Late last year , famed physicist Stephen Hawking issued a warning that the continued advancement of artificial intelligence will either be (more…)

Mistaken extrapolations, limited imagination, and other common mistakes that distract us from thinking more productively about the future. (more…)

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. (more…)

After the crazy hype over the last few years, we can increasingly read about a potential "AI winter" ahead. I believe that many people in our field currently dismiss AI products as something that complicates their life while providing marginal benefits. ... (more…)

Much of the work undertaken by artificial intelligence involves a training process known as machine learning, where AI gets better at a task such as recognising a cat or mapping a route the more it does it. Now that same technique is being use to cre... (more…)