Sep 06 Watch 7:39 How Pittsburgh is test driving tech to make your commute smarter By PBS News Hour Robotics experts at Carnegie Mellon University are harnessing technology to address the rush-hour traffic that plagues commuters across the country. Using artificial intelligence and existing infrastructure, their software could reshape the daily commute for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians by reducing… Continue watching
Jul 20 Watch 20:26 Will we be wiped out by machine overlords? Maybe we need a game plan now By PBS News Hour Tech luminaries and scientists have been worried for years about the existential consequences of artificial intelligence for the human race. Philosopher Nick Bostrom of Oxford University's Future of Humanity Institute thinks money ought to be invested in how to manage… Continue watching
Jul 20 How do we invest in the future of humanity? Swedish philosopher Nick Bostrom explains By Paul Solman Economics correspondent Paul Solman recently traveled to Oxford University’s Future of Humanity Institute. And yes, there is an institute that studies only that -- the future of the human race. Continue reading
May 25 Watch 3:29 Will artificial intelligence help us solve every problem? By PBS News Hour Artificial intelligence is going to change how we live to such a degree, that when we look back at driving a car, it will seem to us the way the Middle Ages looks from today's perspective. That's according to Sebastian… Continue watching
Feb 10 A short history of AI schooling humans at their own games By Andrew Wagner Through chess, Jeopardy, poker and checkers, Deep Blue, Watson, Libratus and Chinook changed the way humans think about artificial intelligence. Continue reading
Jan 19 Watch 2:45 Why we need to ask questions now about our high-tech future By PBS News Hour Your phone probably knows more about the intimate details of your life than your lover, says futurist Amy Webb. And you better get used to it -- we'll be spending the rest of our lifetimes in a world shaped by… Continue watching
Oct 25 Here's why artificial intelligence isn't out to get us By Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American Hollywood’s dark vision of machines taking over belies how far artificial intelligence is from meaningful reality—and what it will look like when it gets there. Continue reading
Mar 09 Google artificial intelligence beats world champion in first game of Go tournament By Nsikan Akpan Artificial intelligence 1, humans 0 is current score of a five-game, five-day tournament between a Google computer program and the world champion of Go, the most complex board game ever created. Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch 8:08 How a computer program became champion of the world's trickiest board game By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 27 Google artificial intelligence beats champion at world's most complicated board game By Nsikan Akpan Go is considered the most complicated game in human history. Google has now built an artificial intelligence program that can beat a professional player. Continue reading