Why you shouldn't let the super-intelligent machines in 'Ex Machina' and 'The...
We've all seen the headlines.Tech giants like Bill Gates and Elon Musk have been quoted as saying artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to "destroy us all" and that it's "humanity's biggest...
View ArticleIn the next 100 years 'computers will overtake humans' and we need to be...
Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking doesn't think humans will be the smartest thinkers on the planet 100 years from now.Instead, computers are likely to surpass humans in artificial intelligence at...
View ArticleThe CEO of IBM just made a bold prediction about the future of artificial...
Last week, Ginni Rometty, the chairman and CEO of IBM, stood on stage in front of a packed room and announced that she was going to make "a bold prediction.""In the future, every decision that mankind...
View ArticleAPPLY NOW: Business Insider is hiring an editor who’s obsessed with space and...
Do you have SpaceX reps on speed dial? Do lakes under Europa’s ice make your heart soar? Do you grumble over A.I. news invoking Skynet? Are you fascinated by the weird ways researchers are trying to...
View ArticleElon Musk is terrified of what Larry Page is doing
Despite being close friends, Elon Musk and Larry Page differ greatly on their opinions of artificial intelligence, according to Ashlee Vance, author of "Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a...
View ArticleHere's how accurately this robot can recognize what's going on in 11 photos
One of the most intriguing areas in artificial intelligence research is computer vision. From being an integral part of self-driving cars to allowing machines to guess your age, making it possible for...
View ArticleArtificial Intelligence crushed all human records in the addictive tile game...
By now, we’ve all heard of the addictive tile-mashing game called 2048. Last week, I picked up 2048 for the first time and — true to my nature — I started designing an AI to beat the game for me the...
View ArticleA new Industrial Revolution is coming
Over the past 25 years, the Internet has radically altered the way people communicate and share ideas and the way businesses interact with customers and clients.For an even longer period, starting in...
View ArticleIBM's supercomputer Watson ingested 2,000 TED Talks and can answer your...
What is the relationship between money and psychology? What is the secret to happiness? What is the meaning of life?These are the kinds of deep questions TED Talks have long been exploring. Now, with...
View ArticleHow to keep super-intelligent robots like Ultron from killing us all
In the most recent installment of Marvel's Avengers franchise, the artificial intelligence Ultron is hell-bent on exterminating humanity. In Ultron's own words, "I was designed to save the world," but...
View ArticleFacebook opens an artificial intelligence lab in Paris
Facebook has opened an artificial intelligence laboratory in Paris, France — its third — as the race is on to build smarter machines that can make better sense of our huge amounts of data.Back in...
View ArticleHow Google created the world's smartest photo app (GOOG)
Google's new Photos app doesn't just store and organize your photos — it actually knows who and what are in them. It knows what your dog looks like, when and where you last ate pizza, and can...
View ArticlePhysicist and Star Trek screenwriter Leonard Mlodinow: "In 2035, we'll all be...
Renowned physicist and Star Trek screenwriter Leonard Mlodinow has some pretty awe ome predictions about the future, which we got to hear when we caught up with him recently here in New York.For one,...
View ArticleThis Japanese company taught a robot to wield a katana like a master swordsman
Fictional robots are often remarkably capable, but their real life counterparts frequently have trouble navigating something as simple as a door.That's changing rapidly. And in a perfect example of...
View ArticleGoogle: The artificial intelligence we're working on won't destroy humanity...
Mustafa Suleyman, one of the cofounders of Google's artificial intelligence research company Google DeepMind, emphasised in a talk that researching AI isn't going to destroy humanity.Suleyman, speaking...
View ArticleOcado is creating an army of humanoid robots with artificial intelligence
Ocado is creating an army of robots to pick your groceries for you.The humanoid robots will use artificial intelligence, machine learning and advanced vision systems to eventually "increase safety,...
View ArticleIBM's big gamble on artificial intelligence faces one major hurdle
Ginni Rometty, the CEO of IBM, is betting big on Watson, the company's flagship artificial intelligence system.Last month, she predicted a future in which "every decision that mankind makes is going to...
View ArticleTwitter is joining Google and Facebook in the artificial intelligence arms...
The changing of the guard in Twitter's executive suite hasn't put a halt to the company's M&A activity.On Wednesday, Twitter announced that it has acquired Whetlab, a startup focused on machine...
View ArticleThe 20 most creative paintings ever — according to a computer
Creativity and art are usually thought of as the domains of humans.But computer scientists from Rutgers University have designed an algorithm that shows that computers may be just as skilled at...
View ArticleGoogle just announced that its AI has dreams and here's what they look like
What do machines dream of? New images released by Google give us one potential answer: hypnotic landscapes of buildings, fountains and bridges merging into one.The pictures, which veer from beautiful...
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