Internet of Things: between panacea and paranoia
How the idea of a hyper-connected society could quickly go from utopia to dystopia and why neither scenario is likely to last.
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Self-driving cars must learn trust and cooperation
Self-driving vehicles will need to communicate and work together.
Cracking big data with statistical physics
Methods stemming from decades of research on disordered materials are used to describe algorithmic phase transitions, and to design new algorithms in machine-learning problems.
Teaching machines to understand – and summarize – text
Nobody can understand the legal language in privacy policies. Can artificial intelligence digest the text and produce a human-readable explanation?
Artificial intelligence: the adventure has just begun
While there is currently interest interest in artificial intelligence, it offers limited achievements, such as the autonomous car. Tomorrow, machines will learn alone and forge solutions.
Natural language processing and affective computing
Important advances have been made in the areas of automatic language processing and emotional computing, and that could have big implications for business.
There’s a technology that could stop Facebook Live being used to stream murders – but it has a cost
Text and video 'mining' could be used to automatically detect violent language and behaviour.
Is the Supreme Court acting less like a court?
The Supreme Court's public reputation is strong in part because people see it as less political than other government branches. What can text analysis tell us about how accurate that perception is?
The school of hard knocks: driverless cars should learn lessons from crashes
We should all learn from mistakes. Driverless cars must do the same when it comes to any accidents they've been involved in on our roads, no matter who was to blame.
Melding mind and machine: How close are we?
Brain-computer interfacing is a hot topic in the tech world, with Elon Musk's announcement of his new Neuralink startup. Here, researchers separate what's science from what's currently still fiction.
‘Machine folk’ music composed by AI shows technology’s creative side
Rather than replace humans, AI could actually boost our creativity.
How understanding animals can help us make the most of artificial intelligence
A former animal trainer explains how we might usefully think about the limitations of artificial intelligence systems.
A brain scan to tell if you’re depressed – and what treatment is needed
Talking therapy or antidepressants? An MRI scan could reveal what would work for you.
Star Trek’s Holodeck: from science fiction to a new reality
The technology needed to create a real Star Trek-like Holodeck is not that far out of reach.
Artificial intelligence: here’s what you need to know to understand how machines learn
Artificial intelligence is surrounded by fear and mystery because very few understand its inner workings. But it's actually rather intuitive and far simpler than it seems.
Can machines really tell us if we’re sick?
The value of machine learning is not only that it is more accurate than humans. It is also cheaper and more consistent in its diagnoses.
Why artificial intelligence has not revolutionised healthcare… yet
Artificial intelligence is already transforming a range of industries but it has still to make an impact on healthcare. So what's the hold up?
Understanding the four types of AI, from reactive robots to self-aware beings
We need to do more than teach machines to learn. We need to overcome the barriers that separate machines from us – and us from them.
Business Briefing: why the future is workless
Business Briefing: why the future is workless.
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We need to embrace a future where machines do our jobs for us and the government gives us a basic income as a safety net, author Tim Dunlop says.
Why watching Westworld’s robots should make us question ourselves
New HBO series reimagines a group of life-like robots programmed with hope but marred in violence. They might be more human than we think.
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Professor in Robotics, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics and Socio-Technical Studies, Griffith University
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Professor of Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London
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Associate Professor of Finance / Head of Competitiveness Studies at i7 Institute for Innovation and Competitiveness, ESCP Europe
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Professor of Business & Economics at Harvard University and Grenoble École de Management, Grenoble École de Management (GEM)
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Associate research scientist Cambridge Judge Business School and lecturer GEM, Grenoble École de Management (GEM)
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Professor of AI at UNSW, Research Group Leader, Data61
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