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Cancer is a complex and uncontrollable beast that mutates and changes the goalposts before you get into the politics and economics surrounding the issue. There isn’t just one cancer either – the homogenous term is misleading into thinking the problem is even solvable. Scientists and technologists alike are seeing hope though - not through increased funding but technological advancement in the form of Artificial Intelligence. Recently attending CogX  - one of the more robust and significant AI conferences in the UK - healthcare was very much on the menu. Medicine is already benefitting greatly from machine learning (a subset of AI) in areas from diagnosis to treatment, and we've barely scratched the surface. As more and more data becomes available – along with better computers and science – we start to see a shift happening. “Guilty Doctors” according to Professor Joanna Holbrook, Director Translational Biology, benevolent AI, are now up against a “humanly impossible amount ...

Exploring the implications of Artificial Intelligence, Consciousness and Free will Photo by  Franck V.  on  Unsplash TL;DR AI will replace most jobs. Human labor becomes worthless, the biggest devaluation in history. Democracy will crumble as people lost their negotiating power. Consciousness will spontaneously emerge in AI by Darwinian evolution, not by human engineering. Superintelligence will surpass the human and replace our species — in this millennium. The  NASA is working on project HAMMER to protect the earth from an asteroid  that in 2175 has a 1 in 2,700 chance to hit us. But meanwhile, we are collectively turning a blind eye to a self-inflicted danger that with much higher probability threatens humankind in the same period of time. Our superior  intelligence is currently the one and only thing that distinguishes humans  from everything else on the planet, both from animals and from machines. It puts the human in...

Your corporate image depends on the customer service you provide. A once unsatisfied client is unlikely to use your product again. That’s why you should take every opportunity to deliver a great customer experience. One of the best ways to do this is to automate your customer service with AI chatbots. In this post, we’ll talk about the best virtual assistants to  improve your customer service . We’ll also describe the long-term benefits they may bring to your business. What can AI chatbots do for your customer service? More and more businesses are choosing AI chatbots as part of their customer service team. Chatbots can answer customers’ inquiries cheaply, quickly, and consistently. Here are the top advantages of using AI chatbots for customer service. #1 Rapid answers Chatbots don’t need to sleep. They can immediately tackle issues no matter if it’s 4 am or 9 pm. This is crucial for companies targeting millennials (who can be impatient). This allows you to improve ...