The one area AI still falls flat by Gillian Tett in FT Magazine 18 December 2021
Jokes are good examples of edge cases, which AI cannot yet address. Edge cases are those instances...
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AI for all by Gabriela Ramos in New Scientist 4 December 2021
UNESCO’s international agreement on AI ethics looks great, but is it really? 193 countries have...
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Chess faces stalemate in its match with machines in Financial Times 27 November 2021
Human AI interaction will throw up some curious questions. We know that chess algorithms these...
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DeepMind is developing one algorithm to rule them all by George Anadiotis at VentureBeat 12 October 2021
Could this be the precursor to artificial general intelligence? The trouble about machine learning...
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Inside Boston Dynamics’ project to create humanoid robots by Ben Dickson at VentureBeat 27 August 2021
The domestic robot takes shape. Elon Musk recently hit the headlines with the introduction of...
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The alignment problem by Brian Christian 2021
How do we ensure that AI will have the same values as humans? Brian Christian’s book asks...
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What tech does Xi want? in The Economist 14 August 2021
China finally decides to nationalise tech. One of the wonders of modern China is that a communist...
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The road to conscious machines by Michael Wooldridge 2021
A history of AI with a nod to conscious machines. If you are looking for a description of how we...
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Is it smarter than a seven-month-old in The Economist 4 September 2021
Machine learners and symbolisers are still at odds. This is the problem that currently bedevils...
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Legal Researchers Weigh in on How Future Laws Should Deal With The Rise of The Sexbots by David Neild on TechPost & Science 14 August
Blending AI with ethics will be a real tough nut. There is always a small number of really...
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Elon Musk Unveils Humanoid Robot to Take Over ‘Boring’ Work by Dana Hull and Edward Ludlow on Bloomberg 20 August 2021
It may be premature but it is the future. There has been a mixed reaction to Tesla’s announcement...
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Where’s my robot car? By Jeff Hecht in New Scientist 31 July 2021
The car of the future is taking years to emerge. The car of the future is likely to be powered by...
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Pentagon using AI to figure out what enemy will do next by Michael Evans in The Times 3 August 2021
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. The US is developing a highly advanced AI to work out what...
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Patently brilliant … AI listed as inventor for first time by Tom Knowles in The Times 28 July 2021
And so it begins. The South Africa patent office has listed an algorithm as the inventor of...
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Future Proof from The Centre for Long-term Resilience June 2021
Keep an eye out for the conjunction of AI and weapons. The AI industry is largely fixated on the...
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AI is learning how to create itself by Will Douglas Heaven in MIT Technology Review 27 May 2021
This may be the way forward to artificial general intelligence. Researchers have developed a...
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Beijing-funded AI researchers surpass Google and OpenAI with new language processing model by Coco Feng in South China Morning Post 2 June 2021
China researchers overtake the US in natural language processing. The new WuDao 2.0 natural...
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Bart Selman interviewed by Lucas Perry on the Promises and Perils of Artificial Intelligence from the Future of Life Institute 20 May 2021
Wide-ranging discussion on the future of AI, including artificial superintelligence. Selman notes...
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Autonomous military drones may have attacked humans by David Hambling in New Scientist 5 June 2021
This genie is not going back into the bottle. Last year, autonomous lethal drones apparently...
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Cooperative AI: machines must learn to find common ground by Allan Dafoe et al in Nature 4 May 2021
The future will be about the relationship between AI and humans. This excellent article describes...
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