A Northwestern University team developed a new computational model that performs at human levels on a standard intelligence test. This work is an important step toward making artificial intelligence systems that see and understand the world as humans do.

As if giving the world its AI framework wasn't enough, Google is now letting others work with a once-internal development tool, Colaboratory. The software works a lot like Google Docs, its document collaboration tool, but with the ability to run code and ... (more…)

The conclusion: we need to broaden the debate about AI... (more…)

SCS Dean Andrew Moore told the U.S. Senate that dramatic increases in the number of AI experts will be essential to meet the growing demands of industry and to maintain global competitiveness.

Epistemic Status: moderately confident Deep learning has revolutionized the world of artificial intelligence. But how much does it improve performance?  How have computers gotten better at differen…...