Eric Schmidt in a fireside chat with Professor Daniela Rus... (more…)

Now is not the time for Hollywood 'zoom and enhance' fantasies... (more…)

This is the second installment in a series. Read part 1 here. The ultimate root of the stupidity of AI systems, I argue, lies in their strictly algorithmic character. AI as presently understood is … (more…)

Microsoft's AI can now caption images even better than humans. (more…)

A Pentagon video obtained by The Intercept envisions a dystopian future for global megacities as populations in the developing world shift from rural to dense urban environments. Although the problems discussed are politically and socially complex,...