Researchers at the University of Southampton are investigating the application of artificial intelligence (AI) technology for controlling traffic lights.

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Technology has elevated the expectations of players for graphics and artificial intelligence, and made some strategy board game mechanics easier to implement.

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The technology uses a system dubbed smart serendipity, which is a combination of artificial intelligence and random selection.

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Thiel thinks there has been a dearth of investment and progress in futuristic technologies like space technology, biotech or artificial intelligence.

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It would appear that the development of advanced artificial intelligence, including Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) technology, has significant potential to improve the situation.

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Today, Katz works at the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he is the principal research scientist at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.

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If peak oil theorists believe we're rapidly running out of a major resource, the institute postulates that technology itself is advancing so rapidly that society will have an overabundance of it -- and an artificial intelligence is set to emerge that will not necessarily pursue mankind's best interests.

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