Science

AI is already a part of our lives, whether we like it or not. Google for instance is basically, a subtle form of AI at the search engine level. So I have to ponder, should we start taking precautions now or do we wait untill AI surpasses us in the next 50 years or so?

What do a Volkswagen named Stanley, some computer scientists and a group of software engineers all have in common at Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory? They all appear to be dancing around the term ‘AI’ as if people are going to go into flashback mode and relive that movie, ‘I Robot’. Actually, the reason for not [...]

We are used to bots spidering the Web in an effort to keep the search engines up to ’snuff. But what about true AI enabled machines roaming about, obviously in a position to make up its own ideals and thought processes? Is this is as freaky as we make it out to be?

ISTweb - Information Society Technologies -
European research activities are structured around consecutive four-year programmes, or so-called Framework Programmes. The Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) sets out the priorities - including the IST Priority - for the EU’s research, technological development and demonstration (RTD) activities for the period 2003-2006.
These priorities have been identified on the basis [...]

TERENA - Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association - was formed in October 1994 by the merger of RARE (Réseaux Associés pour la Recherche Européenne) and EARN (European Academic and Research Network).
TERENA carries out technical activities and provides a platform for discussion to encourage the development of a high-quality computer networking infrastructure for the [...]

TERENA - Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association - was formed in October 1994 by the merger of RARE (Réseaux Associés pour la Recherche Européenne) and EARN (European Academic and Research Network).
TERENA carries out technical activities and provides a platform for discussion to encourage the development of a high-quality computer networking infrastructure for the [...]

The GÉANT project is a collaboration between 26 National Research and Education Networks representing 30 countries across Europe, the European Commission, and DANTE. Its principal purpose has been to develop the GÉANT network - a multi-gigabit pan-European data communications network, reserved specifically for research and education use.
The project also covers a number of other [...]

DANTE (Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe) plans, builds, and operates pan-European networks for research and education. It is owned by European NRENs (National Research and Education Networks), and works in partnership with them and in cooperation with the European Commission.
DANTE provides the data communications infrastructure essential to the success of research projects [...]

The National Centre for e-Social Science (NCeSS) is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to investigate and promote the use of e-science to benefit social science research.
The overall goal of NCeSS is to stimulate the uptake and use of emerging e-science technologies within the social sciences. To do this, we provide [...]