Levi’s announced a partnership with Lalaland to use Artificial Intelligence generated characters for their ads (watch the clip). The announcement generated widespread concerns that yet another industry segment was using AI to replace human jobs. Levi’s responded clarifying that they are planning to use synthetic characters to augment their capability …
Read More »What’s most scaring: a dentist or a robot-dentist?
It shouldn’t come as a surprise. We have had robo-surgeons for some years now, with thousands of surgery performed and a track record that beats the one of human surgeons. So why not robo-dentists? In Xi’an, China, a robo dentist performed the implant of two teeth on a (very …
Read More »Popeye has found a competitor…
When I was a kid, and no Playstations nor Tablets were around, reading cartoons was a nice way to spend the time and I remember the powerful muscles of Popeye, made even stronger by eating spinach. I am not sure if eating spinach helps at all but at least that …
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