AI inventors; “Affectivism” and the problem with Virtual Reality
Future Tense
English - August 22, 2021 02:30 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsPersonal Journals Society & Culture News Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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An Australian court has given inventor status to a piece of Artificial Intelligence. It’s big news in the tech sector, but does it have real world significance? Also, a new research discipline called "Affectivism" – what is it and how will it influence our understanding of human behaviour? And why one New York researcher has labelled Virtual Reality the “rich white kid with famous parents” who “never stops failing upward”.