Gigaom AI Minute – June 8

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The future of AI, AI summer school, facial recognition diagnosing animal pain, and robotic fish are making news in today’s AI Minute.

Transcript

  • Oxford University’s Future of Humanity Institute recently asked more than 300 machine learning experts about AI’s ability to surpass humans in certain tasks. Based on survey responses, researchers predicted machines will surpass humans at translating languages by 2024, will write better high-school essays by 2026, and excel over humans in retail by 2031. Read more.
  • An International Summer school in Pisa, Italy, is educating students about the legal, ethical and economic aspects of working in AI and robotic product design. The program titled “The Regulation of Robotics in Europe: Legal, Ethical and Economic Implications” will resume this July for the second year. Read more.
  • Four-legged facial recognition may soon improve the lives of many animals. A team of Cambridge researchers is using AI to successfully diagnose pain in sheep. Using five different facial expressions, the AI can also estimate the severity of a sheep’s discomfort. This could revolutionize veterinary diagnosis and care, and may one day be used to determine mistreatment of animals. Read more.
  • University researchers in Madrid, Spain, and Florence, Italy are developing a bio-inspired robotic fish able to detect the pH of water. Using biosensors to monitor water quality of aquaculture systems, the robots are designed to mimic swimming with the goal of avoiding physiological stress on fish while protecting them from disease. Read more.
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