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They can't see his data. He can't see them. But Richard Craib believes the blind can lead the blind to a better hedge fund.

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DIGG + WIRED A Note From Today's Guest Editor, WIRED digg.com WIRED is taking over Digg today to serve up a selection of stories about artificial intelligence. Read their editor's note here. IT TOOK OUR JOBS WALL STREET WILL NEVER BE THE SAME 7,500 Faceless Coders Paid In Bitcoin Built A Hedge Fund's Brain wired.com They can't see his data. He can't see them. But Richard Craib believes the blind can lead the blind to a better hedge fund. YEAH, THAT'S ALSO BAD The AI Threat Isn't Skynet. It's The End Of The Middle Class wired.com The world's top AI researchers met to consider the threats posed by their research. The global economy could be the first casualty. AI CAN PLAY THEIR CARDS RIGHT Rival AIs Battle To Rule Poker (And Global Politics) wired.com Two research groups are battling to build AI that can crack no-limit Texas Holds 'Em. That could be useful — with auctions, politics, even financial markets. MATTRESSES WE DIGG | SPONSORED Time For Your Old Mattress To Sleep With The Fishes leesa.com Leesa has made luxury mattresses affordable by simplifying the entire process. High-Quality design, direct-to-consumer prices, delivered right to your door. And for every 10 mattresses they sell, they donate one to a shelter. Use the code DIGG75 and get $75 off yours. DOING IT BETTER THAN US TALK ACCURATELY TO ME Listen To The Super Lifelike Computer Voice Google Is Building digg.com DeepMind — the Google company behind AlphaGo, the groundbreaking "Go"-playing bot — is working on a new speech generator called WaveNet, and it sounds really, really good. DOING ITS OWN THING The $10,500 Robot Arm That Can Build Its Coworkers qz.com Also, it doesn't stab people. BUILDING A COMMON SENSE ENGINE One Genius' Lonely Crusade To Teach A Computer Common Sense wired.com For decades, as the tech world passed him by, Doug Lenat has fed computers millions of rules for daily life. Is this the way to artificial common sense? GROWING UP SO FAST THE NEW WAVE OF AI The Great AI Awakening nytimes.com How Google used artificial intelligence to transform Google Translate, one of its more popular services — and how machine learning is poised to reinvent computing itself. EMBRACING CHILDISH BEHAVIOR The Future Of Computers Is The Mind Of A Toddler bloomberg.com Facebook and Google are trying to create artificial intelligence that mimics the human brain. First, they need to figure out how our own minds work. VIDEO OF THE DAY VIRTUAL FRIEND This Japanese Holographic Home Assistant Is Super Creepy digg.com The device is called 'Azuma' and she is trying to give 'Siri' and 'Alexa' a run for their money. But she's also super creepy. Just watch. That's all for this email! Check out Digg.com for more of WIRED's picks and have a splendid weekend. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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