It is estimated that every 30 seconds someone in the world loses an arm or a leg. That is about 1 million people annually who have to have a limb amputated. According to WebMD there are almost two million amputees in America alone. This number is expected to double by 2050 due to an increase in vascular disease cases which is the leading cause for limb amputation. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) predicts that the current global prevalence of diabetes will burgeon from 285 million to reach 435 million by 2030 which will be the major reason for limb loss…
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Artificial intelligence has probably already drastically changed your life whether you realize it or not. Right now, the AI that exists in our world is referred to as Artificial Narrow Intelligence or ANI. Some examples of ANI that you may be familiar with are Siri, facial recognition software, and self driving cars. ANI are excellent at accomplishing simple tasks, but they are only good at one task at a time. While AI’s abilities may seem rudimentary now, one can’t help, but wonder: How long until AI reaches a point where it is on par with human intelligence? AI that has…
Would you believe me if I told you that we are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth? This is exactly what computer science professor, Vernor Vinge, argues in an article he wrote for the Vision 21 Symposium sponsored by the NASA Lewis Research Center. Vinge claimed, in this 1993 article, that he thinks we will soon have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence and then shortly after the human era will be ended. He believes that we are approaching a technological singularity and that this could potentially be realized through the…