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Don’t Fear Artificial General Intelligence

People worry that AI will progress to the point where evil robots gain artificial general intelligence and take over the world. Don’t…

9 min readNov 13, 2020

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Don’t fear artificial general intelligence

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Towards Data Science

12 Twitter Sentiment Analysis Algorithms Compared

12 sentiment analysis algorithms were compared on the accuracy of tweet classification. The fasText deep learning system was the winner.

7 min readJan 31, 2021

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12 Twitter Sentiment Analysis Algorithms Compared

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Towards AI

Will Self-Driving Cars Really Reduce Accidents?

Many people assume self-driving cars will be safer than human drivers. This assumption may be both wrong and dangerous.

6 min readJan 31, 2021

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Will Self-Driving Cars Really Reduce Accidents?

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Digital Diplomacy

Level 3 Self-Driving is a Really Bad Idea

Many of today’s consumer vehicles have Level 2 self-driving capabilities. This means that the car will automatically stay in the correct…

3 min readJan 29, 2021

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Level 3 Self-Driving is a Really Bad Idea

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Steve Shwartz

Big Brother Is Watching You With Facial Recognition AI

AI facial recognition is being used for surveillance by governments and law enforcement. The result may be a 1984-style Big Brother…

6 min readDec 14, 2020

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Big Brother Is Watching You With Facial Recognition AI

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Steve Shwartz

AI and Cybersecurity: Friend or Foe?

Imagine the damage an intelligent virus could inflict. It would arrive at the network perimeter. Or worse, it would penetrate your…

3 min readDec 9, 2020

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AI and Cybersecurity: Friend or Foe?

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Steve Shwartz

Driverless Cars Are Coming to an Area Near You and You Should Be Worried

State and local governments are starting to permit testing of driverless cars. This will likely result in accidents and traffic jams.

8 min readDec 7, 2020

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Driverless Cars Are Coming to an Area Near You and You Should Be Worried

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Steve Shwartz

AI Meets Natural Stupidity Revisited

Yale Professor Drew McDermott criticized AI researchers in 1976 for using terminology that over-hyped AI. His comments are still…

3 min readDec 2, 2020

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AI Meets Natural Stupidity Revisited

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Towards Data Science

Why You Can’t Have a Real Conversation With Your Chatbot

Personal assistants like Siri and Alexa can only provide canned responses to pre-programmed inputs and lack a human-like understanding of…

6 min readNov 27, 2020

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Why You Can’t Have a Real Conversation With Your Chatbot

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Steve Shwartz

Don’t fear The Terminator…Four myths about AI in Industry

Many people are worried about artificial intelligence taking over the world. A recent study found that 60% of the people in the UK fear AI…

4 min readNov 25, 2020

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Don’t fear The Terminator…Four myths about AI in Industry

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Steve Shwartz

Steve Shwartz

Author of “Evil Robots, Killer Computers, and Other Myths: The Truth About AI and the Future of Humanity” published Feb 9, 2021 by Fast Company Press.

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