Plant pollinators like Bees are dying, but there is an Plan B - the Robo Bee...
Can Robotic Bees Replace the Real Thing? Walmart Files Patent for 'Pollination Drone'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboBee
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Duplex is able to schedule a hair appointment or make a dinner reservation, its human voice includes natural pauses and 'mhhs' or 'uhms', which makes it difficult to discern it as an AI...
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Leela Chess Zero is an open source adaption of Deepminds AlphaZero, a chess engine based on artificial neural networks, and learns by playing chess against itself...stunning progress in only some month of work.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leela_Chess_Zero
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âDead zoneâ larger than Scotland found by underwater robots in Arabian sea
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Ray Kurzweil Predicts Universal Basic Incomes Worldwide Within 20 Years
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AI Experts Boycott South Korean University Over 'Killer Robots'
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China already starts to test geoengineering in Tibet to let it rain more often...
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"About 3.6 billion people are estimated to be living in areas with a potential for water scarcity for at least one month per year, and this number could rise to as many as 5.7 billion people by 2050, according to a report published by UNESCO."
Water Shortages Could Affect 5 Billion People By 2050, UNESCO Warns
UNESCO/ UN- WATER Press Release N o.2018- xx PDF
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AI translates news from Chinese to English and reaches human performance, another milestone says Microsoft.
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