MIT Technology Review
Why AI could eat quantum computing’s lunch (MIT Technology Review)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Fri, 11/08/2024 - 12:01Would you trust AI to mediate an argument? (MIT Technology Review)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Tue, 10/22/2024 - 10:25Why artificial intelligence and clean energy need each other (MIT Technology Review)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Tue, 10/08/2024 - 14:30Geoffrey Hinton, AI pioneer and figurehead of doomerism, wins Nobel Prize (MIT Technology Review)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Tue, 10/08/2024 - 10:43What the US can learn from the role of AI in other elections (MIT Technology Review)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Tue, 09/24/2024 - 10:56There are more than 200 AI bills in Congress right now (MIT Technology Review)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Wed, 09/18/2024 - 09:09Why We Need an AI Safety Hotline (MIT Technology Review)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Mon, 09/16/2024 - 11:27African farmers are using private satellite data to improve crop yields
After a devastating crop loss in 2023, Olabokunde Tope turned to technology to help run his cassava farm in Nigeria. He decided to work with EOS Data Analytics, a California-based provider of satellite imagery and data for precision farming. EOS’s models and algorithms deliver insights on crops’ health weekly through an online platform that farmers can use to make informed decisions about issues such as when to plant, how much herbicide to use, and how to schedule fertilizer use, weeding, or irrigation. In many developing countries, farming is impaired by lack of data. As harvest time draws