Algorithms workers can’t see are increasingly pulling the management strings
“I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.” HAL’s cold, if polite, refusal to open the pod bay doors in 2001 A Space Odyssey has...
Why there will be never an AI like HAL 9000?
HAL 9000 is one of the best-known artificial intelligence characters of modern film. This superior form of sentient computer embarks on a mission to...
Is the US losing the AI arms race?
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...
5 ways AI can help space exploration
Artificial intelligence has been making waves in recent years, enabling us to solve problems faster than traditional computing could ever allow. Recently, for example,...
Artificial intelligence could be a force for social good – but we’re currently heading...
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....
Talking to AI voice assistants might just change how we interact
When you’re lost, Siri can be your best friend. But if she can’t retrieve the right address from your contacts, she can drive you...
If we’re going to call AI a “extinction risk,” we need to be more...
This week a group of well-known and reputable AI researchers signed a statement consisting of 22 words:
Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should...
Relax! The Terminator is not here yet!
Scientists are known for making dramatic predictions about the future – and sinister robots are once again in the spotlight now that artificial intelligence...
AI’s reaching potential
Google recently unveiled its latest talking AI, called Duplex. Duplex sounds like a real person, complete with pauses, “umms” and “ahhs”.
The tech giant says...
Neural networks and deep learning: A primer
Have you ever toyed with the idea of what machine learning actually does? If machine learning is a pack horse for information processing, a...
