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
Aug 06 5 weapons that don't need a human to pull the trigger By Alexandra Hall How close are we to fully automated weaponry? Are there actual killer robots out there right now, ready to fight wars? Yes and no. Continue reading
Jul 30 Watch 8:42 Do labor-saving robots spell doom for American workers? By PBS News Hour The onslaught of automation that's replacing human workers -- from golf caddies to bank tellers -- may be putting us on a path to humanitarian crisis, says Jerry Kaplan, author of "Humans Need Not Apply." As technology grows and jobs… Continue watching
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