Data science experts share their predictions for 2018... (more…)

In artificial intelligence (AI) and philosophy, the AI control problem is the issue of how to build a superintelligent agent that will aid its creators, and avoid inadvertently building a superintelligence that will harm its creators. Its study is motivat... (more…)

The give-and-take of formal arguments is still outside of a machine’s “comfort zone”—at least for now... (more…)

It's been hard to ignore bots and virtual assistants lately. Google is integrating its Google Assistant into its smartphones, home devices, and Allo messaging service. Amazon’s smart-home Echo device is becoming an “unlikely hit” among American hou...

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