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Eye on A.I.

Artificial Intelligence stays mired in the average person's mind as something of a science fiction-type character, but A.I. is not one and the same as a robot. Simply put, AI is everywhere. It's guiding GPS and Google Maps. It's on Facebook. It's in Google.

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A Chinese national flag flutters near the surveillance cameras mounted on a lamp post in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Friday, March 15, 2019. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Friday denied Beijing tells its companies to spy abroad, refuting U.S. warnings that Chinese technology suppliers might be a security risk. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China's chilling pre-crime prison indoctrination system

In this Feb. 14, 2019, file photo people stand in the lobby for Amazon offices in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Parents' nightmare, as Alexa is sued for recording little kids

In this April 14, 2015, file photo provided by the California Institute of Technology, Dr. Charles Y. Liu, left, a neurosurgeon at the University of Southern California, laughs with patient Erik Sorto in Pasadena, Calif. Liu led a team of doctors that implanted tiny chips into Sorto's brain in 2013 to allow him to control a robotic arm using his thoughts. It's the latest attempt at creating mind-controlled prosthetics to help disabled people gain more independence. (Lance Hayashida/Caltech via AP) ** FILE **

Brain chipping for good -- brain chipping for bad

This April 26, 2017, file photo shows the Twitter icon on a mobile phone, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Twitter's new 'Fabula' fake news finder hints at more anti-conservative bias

In this June 16, 2014, file photo, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos walks onstage for the launch of the new Amazon Fire Phone, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Amazon's human emotion reader a tad of technological unease

In this undated photo made from video, 12-year-old cancer patient Ethan Daniels at a medical facility in Atlanta speaks with Aaron Horowitz, co-founder and CEO of Sproutel, who designed &quot;My Special Aflac Duck&quot; to promote emotional well-being by helping children living with cancer develop a sense of control and manage stress through interactive technology. (AP Photo/Marina Hutchinson) ** FILE **

Cage the rage, punch a robot

A security camera is placed in a New York subway station, Thursday, April 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

A.I. that halts thieves -- before they steal

Quitting your job? Shh -- technology may tattle

Google shutters A.I. ethics board after LGBTQs attack conservatives

(Associated Press)

Freedom, in the hands of an algorithm

In this April 11, 2018, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg listens to a question as he testifies before a House Energy and Commerce hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election and data privacy. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Mark Zuckerberg's mind-reading madness

Hanson Robotics' flagship robot Sophia, a lifelike robot powered by artificial intelligence, speaks with visitors, at the Mobile World Congress wireless show, in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) ** FILE **

When A.I. says you're mentally ill ...

China's duplicitous call for 'arms race' controls on A.I.

Tony Danna, left, vice president of international development at Three Square Market in River Falls, Wis., reacts while getting a microchip implanted in his left hand at company headquarters on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. The company is making microchips available to its employees, allowing them to open doors, log onto their computers or buy break room snacks by simply waving their hand. (AP Photos/Jeff Baenen) ** FILE **

Arkansas takes stab at regulating human microchipping

This Feb. 16, 2017, photo shows newborn babies in the nursery of a postpartum recovery center in upstate New York. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Diapers for dummies -- or technology that shouldn't be

Hansjoerg Reick looks at a display of Oral-B Genius X smart toothbrushes at the Procter &amp; Gamble booth before CES International, Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Technology in your toothbrush, telling you how to brush

AvatarMind has developed service robots like iPal which is based on artificial intelligence, motion control, sensors and power management, and created iPal to deliver on that vision with multiple applications for friendly, fun and functional robot assistants, shown at CES International Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, in Las Vegas. Designed for child education and elder care, iPal is a fully functional humanoid robot with a friendly, playful demeanor, as iPal runs on the Android operating system with extensions for motion, sensor and natural language conversation. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Flying cars, coming to a city near you

Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid, the drug has been connected to nearly 30,000 overdose deaths in 2017.

Chronic pain sufferers have technological option to opioids

In this photo provided by the National Transportation Safety Board via the Florida Highway Patrol shows a Tesla Model S that was being driven by Joshua Brown, who was killed when the Tesla sedan crashed while in self-driving mode on May 7, 2016. A source tells The Associated Press that U.S. safety regulators are ending an investigation into a fatal crash involving electric car maker Tesla Motors' Autopilot system without a recall. (NTSB via Florida Highway Patrol via AP, File)

Tesla self-driving car mows down, 'kills' robot in Las Vegas

Sensors and cameras, part of a system used to tell what people have purchased, are attached overhead as shoppers walk below, in an Amazon Go store, Monday, Jan. 22, 2018, in Seattle. The artificial intelligence-powered store, which opened to the public Monday, allows shoppers to scan their smartphone with the Amazon Go app at a turnstile, pick out the items they want and leave. The online retail giant can tell what people have purchased and automatically charges their Amazon account. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Biggest tech threat? An unaware America

In this file photo dated Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, post trucks leave the Amazon Logistic Center in Rheinberg, Germany. Workers at two Amazon distribution centers in Germany have gone on strike as part of a push for improved work conditions, leading to fears that Christmas orders may not arrive in time. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, file)

Amazon busted for 'immoral, almost voyeuristic' Alexa eavesdropping 'error'

In this Jan. 6, 2017, file photo, a translucent screen shows smart car technology at the Intel booth during CES International in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

A.I. experts warn of loss of free will, need for morality

Secret Service police walk past the South Portico of the White House decorated for Halloween, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018, in Washington. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump will greet children this afternoon during a Halloween event at the White House. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Red-light cameras, move over: Government gunning for your face

A.I. robots good for Walmart -- not so much for space station

Tony Danna, left, vice president of international development at Three Square Market in River Falls, Wis., reacts while getting a microchip implanted in his left hand at company headquarters on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. The company is making microchips available to its employees, allowing them to open doors, log onto their computers or buy break room snacks by simply waving their hand. (AP Photos/Jeff Baenen) ** FILE **

America, think before you chip

An Amnesty International activist gestures during a protest against the China Google censorship in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. According to Amnesty International people who use Google in China will not be able to access services such as Wikipedia or Facebook. and words like "human rights" will not give any results when entering them in the search engine. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Google's patent pursuits send shivers of Big Brother

Google, how about some online security, please?

A book and scripts are among the personal and academic possessions of Stephen Hawking at the auction house Christies in London, Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) ** FILE **

Science's godless problem

Watch how you walk -- A.I.'s got you ID'd by gait

This undated file image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows fighters from the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) or Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), now called the Islamic State group, marching in Raqqa, Syria. (AP Photo/Militant Website, File)

A.I. to stop religious wars misses mark with premises

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