Researchers have created an AI universal translator for pigs
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Animal noises are just another language, so researchers are now using AI to create the equivalent of a Doctor Doolittle app that can understand it. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech...
Google just built a record breaking 1.6 Trillion parameter AI language model
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The theory goes that the larger the AI language model the better that AI will be at translating languages and holding natural human-like conversations. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Parameters are...
Cyborg locusts get called up to sniff out bombs after scientists make breakthrough
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Being able to control and read the minds of animals and insects used to be sci fi, now it’s real … and proving useful. Interested in the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from our XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. A...
Google DeepMind’s AI helps researchers translate ancient languages
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF While AI is being used to help translate modern day languages from one to another, it’s now getting to the point where we can see true universal translators emerging. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is...
Universal translators edge closer after Google Assistant gets “Interpreter Mode”
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF One of society’s greatest challenges is the ability to simply talk with one another, but universal translators are getting closer to solving that issue. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. As Artificial Intelligence (AI) gets increasingly skilled in translating...
Microsoft has a wild hologram that translates HoloLens keynotes into Japanese
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The combination of universal translators and holograms opens up a whole new world of communication for us all as Microsoft demonstrates Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Recently I had the pleasure of working on Microsoft’s annual Artificial...
Doctor Dolittle researchers use AI to decode mice chatter
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Using AI to translate human languages is nothing new, but now we’re using the technology to help us decipher animal languages. Dolphins are getting in on the act, and now so are mice – having their language translated into something humans can understand using...
Skype can now translate ten languages in real time
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Over the past five decades the world has got immeasurably smaller but language is still a barrier, but that’s all beginning to change. Yes, it’s a small world. Or so we’re told. The advent of the telephone and the internet made distance irrelevant and...
By 2021 this AI could help us talk to dolphins
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Artificial intelligence can already translate hundreds of languages but now we might be seeing the first signs of the creation of the world’s first Universal Translator. We’ve been using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help us develop facial recognition systems that we can use on...
Google Translate has made up its own secret language
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Not being able to speak other languages divides us, and it prevents us and the machines from understanding each other and the content we all generate. By breaking down communication barriers we are opening ourselves up to a new world of data and possibilities. ...
DeepMinds AI based WaveNet tech makes computers sound human
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Allowing people to converse with machines is a long standing dream of human computer interaction, now it’s a lot closer. Is that the President of the United States you’re talking to!? No, it’s WaveNet. Computer systems that sound like the real deal are edging...
