North Korean Fit; Sophia; AI Go Go; Controlling AI; Demographics Trolling; Blind to See; Handheld Sonogram; Brain Zap; World's Eyes on Temple Mount; Nearly all Jews Have Come out of Yemen; Defining Evangelical; and British Baptists - Unity Trumps Bible

North Korea

North Korea Fires 5 Short-Range Missiles Into The Sea npr

"The missiles were fired near the eastern coastal city of Hamhung, and analysts say the short-range projectiles traveled about 120 miles," Elise tells our Newscast unit.

Creepy Robots

Sophia The Robot youtube

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AI

The Sadness and Beauty of Watching Google’s AI Play Go wired

At first, Fan Hui thought the move was rather odd. But then he saw its beauty. “It’s not a human move. I’ve never seen a human play this move,” he says. “So beautiful.” It’s a word he keeps repeating. Beautiful. Beautiful. Beautiful.

Google just proved how unpredictable artificial intelligence can be businessinsider

Like the previous article, but includes an interesting section near the bottom:

Like sociopaths and psychopaths, AIs may be able to learn to imitate empathetic and ethical behaviour, but we should not expect there to be any moral force underpinning this behaviour, or that it will hold out against a purely utilitarian decision.

Exploring the risks of artificial intelligence techcrunch

Artificial intelligence is making an extreme entrance into almost every facet of society in predicted and unforeseen ways, causing both excitement and trepidation. This reaction alone is predictable, but can we really predict the associated risks involved?

Twitter Facial Analysis Reveals Demographics of Presidential Campaign Followers technologyreview

The analysis by Wu and co is straightforward. They study both candidates’ followers, their user names, geographical information and each follower’s number of followers to determine their influence. In particular, they look at each user’s picture and use a machine-learning program to determine whether it shows a male or female and to identify that person’s ethnicity.

Medical

Blind woman may see thanks to gene therapy and light engadget

The procedure injected her eye with viruses containing DNA from light-sensitive algae, letting them mimic the eye's rods and cones by generating electricity whenever they're subjected to light.

Korean startup develops handheld sonogram zdnet

Mobile healthcare isn't just about fitness trackers and apps: South Korean startup Healcerion has developed an innovative handheld sonogram device and accompanying big data analyses for on-scene check-ups that could save thousands of lives.

Medical?

Brain-Zapping Headphones Could Make You a Better Athlete technologyreview

The mild stimulation, called transcranial direct current stimulation, essentially makes it “slightly easier for the neurons to fire,” says Chao. ...some scientists say marketing claims like the ones Halo is making are irresponsible because they are not grounded in peer-reviewed science.

Israel

Jordan to install cameras at Jerusalem mosque news.yahoo

Jordan said on Sunday it will set up security cameras around Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the coming days to monitor any Israeli "violations".

Some of the last Jews of Yemen brought to Israel in secret mission jpost

Clandestine activity of the Jewish Agency culminated in the aliya of the 19 Jews, fourteen from the town of Raydah and a family of five from the capital Sanaa.

The Jewish Agency noted that some fifty Jews remain in Yemen...These last Jews have chosen to remain in the country without Jewish communal or organizational infrastructure, the Jewish Agency said.

Apostasy

Who is an evangelical Christian? christiantoday

Evangelical: One word, various shades of meaning. Thus, the confusion on who are the real evangelicals and what their real numbers are.

British Baptists and same-sex marriage: Can the denomination hold it together? christiantoday

The statement, emailed to ministers and church secretaries on Friday, stressed the independence of the local congregation – part of the BUGB 'Declaration of Principle' – but under the heading 'Walking together in Unity' said that "recognising the costs involved and after careful and prayerful reflection and listening, we humbly urge churches who are considering conducting same-sex marriages to refrain from doing so out of mutual respect".

Others...

Marble Machine (music instrument using 2000 marbles) youtube

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Mathematicians Have Discovered a Prime Conspiracy wired

Metallic Ink Revealed in Burned Vesuvius Scrolls news.discovery

1896 Horseless Carriage Was a Hybrid Car news.discovery