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Sep 26, 2017

To Keep AI from 'Eating a Table,' Scientists Make It Read Wikipedia

Though artificial intelligence is often maligned by futurists and others as something to fear, what about the everyday, humdrum actions a robot may have to carry out, such as knowing you can put food on a table but you can't eat the table? Turns out, AI is not yet sophisticated...

Oct 6, 2017

Recipe for a Replicant: 5 Steps to Building a Blade Runner-Style Android

Building a replicant (Image credit: Copyright 2017 ALCON ENTERTAINMENT, LLC)Blade Runner 2049 hits theaters on Friday, Oct. 6. The sci-fi thriller will serve as a distant sequel to the original Blade Runner film from 1982, in which a faction of advanced humanoid robots become murderous in their quest to increase...

Oct 31, 2017

'I Wake Up in a Pool of Blood': These Horror Stories Were Written by an AI

I wake up in a pool of blood. I was trapped in this hospital bed. I think I'm being stalked. In horror stories, phrases like these conjure up scenes that can make your blood run cold or cause your heart to beat a little faster. But the author of these...

Nov 27, 2017

Elon Musk: Say 'Sweet Dreams,' Humanity

Elon Musk has once again warned about the dangers of unchecked artificial intelligence, this time in response to a viral video of a robot doing amazing acrobatic feats. Twitter user Alex Medina, a designer for Vox Media, posted a clip of a Boston Dynamics humanoid robot called Atlas doing a...

Dec 10, 2017

Will Artificial Intelligence Become Conscious?

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Forget about today's modest incremental advances in artificial intelligence, such as the increasing abilities of cars to drive themselves. Waiting in the wings might be a groundbreaking development: a...

Jan 26, 2018

A Computer with Just 2 'Neurons' Can Learn to Ride a Bike

It doesn't take a whole lot of brain to ride a bicycle. In fact, it takes just two neurons — or, to be precise, two nodes on a digital neural network. Matthew Cook, a researcher at the Institute for Neuroinformatics in Zurich, showed this in a self-published report from 2004,...

Jan 30, 2018

Will the Next Cold War Be Powered by Artificial Intelligence?

It is easy to confuse the current geopolitical situation with that of the 1980s. The United States and Russia each accuse the other of interfering in domestic affairs. Russia has annexed territory over U.S. objections, raising concerns about military conflict. As during the Cold War after World War II, nations...

Feb 21, 2018

AI-Driven Robot Learns the Meaning of Love, on Paper at Least

It's been a typical week for typical college student BINA48. On Monday, BINA attended her robot ethics class. On Tuesday, the second-semester student had an excused absence to ring the bell at the stock exchange, and soon BINA will be assistant-teaching a kindergarten class and getting a face-lift at Hanson...

Feb 22, 2018

Why Elon Musk Is Stepping Down from AI Safety Group He Co-Founded

Entrepreneur and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk may have a little more time on his hands (maybe), as he's departing his spot on the board of the artificial-intelligence safety group OpenAI, according to a blog post. The departure is likely the result of Tesla's move into the realm...

Mar 2, 2018

A Floating 'Brain' Will Assist Astronauts Aboard the Space Station

The crew on board the International Space Station (ISS) will soon welcome a new member — one that is 3D-printed from metal and plastic and is described by its creators as a kind of flying brain. It goes by the name CIMON, short for Crew Interactive Mobile Companion. Built by...

Mar 7, 2018

Google Wants to Make Military Spy Drones Even Smarter

Google has partnered with the U.S. Department of Defense to help the agency develop smarter drone software. According to a report from Gizmodo, Google has agreed to provide the DOD with machine-learning software that will help the department's computers better detect objects in surveillance drone footage. The new partnership, which...

Apr 5, 2018

Google Employees Are Livid About Company's 'Evil' Military Partnership

There's a motto at Google: Don't be evil. Today, more than 3,000 Google employees fear their company is on the verge of breaching that code by helping the U.S. military improve its spy drone software. According to The New York Times, some 3,100 Google employees, including dozens of senior engineers,...

Apr 5, 2018

'Killer Robot' Lab Faces Boycott from Artificial Intelligence Experts

The artificial intelligence (AI) community has a clear message for researchers in South Korea: Don't make killer robots. Nearly 60 AI and robotics experts from almost 30 countries have signed an open letter calling for a boycott against KAIST, a public university in Daejeon, South Korea, that has been reported...

Apr 6, 2018

Elon Musk Worries That AI Research Will Create an 'Immortal Dictator'

Imagine your least-favorite world leader. (Take as much time as you need.) Now, imagine if that person wasn't a human, but a network of millions of computers around the world. This digi-dictator has instant access to every scrap of recorded information about every person who's ever lived. It can make...

May 7, 2018

Google AI Expert: Machine Learning Is No Better Than Alchemy

A prominent researcher of machine learning and artificial intelligence is arguing that his field has strayed out of the bounds of science and engineering and into alchemy. And he's offering a route back. Ali Rahimi, who works on AI for Google, said he thinks his field has made amazing progress,...