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A Bargain Made in Hell!

   A Bargain Made in Hell! The T*** Experience: This incessant advertisement from a Chinese-based company, whose name starts with the letter T, kept popping up on my computer and phone. Out of sheer frustration, I finally clicked on the ad, which led me to download their app. With all the hype surrounding their "free wares" and "low prices," I was intrigued, but proceeded with trepidation and suspicion. Upon opening the app, I was immediately offered four free gifts —two “cash” vouchers chosen by the app and the other two that I selected myself. This led me into a casino-style game called "Fishland," where the objective was simple: claim as much fish food as possible to feed the hungry fish swimming across the screen. However, the real trick of the game was the constant push to invite friends from my contact list to help me win additional fish food, encouraging them to download the app, amass free gifts and browse a seemingly endless catalogue of tri...

Artificial Intelligence

 ARTIFICIAL INTELIGENCE Artificial Intelligence is the new buzzword, abbreviate d as AI.  Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be loosely describes as the theory and development of computer based systems that are able t o perform tasks that closely mimic human intelligensia —  like human behaviour, thinking and problem solving. Amongst these tasks are language translation, speech recognition, facial recognition and decision-making based on machine learning algorithms known as cognition engines. The AI Promise AI promises mankind a bright future and will be the basses of most new inventions that simulate "human intelligence".    C hatbots, robotics, spam filters, autonomous cars, personalized shopping engines, fraud prevention, healthcare monitors, personal finance and data security are just some  of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) devices already available that simulates human behavior or thinking.   AI Apps galore There are ...