Futurist Professor Michio Kaku claimed smart robots could “become dangerous,” and that humans may have to “merge” with machines, during an “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) session on Reddit this week.
Tech-savvy parents are using big tech’s new A.I. systems — Alexa, Siri and Google Assistant — as surrogate babysitters. But what happens when children start viewing these bias-ridden systems as authority figures?
Stanford researchers have developed an artificial intelligence device that predicts when a hospital patient will die.
Microsoft President Brad Smith and EVP of A.I. Harry Shum have written a book which claims that within 20 years, human “alter egos” will exist in artificial intelligence.
Google’s sentiment-analyzing artificial intelligence tool is biased against gay people and Jews, according to a report.
Artificially intelligent machines may very well come to augment every aspect of our lives, and even extend them. But these advances raise a multitude of questions.
The birthplace of Skype is in the midst of addressing the unique legal ramifications of automated citizenry.
Google Clips, a new AI-powered camera, watches everything to determine on its own what and who you want it to film.
After public bipartisan outcry, Mattel has decided to cease plans for production of the artificial intelligence children’s assistant “Aristotle.”
The New Republic published an article recently claiming that algorithms used in artificial intelligence systems are racist.
The German industrial behemoth Siemens wants robotics to augment human production, rather than replace it.
A new algorithm developed by MIT researchers is probably more emotionally intelligent than you are — on Twitter.
Artifical Intelligence being developed by Facebook has invented its own language system to convey detailed information with greater efficiency; however, to human eyes, the messages are completely nonsensical.
Based out of Silicon Valley, Zume Pizza uses robots to produce freshly-baked, artisanal pizza. With their new van, which contains on-board ovens, they can deliver their pizza to customers as quickly as four minutes after it was ordered.
Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have created a machine learning technology that utilizes brain activation patterns to identify complex thoughts and sentences, which is, in effect, an ability to “mind read.”
“Bot Dylan,” an A.I. music composer, has created over 100,000 new folks songs after studying 23,000 tradition Irish tunes.
Over the course of a five-day competition, the “Lengpudashi” artificial intelligence managed to rake in more than a quarter-million dollars in poker chips from a crack team designed specifically to defeat it.
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son claimed artificial intelligence will become smarter than humans within 30 years, during a speech at the Mobile World Congress on Monday.
The Obama administration wants to use more artificial intelligence to solve the problems with big government.
Science fiction has considered the question of artificial intelligence since the very beginning — what is the subject of Mary Shelley’s groundbreaking novel Frankenstein if not an artificial intelligence, made from organic parts instead of metal?
The tech elite are teaming up to protect humanity from evil Matrix-like artificial intelligence. Elon Musk and a team of Silicon Valley elite have reportedly pledged more than a billion dollars to construct artificial intelligence that benefits mankind, rather than enslaves it.
“Does God exist?” is, perhaps, humanity’s oldest philosophical question.
