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It's no secret, advancements in robotic surgery and AI are offering more options and benefits for patients and surgeons than ever before. Sanjay Krishnan, a Computer Science PhD student, is part of the Berkeley AI research group at UC Berkeley where they do a great deal of exploration using AI to improve robot manipulation in surgery and home robotics. Currently Krishnan is currently focused on surgical robotics specifically. He is working with surgeons to see what can be learned from their output data. Are they efficient or are they making mistakes? Are they taking too much time and energy to complete procedures? The researchers are then using that information as material for robotics surgery training for the future. In this thought-provoking interview, Krishnan discusses the benefits and limitations or challenges in the field of surgical robotics. He also introduces us to the Intuitive Surgical da Vinci System which is being used in over 500,000 procedures worldwide. The robot has many clinical benefits such as reduced hospital stays and reduces the chance of infection. However, Krishnan explains, there are still challenges with the use of its hardware. The da Vinci model has no autonomy of its own. This machine is 100 percent controlled by the surgeon who is sitting at a sort of video game console. It can be difficult for surgeons to use the machines and it takes time for them to become proficient in doing the procedures. This is where Krishnan and other researches see artificial intelligence coming into play with machine learning; teaching the machines to become more autonomous. Join us as we sit down with Sanjay Krishnan to discuss the advancements in these developing studies and how combining robotics and AI will take surgery to the next level.
Move over Gordon Gecko. Your time is up! Well perhaps we aren't that close yet – but the power of AI machine learning is making its mark in the trading and investing world with artificial intelligence guided, machine market analysis. Humans are fallible. We need sleep. We need to eat. We can only process so much information at once. Every day investment professionals are examining the markets, hoping to strike when and where it is right. Now, enter, Kavout, a company using AI technology to solve a lot of these problems. Founder & CEO of Kavout, Alex Lu, believes there is huge potential for AI in finance. With their AI model, Kai, they are using deep learning and quantitative analysis to provide solutions in this arena. The computers take all fundamental data, present data and news, and analyze all the information in real time for traders. The robots recognize patterns and trends and simulate the human process. Human traders are essentially consuming and digesting information on a daily basis. They analyze and categorize it. Deep learning models can do the very same thing, minus emotion and biased opinions, not to mention, they can run in real-time 24/27. Commenting in an official corporate announcement, Kavout's CEO and co-founder Alex Lu said: "Today, Goldman Sachs has more engineers than Facebook. None of this is a coincidence. The big players know that there is much more to be gained in the markets by investing in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Our aim is to make those technologies available to all investors." – Alex Lu (source: LinkedIn) For more information, visit: https://www.kavout.com/
Token (Jointoken.com) is fighting fraud by disguising your credit card for online and over the phone purchases. Token generates a unique credit card that is linked to specific stores. These generated cards can be used anywhere that Master Card is accepted. Simply link your bank account, debit card, or credit card to Token and start using the secure system to shop online. Tokens number one priority is stopping fraud and keeping your personal information safe.
Access Network is committed to democratizing financial and technological access, Access is able to create real-world solutions through a community of creators in both developing and developed economies. Decentralizing governance structures that incentivize local growth and the future development of further financial tools in underbanked and unbanked communities. Co-led by the Underserved and powered by Ethereum.
Bitcoin Taxes, launched in 2014, has seen incredible growth in the past 24 months, providing services both to consumers and to tax professionals. Ready to meet the challenges of the crypto-currency explosion. Most countries consider Bitcoin and crypto-currencies as capital assets, and so any gains made are taxed like capital gains. If you make profits from selling your coins, those profits are taxed. If you make losses, you may be able to deduct the losses and reduce your taxes. Bitcoin.Tax is partnered with nationwide companies that provide tax advice and tax preparation with CPAs knowledgable in crypto-currencies. They will work with you to complete and file your taxes, backed with the power of the Bitcoin.Tax system.
Professor and associate member of MILA, the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms, Allan Tapp, is a long-time researcher in physics, computer science, and mathematics. From his early studies in these fields, he now brings his expertise to artificial intelligence and deep learning. The MILA is an institute which began with the main ambition on the study of machine learning and learning of algorithms. Tapp realized the importance of artificial intelligence and took the opportunity to move into this field and is now fully committed to the technology through his continuing research at MILA. Tapp sits down with us to explain how the different types of AI machine learning work, the advancements in the field and he also discusses some common doomsday scenarios. Although he feels it is important that people are concerned about what machine learning means for man kind's future, he clarifies of the unlikelihood of such occurrences based on the level of technology we are at today. In this interview, Tapp also touches on the possible future of AI and deep learning. He describes what he thinks is on the horizon, specifically his interests in the concept of memory based neural networks and better Q & A dialogue with machines. For more information, visit: https://mila.quebec/en/
Entrepreneur, Michael Hiles, was an early adopter of web development long before the internet bubble came to be. By using this same intuition, he has taken the opportunity to start a new business using blockchain technology. Hiles is now the Founder and CEO of 10XTS, a development lab which serves as an incubator for blockchain technology companies. 10XTS builds blockchain products and solutions using their suite of software modules providing blockchain functionality and connectivity. Each module offers a specific purpose depending upon the use case and need. According to 10XTS, their mission for 10XTS is to help foster, coordinate, and launch projects and new ventures by aligning needs, resources, capital and leadership. Throughout his career, Hiles has gained a unique understanding of the crypto and blockchain world. In this thought-provoking discussion, he discusses the challenges he sees within the space. We explore the patterns of the rise and fall of crypto currencies and further examine the fast-moving technology and what that means for the future, including the anticipated further regulations, specifically on exchanges. For more information on 10XTS, visit: https://10xts.com/
Clinc provides the world's most advanced conversational artificial intelligence (AI) platform that is changing the way customers interact with businesses. Most businesses use chat technology, which is not optimum, to interact with customers. Clinc, however, has created an innovative platform that is data-driven to ensure a higher level of service. According to Himi Khan, vice-president at Clinc, Clinc uses real-world data to develop AI models that focus on the intent of the questions. As a result, a much more quality of service can be provided because the AI processes the data, determines the underlying intent, and provides the correct answer based on the data consisting of hundreds of examples. The reason that Clinc "understand what people want to say better than anyone on the planet," according to Khan, is due to the tremendous amount of research conducted in and out of the lab. This research is the basis for a unique platform that improves digital conversations, so businesses can achieve higher levels of customer satisfaction.
Chozun is building a travel ecosystem to provide personalized experiences and services to the independent traveler by narrowing the choices wherever you may be around the world. Using a variety of data collected from users and providers, Chozun will find the best matches for a particular traveler and a particular location. Chozun will even consider the weather before providing the best matches. Join co-CEOs and co-founders Teresa Truda and Zia Word as they explain how to use Chozun to create a highly personalized travel experience. Chozun uses artificial intelligence based on trusted reviews and information that will provide the best choices for you and your travel companions. Chozun is also creating a cryptocurrency platform to further engage users and Chozun partners in a decentralized loyalty program that provides complete user control of loyalty exchanged across brands and services.
Albert Santalo defines "citizen developers" as people of limited technical proficiency who don't know how to code, but who know what they want and have identified the problems that they need to solve. 8base is a platform that is putting the power of development into the hands of those people by giving them the tools to solve their problems without having to contract with developers. The easy-to-use 8base app builder will allow citizen developers to produce beautifully designed software with minimal effort and minimal background knowledge. If a developer needs to create an immutable ledger via blockchain technology, 8base can help with that too. By helping developers decide whether or not they need to implement blockchain technology and by assisting them in deciding which specific blockchain would best suit their needs, 8base is eliminating the need for citizen developers to fully understand the complexity of blockchain technology itself. "The beautiful thing about 8base is that it's built like a chassis…it has interchangeable parts, it's really easy to maintain, and as new technologies come out, it's easy to swap out the old and bring in the new," says Santalo. Tune in to hear the full discussion, and learn more at 8base.com
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