IT links (1.4. - 7.4.2019)

• Comprehensive list of new JDK 12 features
• And even Alibaba started to offer its own Java distribution
• Some Stream API bugs still affecting JDK 8 and JDK 9 versions
• Spring 5.0.x is at the end of life now, time to upgrade
• Pros and cons of two TDD approaches

AI, ML, Robots and Brains (25.3. - 31.3.2019)

Society

Canadian researchers who taught AI to learn like humans win $1M Turing Award

He Helped Create A.I. Now, He Worries About ‘Killer Robots.’

An AI startup has found a new source of cheap labor for training algorithms: prisoners

Tech companies must anticipate the looming risks as AI gets creative

How artificial intelligence is helping farmers and babies in the developing world

AI researchers must confront “missed opportunities” to achieve social good

Why AI researchers should reconsider protesting involvement in military projects

Google appoints an “AI council” to head off controversy, but it proves controversial

Who’s going to regulate AI? It might be you.

How malevolent machine learning could derail AI

Google's AI work in China spurs CEO sitdown with Pentagon brass

No AI in humor: R2-D2 walks into a bar, doesn’t get the joke

Artificial Intelligence v/s Humans: Why the Slave could soon become the Master

In 'Killer Robots' debate, Japan shuns fully automated arms

Deepfakes are solvable—but don’t forget that “shallowfakes” are already pervasive

The ethics of artificial intelligence: Teaching computers to be good people

Algorithms

Two new planets discovered using artificial intelligence

How machine learning is accelerating last-mile, and last-meter, delivery

A Neural Model to Learn Language Closer to How Humans Do

Team led by Stanford and MIT predicts the useful life of batteries with data and AI 

Machine learning reveals rapid material classification

Biophysicists use machine learning to understand, predict dynamics of worm behavior

Health

New drugs are too expensive. Can AI can fix that?

Artificial intelligence identifies key patterns from video footage of infant movements

What's in this plant? The best automated system for finding potential drugs

Artificial intelligence can predict premature death, study finds

Artificial intelligence can improve X-ray identification of pacemakers in emergencies

Hardware

The next AI explosion will be defined by the chips we build for it

A rubber computer eliminates the last hard components from soft robots

Robots

Watching Boston Dynamics’ new robot stack boxes is weirdly mesmerizing

A robot apple-picker is now harvesting fruit in New Zealand orchards

Robots won’t make it into our houses until they get common sense

Alexa needs a robot body to escape the confines of today's AI

Autonomous weed control via smart robots

Cars

How to make self-driving cars safer on roads

How Lumotive will put metamaterials in self-driving cars, with Bill Gates’ backing

New, more realistic simulator will improve self-driving vehicle safety before road testing

Stanford autonomous car learns to handle unknown conditions

Brains

Researchers discover the connection that enables bilateral visual coordination in mammals

Measurement of thoughts during knowledge acquisition

How the brain 'mentalizes' cooperation

Quick thinking? It's all down to timing

Sound sense: Brain 'listens' for distinctive features in sounds

Mind melding: Understanding the connected, social brain

People 'hear' flashes due to disinhibited flow of signals around the brain, suggests study

Untangling the brain's life-support network

'Free lunch' warps inner spatial map in rat brains and, by implication, human brains

Kids store 1.5 megabytes of information to master their native language

IT links (25.3. - 31.3.2019)

Oracle revealed in a presentation on 21st March that future Java development will focus on improving language and runtime support for big data, machine learning, and cloud-native workloads.

Couple of days ago (19th March) JDK 12 was released.

This release contains (in preview mode) for example really nice simplification of switch statements - switch expressions.

This reminds me one simple lightweight web framework that I discovered recently, Javalin. Look at simple Hello World example:

Javalin app = Javalin.create()

  .port(7000)

  .start();

app.get("/hello", ctx -> ctx.html("Hello, Javalin!"));

The server starts at port 7000 and call to "/hello" returns the message.

But I am missing raw String literals from recent Java release, hopefully they will be included in JDK 13.

Anyway, there is a nice approach how to deal with long Strings, simply with String.join call:

String.join(System.getProperty("line.separator"),

       "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.",

       "Nullam at arcu a est sollicitudin euismod.",

       "Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra.");

And more interesting things are to come - one really interesting improvement, that could be included in JDK 13 release, are better default messages for the most common Java exception, NullPointerException.

Spring Framework celebrated the 15th anniversary of its first release on 25th March. 

27th March - IntelliJ IDEA 2019.1 was released. Adds functionality like Themes customization (I am so far happy with my Darcula theme), and support for already mentioned switch expressions.

Another for me interesting functionality is for example improved Maven Diagrams for dependencies check and ability to cherry-pick only some of the files right from the VCS log.

AI, ML, Robots and Brains (4.3. - 10.3.2019)

Society

Can machines be more creative than humans?
Robots Conquered Stock Markets. Now They’re Coming for Bonds and Currencies
China’s Huawei has big ambitions to weaken the US grip on AI leadership
China’s masses of data give it an edge in AI—but they may not forever
The out-there AI ideas designed to keep the US ahead of China
About 40% of Europe’s “AI companies” don’t use any AI at all

Health

Scientists trained an AI to identify lung cancer, and now it’s as smart as a pathologist
These Researchers Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Make a Better Flu Vaccine

Cars

Autonomous car testing plan aims to boost public confidence
A chaotic market for one sensor stalls self-driving cars
Road upgrades to help humans drive alongside automated cars

Algorithms

Now any business can access the same type of AI that powered AlphaGo
AI Could Help You Identify Civil War Vets in Your Family Tree
These Cameras Can Spot Shoplifters Even Before They Steal
Machine learning used to quickly analyze key capacitor materials

Brain

Proofs of parallel evolution between cognition, tool development, and social complexity

AI, ML, Robotics Tracker (21.1. - 27.1.2019)

Society

AI is sending people to jail—and getting it wrong
Biased algorithms: here's a more radical approach to creating fairness
Building ethically aligned AI
To protect us from the risks of advanced artificial intelligence, we need to act now
A Game-Changer?: The U.S. Navy Wants Robotic Warships
A.I. Demilitarisation Won’t Happen
Microsoft Seeks to Restrict Abuse of its Facial Recognition AI
Researchers say Amazon face-detection technology shows bias
Three charts show how China’s AI industry is propped up by three companies
$3 Billion Google-Backed AI Unicorn UiPath Set to Achieve Revenue Growth of 5614%
'AI' to hit hardest in U.S. heartland and among less-skilled: study
How AI is changing knowledge work: MIT’s Thomas Malone
We analyzed 16,625 papers to figure out where AI is headed next

Cars, Mobility

Uber Is Open to Outside Investment Into Self-Driving Car Unit
Waymo says it will build self-driving cars in Michigan
Apple self-driving car layoffs are a nod to reality
Crowdsourced maps should help driverless cars navigate our cities more safely
Boeing’s electric autonomous passenger air vehicle just had its first flight
Self-driving cars: why we can't expect them to be 'moral'

Robots

The robot AI dog that will keep an eye on children and the elderly
Starship officially releases 25 autonomous delivery robots into the wild
Meet Amazon Scout, a delivery robot with a human chaperone (for now)
Interactive control to guide industrial robots
One year into the mission, autonomous ocean robots set a record in survey of Antarctic ice shelf
Why NVIDIA Is Doubling Down on Home Robotics

Algorithms

An algorithm that mimics our tribal instincts could help AI learn to socialize
Erosion in wind turbine blades solved with the help of artificial intelligence
Machine learning in action for the humanitarian sector
New technology for machine translation now available
Researcher using computer vision, machine learning to ensure the integrity of integrated circuits
AI tested at Heathrow could prevent plane delays in bad weather
Information theory holds surprises for machine learning
Physicists use supercomputers and AI to create the most accurate model yet of black hole mergers
DeepMind’s new AI just beat top human pro-gamers at Starcraft II for the first time
Identifying artificial intelligence 'blind spots'
AI Scholar: Chatbots that improve after deployment
Machine Learning Security

Health

Can artificial intelligence help doctors and patients have better conversations?
Artificial intelligence can dramatically cut time needed to process abnormal chest X-rays

AI, ML, Robotics Tracker (14.1. - 20.1.2019)

Health

Machine learning could reduce testing, improve treatment for intensive care patients
New AI can detect urinary tract infections
Artificial intelligence applied to the genome identifies an unknown human ancestor

Robots

Researchers use robot to recreate movement of 290-million-old creature that existed before dinosaurs

A robot dog has learned to run faster with machine learning
Grocery robots detect spills - with some far-off human help
Algorithm gives robots an instinctive understanding of how to use tools

Hardware

Virtual reality haptic “smart suit” uses AI with biometrics to simulate real-world environments

Algorithms

Numenta publishes breakthrough theory for intelligence and cortical computation
The technique that taught AI to play Go still can’t teach a car to drive
Measuring AI's ability to learn is difficult
Curse of Dimensionality
Automated machine learning: Using AI to build better AI
Where is George? Ask this software to look at the crowd

Society

Will talking to AI voice assistants re-engineer our human conversations?
'Ambidextrous' robots could dramatically speed e-commerce
AI can help retailers understand the consumer
AI-controlled checks to boost security and speed up traffic at EU borders
The threats of artificial intelligence

AI, ML, Robotics Tracker (7.1. - 13.1.2019)

Health

Mayo study uses AI to create inexpensive, widely available early detector of heart disease

Saving sight: Using AI to diagnose diabetic eye disease

Artificial intelligence detects the presence of viruses

Artificial neural networks make life easier for hearing aid users

AI approach outperformed human experts in identifying cervical precancer

Scientists harness machine learning to uncover new insights into the human brain

Robots

Breadmaking robot startup eyes fresh connections

New robot can sense plankton optically and acoustically

Autonomous robot that interacts with humans using natural language and vision processing

This robot delivery dog can bring your parcel right to your doorstep

Algorithms

Can artificial intelligence tell a polar bear from a can opener?

You can now help IBM’s debating AI come up with its speeches

Using machine learning for the early detection of anomalies helps to avoid damage

A neural network can learn to organize the world it sees into concepts—just like we do

Cars

Daimler to sell truck that can brake, accelerate and steer on its own

Baidu launches autonomous driving platform that can park cars itself

NVIDIA introduces new autonomous vehicle self-localisation system

Hardware

Cheaper AI for everyone is the promise with Intel and Facebook’s new chip

Quantum computer: We're planning to create one that acts like a brain

Society

Why we want to build a machine that can predict a person's attractiveness

Very risky business: The pros and cons of insurance companies embracing artificial intelligence

VCs Plowed a Record $9.3 Billion Into AI Startups Last Year

Artificial Intelligence Is Powerful—And Misunderstood. Here's How We Can Protect Workers

5 Ways Artificial Intelligence and Chatbots Are Changing Education

U.S. Military Trusted More Than Google, Facebook to Develop AI

AI, ML, Robotics Tracker (31.12.2018 - 6.1.2019)

Health

AI predicts cancer patients' symptoms

Algorithms

Finally, a Neural Network Can Turn a Bunch of Sheep Into Some Decent Giraffes

Scientists use AI neural network to translate speech from brain activity

Video: Artificial intelligence putting an end to poaching

Machine learning and quantum mechanics team up to understand water at the atomic level

What did the mice say? DeepSqueak uses AI to translate ultrasonic vocalizations

Is Deep Learning Already Hitting its Limitations?

Artificial Intelligence Demystified

Artificial Intelligence is an Engineering Problem, Not Magic!

Society

Emotion-reading tech fails the racial bias test

Artificial intelligence advances threaten privacy of health data

To save us from a Kafkaesque future, we must democratise AI

Cars

GM and DoorDash to deliver food with self-driving cars

Robots

Snackbot: College Campus Is First to Test PepsiCo’s Snack Robot

UK invests in micro-robots which could make roadworks a thing of the past

Meals on wheels: Segway's driverless robot can deliver food straight to your desk

AI, ML, Robotics Tracker (24.12. - 30.12.2018)

Algorithms

Deep learning turns mono recordings into immersive sound
One Giant Step for a Chess-Playing Machine
Deep learning for electron microscopy
Comparison of the Top Speech Processing APIs
A Guide to Decision Trees for Machine Learning and Data Science
Machine Learning Algorithms: 4 Types You Should Know
The Essence of Machine Learning

Health

Understanding metabolic processes through machine learning

Society

AI, robotics, automation: The fourth industrial revolution is here
Machine Learning & AI Main Developments in 2018 and Key Trends for 2019

Robots, Drones

New hydraulic actuator will make robots tougher

AI, ML, Robotics Tracker (26.11. - 2.12.2018)

Society

Cathy O’Neil discusses the current lack of fairness in artificial intelligence and much more.

Technology will change the meaning of intelligence

AI has a culturally biased world view that Google has a plan to change

Can you make an AI that isn’t ableist?

Inside the world of AI that forges beautiful art and terrifying deepfakes

Rule by robots is easy to imagine – we’re already victims of superintelligent firms

Artificial intelligence could help crack previously unsolvable murder cases

Health

AI system may accelerate search for cancer discoveries

Early detection of epilepsy in children possible with deep learning computer science technique

AI turns mice to men (and women) bridging drug development translation barrier

Artificial intelligence may help reduce gadolinium dose in MRI

Google's DeepMind predicts 3D shapes of proteins

A new study shows what makes humans look older or younger using artificial intelligence

Art

Reproducing paintings that make an impression

Automated technique for anime colorization using deep learning

Algorithms

A machine learning approach helps sort and label cell clusters in multiple dimensions

Four billion people lack an address. Machine learning could change that.

AI could help cities detect expensive water leaks

Searching an artificial bee colony for real-world results

Deep learning will help keep video from clogging up the internet

Researchers successfully train computers to identify animals in photos

Smarter AI: Machine learning without negative data

Uber has cracked two classic ’80s video games by giving an AI algorithm a new type of memory

Deep Learning Cheat Sheets

Robots, Drones

Robots in the field: farms embracing autonomous technology

Robot carers could help lonely seniors—they're cheering humans up already

Drones offer ability to find, ID and count marine megafauna

5 ways to help robots work together with people

Cars

High-precision navigation for driverless cars

Cruise control: GM's No. 2 exec to run self-driving car unit

Amazon wants to get Alexa into your car

HW

Making AI algorithms crazy fast using chips powered by light

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