Jul 30 The hidden dangers of our robotic rivals By Jerry Kaplan New hazards arise as machines increasingly intrude into domains that were formerly the exclusive province of humans. Jerry Kaplan explains the hidden dangers of the human-machine competition. Continue reading
May 22 3 white collar jobs that robots are already mastering By Joanne Elgart Jennings Over the past 20 years, we’ve seen plenty of blue collar jobs outsourced to machines — from auto assembly to customer service. Now, as computers, equipped with artificial intelligence, increasingly take over “information jobs,” tasks that were once reserved for… Continue reading
May 20 Watch 8:15 Will your job get outsourced to a robot? By PBS News Hour It's not just basic tasks anymore: Computers can now do work once deemed possible only by humans. And in some cases, the computers are doing it better. In an economy driven increasingly by intelligent automation, which jobs will survive? Hari… Continue watching
May 12 Watch 7:21 Why we’re teaching computers to help treat cancer By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 08 Watch 9:03 How smart is today’s artificial intelligence? By PBS News Hour Artificial intelligence is creeping into our everyday lives through technology like check-scanning machines and GPS navigation. How far away are we from making intelligent machines that actually have minds of their own? Hari Sreenivasan reports on the ethical considerations of… Continue watching
Apr 24 Carnegie Mellon wagers that an AI can take on the world’s top poker players By Justin Scuiletti How much would you be willing to bet that a computer program could go toe-to-toe with professional poker players?… Continue reading
Feb 25 Watch 3:08 Teaching computers how to play Atari better than humans By PBS News Hour Tom Clarke of Independent Television News reports on how an artificial intelligence business owned by Google has created software that can teaching itself to play classic Atari games better than a human. Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch Tech industry looks to robots to tackle problems but finds hurdles on the way Tech industry looks to robots to tackle problems but finds hurdles on the way… Continue watching
Jul 10 Watch Futurist Ray Kurzweil on Singularity Paul Solman talks with Ray Kurzweil about singularity: the melding of man and machine. Continue watching
May 07 Watch Intel Works on Faster Computer Chip Technology Intel's new computer chip, due out later this year, uses hafnium rather than silicon in its transistors. This innovation will double the number of transistors that can fit on a chip, Intel says, leading to faster and more powerful computers. Continue watching