Artificial Intelligence

Xenobots are less than 1mm long and made of 500-1000 living cells. They have various simple shapes, including some with squat “legs” | Aspioneer

Meet the Xenobot: World’s first living, programmable organism

Artificial Intelligence Alice Carpenter - January 20, 2020

A remarkable combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and biology has produced the world’s first “living robots”. This week, a research team of roboticists and scientists published their...

Emotions are difficult because they tend to depend on context | Aspioneer

Artificial intelligence can now read human emotions. Should it?

Artificial Intelligence Alice Carpenter - January 14, 2020

In its annual report, the AI Now Institute, an interdisciplinary research center studying the societal implications of artificial intelligence, called for a ban on technology...

Quantum theory, one of modern science’s key ways of explaining the universe, says that predicting the future may not be possible because the universe is random | Aspioneer

Will AI take over humans? Quantum theory proposes otherwise

Artificial Intelligence Alice Carpenter - January 10, 2020

Will artificial intelligence one day surpass human thinking? The rapid progress of AI, coupled with our standard fear of machines, has raised concerns that its abilities will...

Without urgent system-wide actions, the digital economy and green economy will be incompatible with each other and could lead to more greenhouse gas emissions, accelerate climate change and pose great threats to humanity | Aspioneer

The environmental cost of the digital economy

Artificial Intelligence Alice Carpenter - December 9, 2019

Modern society has given significant attention to the promises of the digital economy over the past decade. But it has given little attention to...

Why is it so important to reach quantum supremacy? Modern economies are shaped by complex computations | Aspioneer

How will quantum fintech impact mainstream finance?

Artificial Intelligence Alice Carpenter - November 21, 2019

The evolution of modern finance was closely linked to the evolution of computers, communications, and financial mathematics. Two main changes happened in the 1970s...

The U.S. government, long a proponent of advancing technology for military purposes, sees artificial intelligence as key to the next generation of fighting tools | Aspioneer

Is the US losing the AI arms race?

Artificial Intelligence Alice Carpenter - October 30, 2019

The U.S. government, long a proponent of advancing technology for military purposes, sees artificial intelligence as key to the next generation of fighting tools. Several recent...

Google Lens and Amazon Style Snap can each identify a garment from a photo or video and then tell you a bit more, like how other people have worn it or where you can buy it | Aspioneer

What happens when AI becomes wardrobe advisers?

Artificial Intelligence Alice Carpenter - October 25, 2019

The tech giants Amazon, Google and Facebook have all begun to use machine learning to give you tips on what to wear. Is fashion...

One important concern is that AI systems reinforce existing social biases – to damaging effect| Aspioneer

Artificial intelligence could be a force for social good – but we’re currently heading...

Artificial Intelligence Alice Carpenter - October 15, 2019

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already re-configuring the world in conspicuous ways. Data drives our global digital ecosystem, and AI technologies reveal patterns in data....

Facial analysis AI in job interviews will reinforce bias

Artificial Intelligence Alice Carpenter - October 8, 2019

Artificial intelligence and facial analysis software is becoming commonplace in job interviews. The technology, developed by US company HireVue, analyses the language and tone...