Embodied AI in psychiatry: new technologies pose ethical questions Interactions with artificial intelligence (AI) will become an increasingly common aspect of our lives. A team at the Techni... Read more
In debates over the future of artificial intelligence, many experts think of the new systems as coldly logical and objectively rational. But in a new study, researchers have demonstrated how... Read more
Autonomous systems — like driverless cars — perform tasks that previously could only be performed by humans. In a new IEEE Intelligent Systems Expert Opinion piece, Carnegie Mellon Universit... Read more
The United States has put artificial intelligence at the center of its defense strategy, with weapons that can identify targets and make decisions. The small drone, with its six whirring rot... Read more
This year-long exercise in scientific introspection yields a report meant to spur discussion about ‘how the fruits of an AI-dominated economy should be shared’ A panel of academi... Read more
Frankenstein’s paperclips AS DOOMSDAY SCENARIOS go, it does not sound terribly frightening. The “paperclip maximiser” is a thought experiment proposed by Nick Bostrom, a philosopher at Oxfor... Read more
Structure-mapping engine enables computers to reason and learn like humans, including solving moral dilemmas Northwestern Engineering’s Ken Forbus is closing the gap between humans and machi... Read more
The company lays out five unsolved challenges that need to be addressed if smart machines such as domestic robots are to be safe. Could machines become so intelligent and powerful they pose... Read more
Figuring Out Why the Computer Rejected Your Loan Application Machine-learning algorithms increasingly make decisions about credit, medical diagnoses, personalized recommendations, advertisin... Read more
The rapid pace of artificial intelligence (AI) has raised fears about whether robots could act unethically or soon choose to harm humans. Some are calling for bans on robotics research; othe... Read more
We’ve talked a lot about the ethical and programming problems currently facing those designing self driving cars. Some are less complicated, such as how to program cars to bend the rul... Read more
Turning Point: An AI system teaches itself how to play and win video games without any programming. Welcome to the era of AI-human hybrid intelligence, where people and artificial intelligen... Read more
There has been much discussion of late of the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI), especially regarding robot weapons development and a related but more general discussion about AI as an... Read more
Imagine you are in charge of the switch on a trolley track. The express is due any minute; but as you glance down the line you see a school bus, filled with children, stalled at the level cr... Read more
