Holding on to job becomes harder as robots get a grip by Tom Knowles in The Times 20 November 2020
Seriously dexterous robots are right around the corner. It was only a matter of time before...
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Category: AI
Artificial intelligence: the practical legal issues by John Buyers 2018
The law and AI are out of sync. There are some areas of the law which more or less address...
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AI bot becomes therapist for the lonely by Emma Yeomans in The Times 3 November 2020
Chatbots get better and better. Mitsuku, otherwise known as Kuki, is a chatbot with a difference....
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The glass cage by Nicholas Carr 2015
Increasing automation will lead to a world of profound ennui. Automation is so seductive. It will...
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Ex-antics in The Economist 10 October 2020
Tech antitrust action is a slow-burning fuse. America’s Department of Justice is taking Google to...
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Head hand heart by David Goodhart 2020
Craft and care fight back against a world currently dominated by the cognitive. Goodhart...
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Army of none by Paul Scharre 2018
Chances are, fully autonomous weaponry will become widespread. It’s a loathsome thought but fully...
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Walking with robots in The Economist 29 August 2020
Mobile robots are moving forwards quickly. Boston Dynamics is transforming the ability of robots...
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Despite exam fiasco, algorithms have their place by Stephen Bush in The Times 18 August 2020
At last, sensible commentary on the A-level results jamboree. The way the commentariat has been...
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Responsible artificial intelligence by Virginia Dignum 2019
A worthy introduction to the vexed question of AI ethics. Dignum’s book lists the areas we need to...
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The political battle with Big Tech by Robert Colvile in Sunday Times 21 June 2020
Big Tech is making a bad political miscalculation. The British government tried in vain to set up...
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A world without work by Daniel Susskind 2020
A shocking but entirely plausible vision of the future. Historically, new technology has replaced...
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The precipice by Toby Ord 2020
Artificial general intelligence is our greatest existential risk. Ord’s book provides a taxonomy...
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The promise of artificial intelligence by Brian Cantwell Smith 2019
Today’s AI is still only scratching the surface of general intelligence. Superficially, Cantwell...
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Artificial intelligence by Yorick Wilks 2019
AI for beginners There tends to be two types of book on AI. One type tells you how it works, which...
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Architects of intelligence by Martin Ford 2018
Deep learning versus the rest: the future of AGI. This is an excellent set of interviews with 23...
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The Next Decade in AI by Gary Marcus 17 February 2020
A strong argument for supplementing machine learning with symbolic manipulation. Machine learning...
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The book of why by Judea Pearl and Dana Mackenzie 2019
A brilliant explanation of how and why AI needs to incorporate causation. What is the difference...
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Expression of doubt by Douglas Heaven in Nature 27 February 2020
Academia and commercial AI go their separate ways on emotions. Several AI companies are pressing...
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Zed by Joanna Kavenna 2019
A brave new world for the 21st century. If Huxley and Orwell identified the problem, Kavenna shows...
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