Last month I got to attend the Asilomar Conference on Beneficial AI. I tried to fight it off, saying I was totally unqualified to go to any AI-related conference. But the organizers assured me that…...

Those among us who fear world domination at the metallic hands of super-intelligent AI have gotten a few steps ahead of themselves. We might actually be outs... (more…)

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The mathematician hopes to show the strengths and weaknesses of algorithms in this year's Royal Institution shows, she tells Rachael Pells... (more…)

Cloud didn't make the scientific method irrelevant in '08—AI won't do it in '17, either. (more…)