Skin tone identification through artificial intelligence is a problem when it comes to people with darker skin tones. A possible solution could make the problem even worse. This is especially problematic as AI will become a bigger part of our everyday lives from medicine to law enforcement. We discuss the difficulty artificial intelligence has in addressing diversity.
The U.S. military and the Canadian government spent the weekend identifying, intercepting and shooting down unidentified flying objects, which turned out to be apparent Chinese surveillance balloons.
The latest on Sunday was taken out over the eastern upper peninsula of Michigan along Lake Huron.
The pentagon reported that another was spotted over Latin America and that a third is floating around somewhere out there. The incidents have a lot of people wondering why we’re just noticing the objects in the sky now?
We’ll talk about how the so-called spy balloons work and why we’re just noticing them now.
The latest iteration of the Razer Edge gaming handheld is a definite upgrade from the original.
But, it still left one reviewer and his 14-year-old son wanting more.
Guests:
- Leo Kim, freelance writer, ideas contributor, WIRED Magazine
- Dr. Iain Boyd, Director of the Center for National Security Initiatives, University of Colorado
- Russell Holly, Managing Editor for Commerce at CNET
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