Word of the Day: BeeMe (MIT Media Lab)

Word of the Day Daily updates on the latest technology terms | October 31, 2018 BeeMe (MIT Media Lab) BeeMe is a web-based social experiment that will be hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab at 11pm on October 31, 2018. The experiment, which takes place in the United States on Halloween night, allows internet users around the world to direct the actions of a live-action hero in order to defeat an artificial intelligence (AI) villain called Zookd. Starting at 11PM ET, participants can log onto the MIT BeeMe website and control the hero's actions by either submitting a command for the hero to follow or by voting a command up or down. The experiment's slogan is: "See what I see. Hear what I hear. Control my actions. Take my will. Be me." All participants in the experiment will see and hear events from the hero's first-person point of view (FPV). The objective of this crowdsourcing experiment is to gather data about how smoothly a large group (the hive) can make an individual carry out a series of tasks. The challenge will be for participants to work cooperatively; it is expected that when the group is successful, the hero's actions will be fluid, but when the group fails, the hero 's actions will be sporadic, random and perhaps even zombie-like. Commands that might endanger the privacy, dignity or safety of the human actor who is playing the hero will not be allowed. The MIT Media Lab has a tradition of providing internet users with innovative, interactive Halloween treats. In 2016, they released Nightmare Machine, a project that used deep-learning algorithms to generate scary zombie portraits. Website visitors were then asked to help the Nightmare Machine's artificial intelligence learn by voting on whether an individual portrait was 'scary' or 'not scary.' The project also used deep learning algorithms to determine what visual characteristics make a house look haunted or a city look toxic and then applied what they learned to famous landmarks around the world. In 2017, the MIT Media Lab released Shelley, a collaborative writing project that paired humans with deep-learning AI to create a horror story anthology. And now...a Halloween treat from WhatIs.com! Can you identify these ten spooky IT terms? Quote of the Day "Crowdsourcing relies on the principle that many brains are better than one and, when brought together, can innovate or problem-solve far more effectively than when people work and brainstorm on their own." - Lauren Horwitz Trending Terms crowdsourcing first-person view deep learning AI crowdfunding social computing Learning Center Humans and AI tools go hand in hand in analytics applications Organizations are pairing up humans and AI tools in analytics applications in an effort to ensure that the output of machine learning algorithms and other forms of artificial intelligence is accurate and relevant. Robot social engineering works because people personify robots Robot social engineering could be a viable attack vector in the future, according to Brittany 'Straithe' Postnikoff, both because of the various social abilities that robots can use and because robot manufacturers don't focus on security. Crowdsourcing gets street cred with cognitive computing software Cognitive computing software is starting to have a real-world impact on enterprise processes and is fueling innovation in approaches like crowdsourcing. Can crowdsourcing ideas boost customer experience? Crowdsourcing ideas and product innovation have become more than just novel experiments in several industries. AI chatbots can provide business value when used wisely Businesses find value in AI chatbots when humans remain on the customer support team to provide empathy and address complex issues. Quiz Yourself Some people join social networking sites but don't ________ them often. a. frequent b. visit Answer Stay in Touch For feedback about any of our definitions or to suggest a new definition, please contact me at: mrouse@techtarget.com Visit the Word of the Day Archives and catch up on what you've missed! FOLLOW US About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published by the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from Whatis.com, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget, Whatis, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2018 TechTarget. All rights reserved.