slight differences between vision and head movement can cause a lot of nausea. So imagine what using this device is going to be like, where you not only have to deal with a slight lag, but also a delay based off the movement of the robot's head. I strongly suspect that nobody will be able to use this device for more than a couple minutes.