Artificial intelligence

Where are we now?

We have come far in our pursuit of the perfect computer companion. From mastering games to running our homes, artificial intelligence (AI) has been steadily improving.

As I grew up, I realized that the world was indeed divided. But I believe that the divide is not between countries or races: It is between people who try to contribute to the future of humankind (even if it would affect them negatively in the short run) and those who want to maximize their profits today at the expense of others. 

Learning From Less Data

Late last year, famed physicist Stephen Hawking issued a warning that the continued advancement of artificial intelligence will either be “the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity”.

How many of us see it this way I have no idea but I tend to believe that there ought to be at least two different forms of apocalypse: One is concerning humanity and the other is a very individual one. Which is bigger? Of course the closer the apocalypse is, it gets bigger and the biggest ought to be the individual one…

Scientists are currently on a decades-long search for intelligent alien life, but leading experts including Stephen Hawking have warned against this search in fear that if we succeed it could lead to the end of the human race as we know it.

In the event that humankind discovers the existence of hostile aliens, researchers have found a viable way to hide Earth from near-certain doom.

Lately, renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking has been more preoccupied with warning humanity what the future of Earth could be if it continues on its present trajectory than he has with scientific breakthroughs.

Whenever Cyprus talks reach a critical point, as they have done this week, the tendency is to revive the kinds of syndromes that have often led Greece into instability and turmoil.

I personally expect the war in the Middle East to end in 2017, I really do wish that it will be a year of peace and prosperity, but of course politics is not the subject of this column and what the title refers to is the latest Gartner Report on future technologies.

Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei visited Gaziantep Mayor Fatma ?ahin in her office on March 25 for a discussion about Syrian migrants.