Bill Gates Sounds the Alarm on AI and the Billion Death Warning
Artificial intelligence has been hailed as one of the most transformative technologies of the modern era, but Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is warning that its darker possibilities deserve serious attention before the technology advances even further. During an appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press, Gates raised the possibility of an AI-enabled catastrophe on an extraordinary scale, saying advanced artificial intelligence could be powerful enough to contribute to events resulting in a billion deaths if combined with malicious intent. The warning wasn’t that AI itself is destined to cause such a disaster. Instead, Gates focused on what could happen when...
COVID-19 Is Changing The Recycling Industry
Bella Breakdown The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is creating a shift in all industries, including recycling. More recycling facilities are utilizing robots to substitutes for human workers that are at risk of handing items possibly contaminated by COVID-19. One company is renting AI-enhanced robots to sort through trash to find items that need to be recycled. The founder and CEO of AMP Robotics, Matanya Horowitz, is developing more robotic systems to solve issues within the recycling industry. Horowitz goes into detail about the issues with robots being present in the recycling industry because every piece of material is different, making...
