Research from the UK and an update from Elon Musk on human trials at his brain interface company show software is now eating the mind. (more…)

In the history of artificial intelligence, an AI winter is a period of reduced funding and interest in artificial intelligence research.[1] The term was coined by analogy to the idea of a nuclear winter.[2] The field has experienced several hype cycles, ... (more…)

Hyper-intelligent algorithms are not going to take over the world for these five reasons. (more…)

Critics of AI risk suggest diminishing returns to computing means AI will be weak; I argue that this argument breaks if any premises rejected...

In a sign of the autonomous security of the future, a $2m contest wants teams to build a system that can exploit rivals’ vulnerabilities while fixing its own... (more…)