Not strictly travel-related, but another step to ASI (and to a cancer-free world) has been made: Google’s health research department has developed an AI system that can outperform radiologists at detecting breast cancer. The system was trained by data coming from thousands of mammograms. On the more sci-fi side of the spectrum, Samsung unveiled its artificial humans (or glorified video chatbots, to be more realistic), called Neons. “Neons are not AI assistants,” Pranav Mistry, Neon CEO, and head of STAR Labs stated. “Neons are more like us, an independent but virtual living being, who can show emotions and learn from experiences(…) They can act as teachers, financial advisers, health care providers, concierges, actors, spokespeople or TV anchors (…) There are millions of species on our planet, and we hope to add one more,” said in a press release. “Neons will be our friends, collaborators, and companions, continually learning, evolving, and forming memories from their interactions.”