AI
Cross-country road trip gave AI a chance to write a novel—the result was a bit ‘surreal’
Last year, a novelist went on a road trip across the USA. The trip was an attempt to emulate Jack ...
Viewpoint: Stop using human intelligence to explain machine learning
It’s common to hear phrases like ‘machine learning’ and ‘artificial intelligence’ and believe that somehow, someone has managed to replicate ...
Speeding up drug research through ‘visionary’ cryptographic crowdsourcing
A new cryptographic system could allow pharmaceutical companies and academic labs to work together to develop new medications more quickly ...
Keeping artificial intelligence free of intentional bias
The conversation about unconscious bias in artificial intelligence often focuses on algorithms that unintentionally cause disproportionate harm to entire swaths ...
Deep learning: When artificial and human intelligence come together
[Computational neuroscientist Terrence] Sejnowski, a pioneer in the study of learning algorithms, is the author of The Deep Learning Revolution (out next ...
Optical illusions and why neural networks can’t seem to figure them out
[Optical illusions] are interesting because they provide insight into the nature of the visual system and perception. So ways of ...
Why it’s critical for AI to be given a good dose of common sense
Wherever artificial intelligence is deployed, you will find it has failed in some amusing way. Take the strange errors made by translation algorithms ...
First Mars, then Jupiter’s moons: How artificial intelligence is ramping up space exploration
Artificial intelligence in space exploration is gathering momentum. Over the coming years, new missions look likely to be turbo-charged by AI as ...
This AI-generated cheeseburger will make your mouth water
The techniques that empower computers to make autonomous decisions have become vogue for modern tech companies in the last six years ...
Artificial intelligence bias: Amazon shut down AI recruiter engine that ‘penalized women’
Amazon.com Inc’s machine-learning specialists uncovered a big problem: their new recruiting engine did not like women. The team had been ...
What happens if we make AI more humanlike?
When people interact with each other face to face, emotional and intellectual engagement both heavily influence the interaction. What would ...
Can artificial intelligence give us a more efficient health care system?
To understand the benefits that artificial intelligence can bring to the world of human medicine, consider the case of Ayako ...
Viewpoint: Stop worrying about intelligent robots taking all the jobs
The coming artificial intelligence revoloution will inevitably change the way the European workforce operates. How should policymakers prepare? ...
‘Algorithmic death spiral’: The failing mental health of our machines
Is my car hallucinating? Is the algorithm that runs the police surveillance system in my city paranoid? Marvin the android ...
