Can artificial intelligence be racist? Well, it depends. Let’s say you’re an African-American student at a school that uses facial recognition software. The school uses it to access the building and… (more…)

There have been many arguments made about how a super intelligent AI might be a catastrophe for the human race more profound than a nuclear… (more…)

Part 1 of a Series on AI Safety Research with Rob Miles. Rob heads away from his 'Killer Stamp Collector' example to find a more concrete example of the prob... (more…)

Whether it’s winning at games like Go or keeping watch for Russian influence operations, the best AI-powered systems require humans to play an active role in their creation, tending and operation. (more…)

Artificial Intelligence is in the business of building intelligence... obviously.  The thinking goes that, using architectures of statistical models and algorithms one can construct sentience. Growing up I used this as a framework to guide and optim... (more…)