Pundits are already speculating that the fatal crash by Uber’s autonomous taxi will set the driverless car industry back decades. As the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) deconstructs the accident to report on the technological breakdown, it is clear that the redundant systems failed – from the safety driver’s ability to react in time to…
Biased data the real danger of AI
Robot Lightsabers duel light vs dark side at @Universal_Robot #SXSW show floor. Is there a robot with a lightsaber yet in Star Wars? Grievous doesn't count pic.twitter.com/lIihUJ5gpR — Digital LA (@DigitalLA) March 13, 2018 As Mark Hamill humorously shared the behind-the-scenes of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” with a packed SXSW audience, two floors below…
Regulatory challenges holding back healthcare AI
It was the last question of the night, and it hushed the entire room. An entrepreneur expressed his aggravation about the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) antiquated regulatory environment for AI-enabled devices to Dr. Joel Stein of Columbia University. Stein, a leader in rehabilitative robotic medicine, sympathized with the startup, knowing that tomorrow’s exoskeletons…