Judah Vs. The Machines

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"Judah Vs. The Machines"

by Jordan Crook
May 23, 2017

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Fighting robots with Judah Friedlander | Disrupt NY 2017

Published on May 17, 2017

Judah Friedlander reveals a new project with TechCrunch and the Onion before chatting with Jordan Crook about the things he's learned and his thoughts on the eventual machine takeover.

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Judah vs. Facebook's dog breed recognition robot

Published on May 23, 2017

Judah visits Facebook, an up-and-coming website. He learns how AI works on their platform and how difficult it is to translate emojis (emojii?). And he challenges their dog-breedrecognition software to see if man is still dog’s best friend.

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Judah vs Seurat the art robot

Published on May 24, 2017

Judah meets Alex Reben, an artist and roboticist who has created a painting robot. He meets some of Alex’s weirder creations, such as a robot that intentionally harms humans. And he challenges the art-bot to an art-off in the final challenge.

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Judah vs soccer playing robots

Published on May 25, 2017

Judah challenges RoboCanes, soccer playing robots from the University of Miami. He learns how well robots can work together and how bad they are at standing on two feet. And he challenges them to a match with the future of humanity on the line.

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Judah vs shopping app thing

Published on May 26, 2017

Judah meets Operator, an app that uses AI technology somehow. He pieces together some facts about the company, such as why their phone booths have no phones. And he acts as personal shopper in the challenge with Operator.

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Judah vs self-driving toy cars

Published on May 30, 2017

Judah challenges Anki, a self-driving toy car. He learns what it takes to be a robot and who to blame if things go wrong. And he faces the jeers of Anki’s creators in the this man vs machine showdown.