Elon Musk: 5-10% Chance for Humanity to Survive Artificial Intelligence
In speaking to his Neuralink employees, Musk called artificial intelligence a “fundamental risk to the existence of human civilization.”
In speaking to his Neuralink employees, Musk called artificial intelligence a “fundamental risk to the existence of human civilization.”
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Popular physicist Professor Stephen Hawking recently stated his belief that A.I.-powered robots will replace humans completely someday.
An artificial intelligence bot built by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology writes new, short horror stories every hour, according to a report.
A team of medical researchers has developed artificial intelligence that can scan and identify signs of opioid abuse on Twitter, according to a report.
The over 9 million citizens of Hangzhou, China, have been under constant surveillance by artificial intelligence since October 2016.
Google’s sentiment-analyzing artificial intelligence tool is biased against gay people and Jews, according to a report.
Google’s artificial intelligence can reportedly make better machine-learning code than the humans who made it.
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.
As his half-trillion dollar corporation prepares to dive headfirst into the age of artificial employees, Alibaba founder Jack Ma would appreciate it if the millions of potentially displaced workers around the world would set aside what he called “empty worries” about robots.
PornHub has revealed an algorithm that automatically detects actors and sex acts in videos, before listing them, according to a report.
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.”
Artificial intelligence can predict whether your relationship will last based on how you speak to your partner, according to a report.
Former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski is emerging from the shadow of a self-driving lawsuit to create a robot god.
Speaking to Axios at a Toronto artificial intelligence conference, Yoshua Bengio warned against the concentration of money and power in Silicon Valley.
A research team at the University of Bari has created an artificial intelligence that can spot even the faintest signs of Alzheimer’s Disease ten years sooner than any human.
Google’s head of artificial intelligence indirectly shot back at Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk this week over his claims that A.I. will cause World War 3.
A founding member of Google’s security team claimed no one is safe from cyber attacks this week during the TechCrunch Disrupt 2017 conference.
Four million British private sector jobs could be replaced by robots within ten years, according to a report.
Popular LGBT groups GLAAD and The Human Rights Campaign are attacking the scientific researchers who created A.I. that can detect whether a person is gay or straight from photos.
Artificial intelligence can “accurately” determine whether you’re gay or straight, using photos of your face, according to a study.
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk claimed the competition for artificial intelligence superiority would be the cause of the next world war in a series of tweets over the weekend.
Google is reportedly hiring more workers in China to work on the development of artificial intelligence.
The New Republic published an article recently claiming that algorithms used in artificial intelligence systems are racist.
Researchers have taught artificial intelligence how to write and publish realistic fake reviews online, which they warn could be used by companies to discredit competitors, according to a report. In the report, researchers from the University of Chicago warn readers
Microsoft and Amazon have partnered their A.I. assistants, Cortana and Alexa, with the two set to talk to each other later this year, according to a report.
Elon Musk is trying to raise $100 million to launch a manufacturer of nice cyborgs that do not become Terminators.
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.
In one of the strangest examples of automation to date, China claims it has been successful in cleaning up court dockets using a swarm of little robot attorneys.
Google’s artificial intelligence department is creating A.I. that can make its own plans and understand the consequences of its actions, according to a report.
General Paul Selva issued a warning to lawmakers about allowing the military to advance artificial intelligence-powered weapons systems for use in warfare.
Artificial intelligence engineers are being forced to employ psychology to help them understand the way that their own creations think.
Unilever, a Dutch-British company, is ditching resumes for artificial intelligence and a job applicant algorithm, according to a report. According to Inc, Unilever, which owns a variety of popular brands including Ben and Jerry’s, Lipton, Dove, and Magnum, starts by putting targeted
Airplane manufacturer Boeing is set to start testing self-flying vehicles according to new reports.
Russian chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov claimed people need to embrace the replacement of jobs by robots and start focusing on tasks that they can’t perform.
A new system from Facebook’s artificial intelligence research lab has learned how to lie while haggling to get what it wants, according to a report.
Facebook will start using artificial intelligence to find and remove “extremist” content from the platform, according to an official blog post.