Machine Learning

Let’s Not (Accidentally) Build Depressed Robots

In trying to build machines that can experience "real" emotions, we might end up creating intelligent beings as mentally fragile as...
Alok Jha
May 10, 2018 3 min read

The Future of International Scientific Collaboration

Countries cooperating to steer the direction of a world-changing technology is important–but they should include those which have not historically had...
Duncan Geere
Apr 26, 2018 2 min read

The Boundaries of Artificial Emotional Intelligence

If our virtual assistants and emotional laborers are all turning out to be soothing, female-voiced AI, will it close certain gaps...
Leigh Alexander
Mar 31, 2017 8 min read

The Web Divided

Will machine translation ever bring us together?
Corin Faife
Jan 13, 2017 10 min read

Games Are a Playground for Artificial Intelligence

Play is one of the primary ways humans learn new skills and abilities–and the same applies to AI.
Greg Noone
Nov 4, 2016 7 min read

A.I. is Defending the Earth From Asteroids

Imagine some scientists from NASA are meeting with the president of the United States. There’s a piece of space coming toward...
Ian Steadman
Aug 30, 2016 6 min read

Get Ready for AI to Turn Every Child Into an Olympian

A speculative journey to the future of athletic performance and genetic engineering.
Caroline Sinders
Aug 22, 2016 5 min read