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Instead of trying to explain the mystifying mathematics behind how algorithms work, this researcher started looking at how they actually ‘see’ the world we live in.
Prominent thinkers exaggerating the potential or danger of artificial intelligence are pushing us towards a new AI winter.
Earth-orbiting satellites and AI tools can track fishing vessels around the world.
Finding out more about how the brain works could help programmers translate thinking from the wet and squishy world of biology into all-new forms of machine learning in the digital world.
Bitcoin trading is difficult to predict, but artificial neural networks may be able to discern patterns.
We know that social media platforms have an incentive to promote whatever gets the most attention, regardless of its authenticity. We’re more reluctant to admit that the same is true of people.
Teaching robots to care for us in old age will be child’s play.
In the future, consciously aware robots could be part of our everyday world, deserving of moral respect and consideration.
Humans still have an edge over non-Hollywood AI in several key areas that are essential to journalism, including complex communication, expert thinking, adaptability and creativity.
Having problems with Siri and Google Translate? Here’s why.
Big tech companies compete over who can gather the most intelligence on their users. Countries like Russia and China turn this information against their citizens.
An expert responds to a teenager who wants to know – is there any hope for humanity’s future?
There are plenty of guidelines, policy documents and reports on how best we should use AI and avoid unethical practices. So how about we agree on one set of rules?
Academics call for an independent regulator to address risks associated with the use of artificial intelligence by government agencies.
Having trouble playing the latest video game? New AI tools can learn how you and others play, and help you be a better player.
During a military mission, whether in peace or in war, the inability to identify an object within an area of operation represents a significant problem.
Artificial intelligence can help manage floods effectively, but decisions about which communities are protected require a human touch.
Plenty of services use AI to study your behaviour to suggest new things to you. So could such a tool help you decide how to vote?
A human knows that four cats, four apples and the symbol 4 all have one thing in common – the abstract concept of ‘four’. Now robots are catching up.
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Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Professor in Robotics, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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PhD in machine ethics, University of Canterbury
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Assistant Professor of Integrative Biology & Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University
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Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Assistant Professor, Psychology, Concordia University
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Philosophy and Director, Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
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Lecturer in Business Analytics, University of Sydney
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James Martin Research Fellow, Future of Humanity Institute & Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University
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Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Art & AI Lab, Rutgers University
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Research Assistant Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Southern California
