A research lab at the University of Saskatchewan is pursuing the applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning to healthcare diagnoses.
AI researchers think there is a 50% chance AI will outperform humans in all tasks in 45 years and that almost all current human jobs can be automated in 120 years.
Shutterstock
There is little evidence of any strategic planning by Australia’s federal and state governments to deal with social dislocation caused by AI-driven automation.
To help establish South Africa’s gaming industry as a viable career path for more diverse participants, more support for the technical training required has to be considered.
Surviving an extinction-level event requires adapting to a new environment.
Shutterstock
The 737 Max is the best-selling airliner ever. But two have crashed in five months, killing 346, damaging Boeing’s future and raising questions about the increasing sophistication of cockpit technology.
We might not like the way future AI responds to us.
Shutterstock/Mykola Holyutyak
Nicholas Agar, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
We’re on the way to making machines that appear and act human, and can think for themselves. So how will they react to our behaviour towards them, especially the bad behaviour?
Robots for tutoring? The desire to keep pace with technological change should not eclipse larger questions about how children’s development is impacted.
An artificial image created on the Ganbreeder site.
sgc/Ganbreeder
When algorithms are at work, there should be a human safety net to prevent harming people. Artificial intelligence systems can be taught to ask for help.
The future of work could look more like this.
BigBlueStudio/Shutterstock.com
While some alarmists predict AI will decimate the workforce, the truth is concerted action by leaders in labor, business, government and education can ensure workers aren’t replaced by robots.
Rare diseases aren’t, in fact, all that rare. Yet they continue to be brushed aside by most politicians. Why?
Rawpixel/Unsplash
AlphaZero is a machine capable of defeating the most complex board games for the human mind, based only on its own learning experience, not on accumulated human knowledge.