AI

High-tech art exhibit looks at life through the eyes of AI

In this Chicago museum, artists explore some of the most polarizing forms of imagery at the moment: surveillance and facial recognition.

B. David Zarley

Opinion

9 ways the 2010s decade changed the world

From Tinder to CRISPR, these are the top moments, movements, and ideas through which the 2010s decade shaped the world as we know it.

B. David Zarley

Series| Uprising

Nick Bostrom on superintelligence and the future of AI

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Beyond the brains of even the most intelligent human beings lies artificial superintelligence, which could pose serious threats to the human race. Nick Bostrom is attempting to fathom the unfathomable so we can be ready.

Series| Uprising

“Collaborative” robots are taking our jobs, but it might be a good thing

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An ever-increasing number of robots in the workplace may force us to change our perception of the sort of work we deem worthy of human minds and hands. Instead of stealing our jobs, think of robots as taking on the duties nobody really wants, anyway.

Scientists are using AI to improve breast cancer screening

Computer scientists at MIT created a new algorithm for breast cancer screening to predict whether a patient will develop the disease in the next 5 years.

B. David Zarley

In the midst of a crisis, Venezuelans are training self-driving cars

Hundreds of thousands of formerly middle class Venezuelans, thrown into poverty by economic collapse, are now sitting at computers as they help train self-driving cars to identify and avoid obstacles.

B. David Zarley