Gesellschaft… AI Will Soon Identify Protesters With Their Faces Partly Concealed 7 Sep 20176 Sep 2017 Protesters regularly wear disguises like bandanas and sunglasses to prevent being identified, either by law enforcement or internet sleuths. Their efforts may be no match for artificial intelligence, however. By Louise…
Gesellschaft… Google’s Anti-Bullying AI Mistakes Civility for Decency 19 Aug 201718 Aug 2017 The culture of online civility is harming us all. By Jillian York | MOTHERBOARD As politics in the US and Europe have become increasingly divisive, there's been a push by…
Fortschritt… Google’s DeepMind Is Teaching AI How to Think Like a Human 22 Jun 201721 Jun 2017 If we’re ever going to create general AI, we need to teach it to think like us. By Daniel Oberhaus | MOTHERBOARD Last year, for the first time, an artificial…
Ökonomie… Bodies Are the Key to Human Intelligence—What About Machines? 15 Mrz 201714 Mrz 2017 Most AI researchers are currently missing a central piece of the puzzle: embodiment. By Ben Medlock | MOTHERBOARD It's tempting to think of the mind as a layer that sits…
Bildung… Could AI Replace Student Testing? 6 Mrz 20175 Mrz 2017 Artificial intelligence-based systems could provide constant feedback to students and teachers. By Michael Byrne | MOTHERBOARD To call standardized testing a contentious issue would be an understatement. It's more like political…
Bildung… Inside Wikipedia’s Attempt to Use Artificial Intelligence to Combat Harassment 18 Feb 201717 Feb 2017 A range of tactics are going to be needed to solve Wikipedia’s problem with harassment. By Sarah Smellie | MOTHERBOARD Despite its noble goals, Wikipedia is notorious for harassment among…
Ökonomie… Elite Scientists Have Told the Pentagon That AI Won’t Threaten Humanity 20 Jan 201719 Jan 2017 A new report authored by a group of independent US scientists advising the US Dept. of Defense (DoD) on artificial intelligence (AI) claims that perceived existential threats to humanity posed…
Ökonomie… Why We Need AI to Study America’s Gun Violence Epidemic 13 Okt 201612 Okt 2016 Shootings are an epidemic in the US, but federal funding for research into gun violence has been in a deep freeze since 1996, thanks in part to the NRA-backed Dickey…
Ökonomie… Watch Charlie Rose Interview a Robot 12 Okt 201611 Okt 2016 Charlie Rose has interviewed the most important people in the world, from Vladimir Putin and Larry David. But last week, he did something unprecedented: he interviewed a robot. By Madison…
Gesellschaft… Neural Networks Are Alarmingly Good at Identifying Blurred Faces 26 Sep 201625 Sep 2016 In a world of ubiquitous smart-phone cameras, drones, and Google Street View cars, there’s probably never been a more important time to start protecting the identities of people unwittingly captured…
Geschichte… This AI Sees Things in Art That Humans Don’t 3 Sep 20162 Sep 2016 What’s the same about a photo of the most recent Notting Hill Carnival parade and an 18th century portrait of an upper class family? It might not be obvious to…
Geschichte… NASA’s New Self-Learning AI Could Save First Responders 28 Aug 201627 Aug 2016 NASA scientists are engineering a form of artificial intelligence (AI) that they hope will help firefighters and other first responders escape dangerous situations. Set to launch next year, the system…
Ökonomie… Better Facial Recognition Tech Could Lead to Robot Hitmen 20 Jul 201619 Jul 2016 From catching thieves to finding lost pets, facial recognition technology has already done a fair bit of good for humanity. But artificial intelligence experts warn new developments in the field…
Bildung… Why AI Can Still Hardly Pass an Eighth Grade Science Test 20 Feb 201619 Feb 2016 An artificial intelligence competition that asked AI models to answer eighth-grade science questions announced its winners this week—but it doesn’t look like robots will be graduating junior high any time…
Ökonomie… ‚Human Computation‘ Could Save the World Without the Risks of AI 1 Jan 201631 Dez 2015 Forget artificial intelligence: The key to solving the world’s most complex problems could be human-machine collaboration. By Victoria Turk|MOTHERBOARD That’s the rallying cry of researchers who penned an editorial in…
Bildung… A New Object-Recognition Algorithm Could Change the Face of Machine Learning 14 Dez 201513 Dez 2015 The basic principle of machine learning is training. As humans, we can learn very profound things from single examples—spoiled milk tastes bad, fire is hot—but machines need more because they…
Fortschritt… Robots Are Learning How to Say ‚No‘ to Humans 29 Nov 201528 Nov 2015 Science fiction is filled with examples of robots declining the requests of their human companions. “I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that,” says the HAL 9000. “It's against…
Gesellschaft… How Do You Teach a Robot Feelings? Make It Sing Opera 30 Jun 201529 Jun 2015 Last week, a humanoid robot called Myon took a lead role in “My Square Lady”, a new opera that opened in Berlin’s Komische Oper in Germany. But while Myon can…
Ökonomie… Simulated Worlds Will Soon Be Indistinguishable From Reality 16 Mai 201515 Mai 2015 The technological singularity is a hypothetical moment in the future when artificial intelligence becomes indistinguishable from human intelligence—and capable of creating smarter iterations of itself. Apply the same general idea…
Bildung… Is the Universe a Giant Computer Simulation? Here’s the Evidence 9 Mai 20158 Mai 2015 Our universe seems real, but is it really? As humans get better at simulating artificial intelligence, it seems at least plausible that we could create life that is both conscious…
Bildung… Computerprogramm besteht erstmals Turing-Test 10 Jun 20149 Jun 2014 Erstmals hat eine Software den Turing-Test bestanden, der seit 1950 die KI-Forscher herausfordert. In einem Chat hielten Menschen einen Computer für eine reale Person. ZEIT ONLINE Ein Programm auf einem…
