Time to Regulate AI That Interprets Human Emotions
The pandemic is being used as a pretext to push unproven artificial-intelligence tools into workplaces and schools.
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Why Computers Won't Make Themselves Smarter
We fear and yearn for "the singularity." But it will probably never come.
Here's How We'll Know an AI Is Conscious
Zombies are supposed to be capable of asking any question about the nature of experience. It's worth wondering, though, how a person or machine devoid of experience could reflect on experience it doesn’t have.
Drug Companies Look to AI to End 'Hit and Miss' Research
Technology that speeded the development of Covid vaccines has potential to transform the pharmaceutical industry.
A New Artificial Intelligence Makes Mistakes - On Purpose
A chess program that learns from human error might be better at working with people or negotiating with them.
AI-based Citation Evaluation Tools: Good, Bad or Ugly?
What are the pitfalls of using AI as a citation evaluation tool?
Sci-Fi Surveillance: Europe's Secretive Push into Biometric Technology
A Robot Wrote This Entire Article. Are You Scared Yet, Human?
We asked GPT-3, OpenAI's powerful new language generator, to write an essay for us from scratch. The assignment? To convince us robots come in peace.
These Students Figured out Their Tests Were Graded by AI - and the Easy Way to Cheat
These Students Figured out Their Tests Were Graded by AI - and the Easy Way to Cheat
Edgenuity involves short answers graded by an algorithm, and students have already cracked it.
187 Things the Blockchain Is Supposed to Fix
Businesses and entrepreneurs are racing to deploy blockchain technology against all manner of problems, and perceived opportunities.
Overcoming Barriers to Cross-cultural Cooperation in AI Ethics and Governance
Overcoming Barriers to Cross-cultural Cooperation in AI Ethics and Governance
Achieving the global benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) will require international cooperation on many areas of governance and ethical standards, while allowing for diverse cultural perspectives and priorities.
Scientists Are Drowning in COVID-19 Papers. Can New Tools Keep Them Afloat?
Scientists Are Drowning in COVID-19 Papers. Can New Tools Keep Them Afloat?
The hunt is on for better ways to collect and search pandemic studies
Coronavirus in Context: Scite.ai Tracks Positive and Negative Citations for COVID-19 Literature
Coronavirus in Context: Scite.ai Tracks Positive and Negative Citations for COVID-19 Literature
Artificial-intelligence tool aims to reveal whether research findings are supported or contradicted by subsequent studies.
OpenAI's Jukebox Opens the Pandora's Box of AI-Generated Music
OpenAI released Jukebox, a state-of-the-art AI model capable of generating music with vocals in the style of various artists and genres. I highlight some of my favorite samples and discuss the legality of it all.
Powerful Antibiotics Discovered Using AI
Machine learning spots molecules that work even against 'untreatable' strains of bacteria.
Edward Snowden to the Hundreds of AMLD Participants at EPFL: "Don't Stay Safe. Stay Free! "
Edward Snowden to the Hundreds of AMLD Participants at EPFL: "Don't Stay Safe. Stay Free! "
The main points developed by Edward Snowden during his speech at the Applied Machine Learning Days at EPFL. In the second part of his speech, the American answered questions. The main part of this interview are also reported.
The Scientific Events That Shaped the Decade
The 2010s have seen breakthroughs in frontiers from gene editing to gravitational waves. The coming one must focus on climate change.
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